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Looking Back at animago 2016: “Best Still” Category: Vehicles
CG art at the very highest level – in our still galleries we show you the greatest CG stills submitted to animago 2016 last year. This time on the subject of "Vehicles".
Making-of Less than Human
Tea with zombies – in his animated short "Less Than Human", Steffen Bang Lindholm shows that even the undead are just people with perfectly normal problems.
Looking Back at animago 2016: “Best Still” Category – Character
The animago AWARD 2017 is getting closer. To build the anticipation even further, here is a short look back at the "Best Still" category from 2016.
Worldwide VR Experience with Dell
The great promise of virtual reality is that you can experience events even though you are far away. Jaguar Land Rover put this idea into practice. Dell, HTC Vive and the agencies ReWind and Imagination were also involved.
NEC NC3541L – Let There Be Light
A few weeks ago, NEC presented its latest projector model: the NC3541L. As a laser cinema projector, the device is aimed at the very largest screens up to 32 meters.
Looking Back at animago 2016: “Best Still” Category – Life & Environment
Artists from all over the world submitted their work to the animago AWARD last year. To give you a look behind the scenes, our still galleries show the many CG creations that reached us in 2016.
animago AWARD 2017: Vote for the Best Still
Public Voting Time! Select your favourite computer-generated image. Which one deserves to win the animago trophy in the category “Best Still”?
These are the 2017 animago AWARD nominees!
We have found them! These 33 projects are animago-nominated. This year's animago jury made their choice at the NEC premises in Munich.
Your Loyalty Is Rewarded! – 50% animago Discount for DP Subscribers
Today we would like to thank our DP subscribers for their loyalty and trust! Of course, we have come up with something special so that we might meet you in person: Starting today, we are giving all our subscribers a 50% discount on their animago AWARD & CONFERENCE ticket.
Wacom’s Cintiq 27QHD Touch Reviewed
Admittedly, the Cintiq 27QHD Touch has been on the market for a while. We took a close look at it in Digital Production 07 : 15. Here is a short summary.
Looking Back at animago 2016: “Best Still” Category – Architecture
Last year, we once again received great CG stills for the animago AWARD. Here is an overview of some participants on the theme of "architectural visualizations" (including interiors).
animago AWARD Deadline Extended!
The day after tomorrow would actually have been the last chance to take part in the animago AWARD 2017. But we are giving you a little more time—with the current temperatures, everything is moving a little more slowly. The new submission deadline is June 19—participation is free as always!
Back Again at animago in 2017: The Architecture Visualization Award
Anyone who would like to have their CG works from the architecture genre evaluated by professionals from this industry should send us their films by May 31, 2017.
5 Tips for Better Architecture Visualizations
Arqui9 shows in this tutorial which tricks can be used to create the best possible architecture visualizations.
Life as a “Mobile”
Verena Fels and her team from the Filmakademie received a 2010 animago AWARD in the "Best Young Production" category. Now the animated short film featuring the determined cow on a string is finally online in full length.
animago AWARD 2017: Let’s go!
This year we are a little earlier with the animago: 7 & 8 September. So don't hesitate and submit your best, most beautiful or most original CG project now! As a motivational snack: Making-of report of the "2 Aliens".
Rise Reel: “Doctor Strange”
"Doctor Strange" breakdown reels are currently hailing down everywhere. Here is one from Germany, by Rise | Visual Effects Studios.
New Newsletter! Sign Up & Win a Power Bank
Our DP editorial newsletter has received a makeover: prettier, clearer and with even more information. Anyone who signs up by March 31 can win one of three power banks for their mobile device!
Pug Meets Cat – Animated Film from New Zealand
When a pug is the last hope in a war – it can still go wrong. "Pug of War" participated in the animago AWARD last year; it was created by students from the Media Design School in New Zealand.
Sneak Peek – DP 03 : 17
One factor that makes working in the film and post-production industry so interesting: you never stop learning. That is why, in our first focus, we give you further-training tips and show paths into the CG industry beyond a traditional degree. To ensure that you also have enough time available for your education, in the second focus we present the most practical plug-ins.
We Have a New animago Website!
Once the wild animago birthday bash was over, it was time for a complete visual overhaul. Now the time has come – just stop by and submit your latest project right away!
