Exploring Innovative New Animated Series
Over the past decade, animated series have seen a surge in popularity across diverse genres and platforms. Shows like Avatar: The Legend of Korra and BoJack Horseman have garnered acclaim…
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March 21, 2024 | Media Arts
March 12, 2024 | Faculty Highlights
Best Animated Feature: The Anatomy of Award-Winning Work
Animation is a vital storytelling medium woven across centuries of human creativity and innovation. Its roots can be traced back to ancient civilizations where early forms of animation, such as…
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October 17, 2023 | Industry Trends
The History of Animation: Celebrating Disney’s 100 Years of Stories
The animation industry has grown to become an absolute behemoth in the world of cinema. Despite the immense teams and years of effort required for modern animated films, they reign…
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April 20, 2023 | How To's
Disney’s 12 Principles Of Animation: Bringing Characters To Life
For every fan of animation, Walt Disney’s animated characters are mesmerizing. From their lifelike appearance to how these stunning characters express human emotions, these characters have charmed audiences for 100…
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February 17, 2023 | Industry Trends
What Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Can Teach Aspiring Visual Storytellers
[WARNING: This article contains spoilers] Stop us if you’ve heard this one. During an argument, an old man accidentally throws his son in front of a truck. The truck strikes…
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April 8, 2021 | Q&As
How NYFA Alum Camilo Navas Created His Animation Project “George is Hungry”
What does it take to actually make a creative animation sequence? Hard work, a bit of training, and the drive to manage multiple skillsets at once. From Game Design to…
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December 11, 2020 | 3D Animation & VFX
Star Wars, Marvel, and More: Your Ultimate Guide to Disney Investor Day Announcements
It’s been quite an eventful year for Disney. Like many, they were left trying to figure out a whole new theatrical release model for big-budget films like Mulan in the…
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November 13, 2020 | Q&As
NYFA Alum Francesco Panzieri on What It’s Like Being The Compositing Supervisor on a Netflix Film
Netflix’s upcoming release of the holiday musical feature film Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (“Jingle Jangle”) will see NYFA alum Francesco Panzieri among the film’s credits as the film’s compositing…
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June 17, 2020 | 3D Animation & VFX
Pixar’s “Out”-standing Short Film Featuring Their First Gay Main Character Hits The Mark
Oftentimes I look at my dog Zelda, a beautiful pet AmStaff troublemaker, and wish we could switch places just for a while to take a break from our complicated human…
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