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Turning a 2D Illustration into a 3D Environment with a Hand-Painted Look

Shuming Zhang spoke about creating The WoodLand Pizzeria, covering his experiments with seasons and times of day and his ...

Bringing Digital Characters to Life: Tencent Games Motus Makes Gamescom Debut with End-to-End AI Animation Pipeline

Tencent Games Motus showcased its advances in intelligent character creation at Gamescom Dev and Gamescom, demonstrating how generative AI can support 3D character animation workflows.
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Watercolor-Style 3D Take on Pomni from The Amazing Digital Circus

This whimsical 3D model of Pomni is no exception: 3D Artist Soraiku brought to life a striking drawing by Artist Mary, ...
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Academy-Honored Shorts ‘Butterfly’ And ‘Gauze’ Use Water, Memory, And Animation To Confront Genocide

Earlier this year, Florence Miailhe’s exquisitely crafted animated Holocaust short Butterfly was nominated for an Academy Award. This week, Gauze, a 2D Gobelins graduation film about a Palestinian ...
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Eli Roth Confirms ‘Ice Cream Man’ GenAI Use After First Describing A Traditional Animation Process

Eli Roth has confirmed that generative AI was used in his new horror film Ice Cream Man, including in animated sequences that he initially described as having been created through a traditional, human ...