Child Jurors Wanted for the “Tricks for Kids” Short-Film Competition
ITFS is looking for film-loving children aged 9 to 12 for the “Tricks for Kids – Short Film” competition jury at its 24th edition.
To Fly Once
The graduation film “Le Constructeur de Malheur” from Hagenberg University of Applied Sciences is about a great dream pursued by scientist Hugo. It took part in the 2015 animago AWARD, and the film is now online in full.
2016 animago Event Clip
Our event clip is here! Anyone who wants to get an impression of what it was like, or wants to spot themselves in the video—just watch!
watch “Alike” in full length
Cover motif of the animago special issue and animago AWARD winner in the "Best Character" category - "Alike" really cleaned up at this year's DP event. The delightful father-son film is now online in full length.
An Astronaut and a Telephone Box, Please!
All assets and materials from our current cover model "Floating Astronaut in Front of Telephone Box," better known to our readers as "52Hz," are now available for 19 euros on Gumroad.
animago Pictures 2016: AWARD Show and Get-together
The animago AWARD show took place for the first time in the Carl Orff Hall at Munich’s Gasteig. Here are the pictures with all the winners, gala impressions, and more.
animago Pictures 2016: CONFERENCE
The two-day conference programme at animago was packed with presentations by Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, Digital Domain, Pixar, Disney Animation Studios, and many more speakers. Here are a few impressions from the talks.
animago Pictures 2016: Exhibition
For the first time in animago history, the trade floor accompanying the conference was located at Munich’s Gasteig. Here are a few pictures of the exhibitors and animago visitors.
animago AWARD Anniversary Trailer
One of the highlights each year at animago is, of course, the trailer, in which numerous submitted entries can be seen in a compilation. Have fun watching!
Here they are: the animago award winners 2016!
Yesterday, the DP team presented the animago AWARD for the first time in Munich's Gasteig. Here is an overview of the award winners who can now look forward to receiving an animago trophy.
Learn “Digital Film Arts” in the Rhineland
Next week, LAVAlabs founder and ifs university lecturer Rolf Mütze will explain in his presentation at the animago conference on 27 and 28 October what smaller studios can learn from large VFX studios in Hollywood. We already portrayed the ifs in DP 03 : 16 and also interviewed Rolf Mütze for it.
animago Still Gallery: Product Visualisation
Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. Beyond that, of course, we receive many more entries from all over the world that also deserve to be presented.
“The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” Breakdown Reel
Rise | Visual Effects Studios created a lot of invisible effects for Guy Ritchie's spy film "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.". Here is the comprehensive breakdown reel.
animago Still Gallery: Environments
Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. Beyond that, of course, we receive many more entries from all over the world that also deserve to be presented. Let these CG environments inspire you.
animago Still Gallery: People
Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. Beyond that, of course, we receive many more entries from all over the world that also deserve to be presented. This gallery is very human.
Conference programme & last call for early bird tickets
So ... our animago birthday party is slowly coming together! Here is an excerpt of the presentations at the animago CONFERENCE: Speakers from Disney, Pixar, ILM, Digital Domain, Platige Image and many other well-known animation and VFX studios will be there.
Rise Reel for Captain America: Civil War
Visual Effects Studio Rise finally presents its reel for "Captain America: Civil War"
animago Still Gallery: Cars & More
Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. Beyond that, of course, we receive many more entries from all over the world that also deserve to be presented. Here are the best means of transport in CG visualisation.
Music Video from Israel
The music video for the song "Ma'agalim" (Circles) by the Israeli acoustic-folk-country trio Jane Bordeaux is nominated for an animago AWARD this year. The animation idea by Uri Lotan and Yoav Shtibelman visualises the lyrics extremely aptly.
Watch “Jagon” in Full
Last year, the impressive Filmakademie production "Jagon" was the only student project nominated alongside the big names – Trixter, Scanline and ILP – for an animago AWARD in the "Best Postproduction" category. Here is the 20-minute short film in full.
animago Nominee: “A Guide to Happy”
How to become happy is nowadays a business market of its own, and a very lucrative one. Saving money also makes you happy, so simply watch Panoply's video and then know everything about the subject.
