3D Animation Inspiration & Resources

Chester Animation Festival 2017 - Calling for Entries Before January 8, 2017

Chester International Animation Festival is calling on animators from around the world to submit their entries for its 31st annual edition. The submission deadline is January 8, 2017. In 2016, participants from more than 17 countries submitted animated entries, making the event a huge success. The festival is organized by the Chester Film Society. According to the Chester Film Society, "Ch...

Be There! Corfu Animation Festival Calling for Entries - December 21, 2016

1. Short films (up to 40 minutes) 2. Short films for children (up to 40 minutes) 3. Student/graduation films 4. Feature films: films over 40 minutes in length

35 Best Maya Tutorial Videos for Beginners - Learn From Masters - Part 2

Maya Tutorial: Autodesk Maya is an incredibly capable program, it can do anything that other 3d programs can do and more. It has incredibly comprehensive help files which have tutorials to help you learn the programs. Autodesk Maya commonly shortened to Maya, is 3D computer graphics software that runs on Windows, Mac OS and Linux, originally developed by Alias Systems Corporation and currently ...

35 Best Maya Tutorial Videos for Beginners - Learn From Masters

Maya Tutorial: Autodesk Maya is an incredibly capable program, it can do anything that other 3d programs can do and more. It has incredibly comprehensive help files which have tutorials to help you learn the programs. Autodesk Maya commonly shortened to Maya, is 3D computer graphics software that runs on Windows, Mac OS and Linux, originally developed by Alias Systems Corporation and currently ...

International Emmy Kids Animation awards Nominees for 2016 have been released on April 4th, 2017

2016 International Emmy Kid's award is all set to take place in Cannes, France on April 4th, 2017 and the nominees for the kids animation in the short form category have been announced. The nominees were announced during a press conference at MIPCOM by 'The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences'. There are seven categories and 28 nominees have been selected from 13 different c...

Sly Cooper - New 3D Animated Movie Review and Trailer

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3D Animation Competition by Nimble Collective Calling for Entries Before November 28, 2016

Try animating a chicken, and you could win a one-hour, one-to-one project review with Nimble co-founder Jason Schleifer, CG Cookie subscriptions, Blender Market gift cards, and some cool Nimble Collective T-shirts. What is your chicken going to do today? Is it going to fly? Is it going to dance? The creative choice is up to you.

New 3D Animated Disney Movie Moana Releasing on November 23, 2016

The 56th production from Walt Disney Animation Studios is its new musical computer-animated movie, Moana. The film is directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. It introduces Auli'i Cravalho as Moana and features Dwayne Johnson as Maui. It is scheduled for release on November 23, 2016. The story revolves around a young adventurer who sets out on a mission to save her tribe. During her journey, s...

50 Realistic 3D Character designs and Models - Part 3

3D Models: 3D Character designs involve a lot of creativity and at the same should be appealing to the viewers. These 3D character designs play a vital role in games, animation movies and they are the deciding factors in its success. These 3D character designs are created using various tools like 3DS Max, ZBrush, Maya, Softimage, Modo, Blender, Cinema 4D, Lightwave and Houdini. The character de...

Anima Mundi International Animation Festival - October 25 in Brazil

Brazil welcomes artists from around the world to its International Animation Festival, Anima Mundi, which is scheduled to take place from October 25 to October 30 in Rio, Brazil. Every year, the animation festival takes place in Rio and São Paulo. This year, it is scheduled for São Paulo from November 2 to November 6, 2016. During the festival's 23-year history, at least 9000 films from 70 diff...

Animatricks International Animation Festival - 23 April 2017

Finland's animation festival, Animatricks Fest, welcomes all artists to submit their animated short film entries before January 31, 2017. This festival focuses exclusively on animation and runs from April 21 to April 23, 2017, in Helsinki, Finland. All animated videos and music videos that do not exceed 30 minutes and were created after January 1, 2016, may be submitted. Previous Animatricks en...

The Nut Job 2 - Animation movie releasing on May 19, 2017

The Nut Job 2 is a 3D animation movie which is still in production. It's all set to release in May 2017. It's a sequel series to the "The Nut Job" which was released in 2014. The film's voice cast are Will Arnett, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Jackie Chan, Bobby Moynihan, Bobby Cannavale and Peter Stormare. It's produced by Gulfstream Pictures, Toonbox ...

Bit Bang Animation Festival in Argentina

For more details about short film screenings and workshops, please visit: davinci.edu.ar/eventos/detalle/bit-bang-fest-animacion

17th International Computer Graphics and Digital Media VIEW conference - Italy

Get ready for Italy's largest international computer graphics and digital media conference, which is set to take place from October 24th to October 28th, 2016, in Turin. VIEW 2016 mostly focuses on 2D/3D animation, VFX, computer graphics, digital cinema, gaming, and interactive techniques. According to the VIEW Conference press release, "The renowned confab brings top professionals in anim...

Kubo and the Two Strings - 3D Stopmotion Fantasy Animation Film

Kubo and the Two Strings is making waves in the animation world. Using the latest 3D printing techniques combined with stop motion, the Japanese fantasy characters have come alive in a stop-motion animation film known as Kubo and the Two Strings. Laika is the animation studio behind the making of this stop-motion film. Kubo and the Two Strings was released on Sep 9th, 2016. This movie has a rat...

Trolls - 3D Animation Movie Trailer Photos and wallpapers

Trolls is a 3D animated musical comedy that is set to be released on November 4th, 2016, in the USA. From the creators of Shrek comes the smartest, funniest, most irreverent animated comedy of the year, DreamWorks' Trolls. This holiday season, enter a colourful, wondrous world populated by hilariously unforgettable characters and discover the story of the overly optimistic Trolls, with a consta...

20 Upcoming Animation Movies of 2017 - 3D Animated Movie List - part 2

20 Upcoming Animation Movies of 2017 - 3D Animated Movie List - part 2

Dubai 3D Art Competition 2017 - Win $650,000

Dubai welcomes 3D artists to an event set to take place in March 2017. December 15th, 2016, is the last date for submission. The award, which carries total prize money of $650,000, was launched at the second Dubai Canvas Festival last March. The final prize-winner will be awarded $300,000 in prize money. This is the first time an award of excellence has been given in the 3D art category. The th...

The Mojicons - Funny and Adventurous 3D Animated series launched in Greece and available on Nickelodeon

A new CGI animated series will be shown in Greece. Nickelodeon is all set to rock Greece with its new, funny, adventurous 3D animated series, 'The Mojicons'. The story is about some goons stealing the @ symbol, causing the internet to stop working. It is all in the hands of 'The Mojicons' to save the day. These Mojicons live on the internet, and we frequently use them as emoticons in our emails...

30 Stunning Maya 3D Models and Character designs for your inspiration

Autodesk Maya is an incredibly capable program, it can do anything that other 3d programs can do and more. It has incredibly comprehensive help files which have tutorials to help you learn the programs. Autodesk Maya commonly shortened to Maya, is 3D computer graphics software that runs on Windows, Mac OS and Linux, originally developed by Alias Systems Corporation and currently owned and devel...