Learn nine pro techniques from 2024 Cartoon Animator contest winners to boost your 2D animation skills with creative rigs and smart motion tools.

One of the better ways to engage with an audience is by producing short animations to illustrate your message. But animation software is typically hard to use. And they’re usually expensive too. Which ...

"If it isn't the town's newest hero..." It's time to meet Speedy the Turtle! This fun, 2D animated short film is made by a Dutch filmmaker named Nigel Lievaart as his graduation project at Utrecht ...

Being a content creator is a constant cycle of creating and marketing your art for the world to see. 2D animations are a great way to spice up your videos and add a touch of your personality to the ...

This might be the most beautiful animated film of the year. My Moon is an animated short running only 8 minutes, made by the very talented animator Eusong Lee. It is a lovely film about a relationship ...

Last year, filmmaker Erick Oh was nominated for an Oscar for his expansive and thought-provoking animated short “Opera,” which contemplated the contemporary world by exploring a huge pyramid where ...

Pixar tells IndieWire about the retro opportunities of exploring the dog and fanny pack stars of the fictional preschool show "Bloofy's House." It’s been a long time coming, but Pixar has finally ...

Senior Weekend Staff Writer for DualShockers. Loves JRPGs, artbooks, and anime. According to his description: "Here is a 2D animated clip that I directed, on my free time, between August 2018 and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. World of Warcraft: The War Within will see hero Alleria Windrunner stepping into the spotlight once more as one of the expansion's main characters, ...

This season's nominees are all indies that explore the Holocaust, war, gender restrictions, incest, and mortality. “Letter to a Pig” (France, Israel, 2D/live action), from Tal Kantor and winner of the ...

Earning his first Oscar nomination for Hair Love, his first animated short, Matthew A. Cherry’s entrée into the medium was inspired by a phenomenon he’d observed on social media. Centering his short ...