Rise on Houdini
Andreas Giesen and Simon Ohler from the Rise team spoke to SideFX about Houdini and what the tool does in their studio pipeline. In addition, they show shots from the two animago-nominated projects "The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and "Captain America - Civil War".
Architecture Nominees for the Detail Special Prize
One day after the official animago jury session, the Detail jury trio met at NEC Display Solutions to find the six nominees for the special architecture prize. Here we present the projects.
animago AWARD 2016: Vote for the Best Still
It's Public Voting Time! Which computer-generated image deserves to win the animago trophy in the “Best Still” category? Vote for your favourite now!
Current C4D Showreel
In its General Showreel 2016, Maxon shows the best CG work created with Cinema 4D.
animago Still Gallery: Still Lifes
Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. But the other entries also deserve to be presented. From an art-historical perspective, still lifes are highly significant, and modern digital artists still like to choose this image genre.
animago Still Gallery: Robots
Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. Of course, many more entries from around the world also reach us and deserve to be presented. Here are the most beautiful robot stills.
The Jury for the Best Architectural Visualisation
As DP and the architecture trade magazine DETAIL are based in the same building, we joined forces to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the animago AWARD and, for the first time, offered the Architecture Special Prize in cooperation with DETAIL. Here we introduce the jury that will assess the submitted architectural visualisations in terms of design, project concept and overall composition on 19 August.
animago AWARD 20th Anniversary Voting: Best Character
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the animago, we have decided to honour the best submission from the past two decades. The DP team has already completed the painstaking task of narrowing down the pool to 20 projects, and now it’s up to our readers to decide which one will receive the trophy! To give you more of an overview, we divided up the films into four different categories. Which “Character” left a special impression on you? Vote here by the end of July!
animago AWARD 20th Anniversary Voting: Best Game Cinematic
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the animago, we have decided to honour the best submission from the past two decades. The DP team has already completed the painstaking task of narrowing down the pool to 20 projects, and now it’s up to our readers to decide which one will receive the trophy! To give you more of an overview, we divided up the films into four different categories. Click here to go to the “Game Cinematic” category; you have until the end of July to vote.
animago AWARD 20th Anniversary Voting: Best Visualization/Commercial
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the animago, we have decided to honour the best submission from the past two decades. The DP team has already completed the painstaking task of narrowing down the pool to 20 projects, and now it’s up to our readers to decide which one will receive the trophy! To give you more of an overview, we divided up the films into four different categories. Vote here by the end of July for your favourite clip in the category “Visualization/Commercial”.
animago AWARD 20th Anniversary Voting: Best Short Film
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the animago, we have decided to honour the best submission from the past two decades. The DP team has already completed the painstaking task of narrowing down the pool to 20 projects, and now it’s up to our readers to decide which one will receive the trophy! To give you more of an overview, we divided up the films into four different categories. Vote here until the end of July for the “Best Short Film”.
Sneak Peek DP 06 : 16
DP issue 06:16 will arrive with our subscribers on 9 September and be available on newsstands on the 12th. Here you can see what you can probably expect.
More Time: Take Part in the animago AWARD 2016!
The summer is currently hard and wet, and the European Championship is still on—so all creatives are getting more time to take part in this year's animago AWARD, the 20th anniversary! The submission deadline has been extended to 19 July 2016.
This Is the animago AWARD Jury 2016!
We have found them! The judges of this year's animago entries for the 20th anniversary of the animago AWARD. Here we introduce you to the judges.
animago Still Gallery: Interior Architecture & More
At the animago AWARD, in addition to the nominated works, we naturally receive many more entries from around the world that also deserve to be presented. Here are the best interior visualisations. If you also have an impressive still on the subject of "interior visualisation", submit it by 30 June—for the 20th anniversary there is a special architecture category in cooperation with the trade magazine Detail.
In the Making-of: Jean-Claude’s Little Brother
For DP 02 : 16, Fido from Sweden explained to us how the effects for the trash cult-film project "Kung Fury" were created: many green backgrounds had to be filled, and on a project that director David Sandberg realised almost single-handedly. Read the making-of here.
animago Still Gallery: Nature
Fancy a little digital relaxation? Here we show you the most impressive animago still submissions from last year on the subject of "Landscape and Nature".
Sneak Peek DP 05 : 16
Our forthcoming DP issue 05 : 16 will appear on 25 July—here we give a brief preview of the topics the editorial team is currently working on for it.
animago Still Gallery: Archviz
The animago AWARD honours the best CG stills each year. Many more entries from around the world also deserve to be presented, like these archviz works.
animago Still Gallery: Creatures & Animals
The animago AWARD honours the best CG stills each year. Many more entries from around the world also deserve to be presented.
Me Tube 2 Is Finished!
Part 1 of "Me Tube" received the jury’s special prize in 2013. Director Daniel Moshel’s team has now realised part 2 of the odd VFX work.
“Wrapped” in Full Length
After countless awards at festivals worldwide, the short film “Wrapped” is now online in full. The project received a 2014 animago AWARD for “Best Young Production”.
Experience Hardware …
... on this year's Dell Expo Tour, which stops in Düsseldorf, Munich, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Potsdam and Frankfurt.
Cosmos Laundromat
Review: In DP 01:2016, the Blender Institute produced the comedic short film "Kosmos Waschsalon". Did the film win the animago AWARD 2015?
animago Still Gallery: Digital Beauties
The animago AWARD honours the best CG stills each year, while many more worthy entries from around the world also deserve to be presented.
animago AWARD 2016 – Here We Go!
DP readers have known exclusively for some time; now it is official worldwide: submissions are open for the animago AWARD 2016!
“Ed” in Full + Making-of Download
Brazil's Hype.cg was nominated for a 2013 animago AWARD. Its unusually told animated short about a gloomy rabbit is now online in full.
“The Mechanical Waltz” in Full
Julien Dykmans's 3D animated short “The Mechanical Waltz” was nominated for a 2015 animago AWARD in the Best Character category.
Between Times
The short film “Between Times” took part in the 2015 animago AWARD. Tiny Inventions combined classic stop motion with 3D animation.
Episode 3 of “Caminandes”
The third episode, “Llamigos”, of the Blender Institute series “Caminandes” has been released in full. Enjoy!
First Cycle
Review: In DP 01 : 2016, we spoke to Mathieu Auvray - a French director with ten years of professional experience. What tools does the artist très français work with?
“The Present” in Full
After “The Present” completed its festival tour, Jacob Frey's animated short from Filmakademie is now online in full, with a making-of download.
Trixter VFX Reel
Munich-based Trixter has released a new VFX reel featuring shots from “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and “Ant-Man”.
“KnightClub” by the Supamonks
French studio Supamonks was nominated for a 2015 animago AWARD with its crazy “Holypop Soda” spot. Here is its latest short, “KnightClub”.
Event Clip from the 2015 animago AWARD
Now in moving images too: This is what the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE was like in 2015!
animago Is Coming to Munich!
For its 20th anniversary, the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE is moving to Munich—and will take place on October 27 and 28, 2016, at the Gasteig cultural and event center!
Folk Legends in VFX Garb
animago winner Platige Image modernized Polish folk legends with VFX for two short films. The short film “Smok” is online in full.
The Future of VR?
3dar took part in the 2015 animago AWARD with “Shave It”; now its new short film “Uncanny Valley,” which shows a disturbing VR future, has been released.
A Porcelain Waltz
The animated short film “Valse à quatre mains” tells the romantic story of a very special ménage à trois—created by the emerging artists at Supamonks Studio. And now, off into the weekend!
The Blood of the Family
Finally online! “Les Liens De Sang” won this year’s animago trophy in the “Best Young Production” category—now the team has released its work in full.
Exodus without the Bible
“Exode” was nominated for an animago AWARD in the “Best Short Film” category in 2014. Now the elaborate work featuring many CG monsters is online in full.
Commercial for the DJI Osmo
Footage like a 4K GoPro, only without shake? That is what the DJI Osmo camera system is intended to achieve. Fresh back from animago, Polynoid/Woodblock has now released the visualization commercial for it.
Oh mon Dieu!
The animago-winning film "Escargore" is now online in full, and the team has also released the making-of.
animago Images 2015: CONFERENCE
There was a lot going on at the animago CONFERENCE 2015: Speakers from The Mill, Pixar, Weta Digital, Illumination Mac Guff, Trixter, Pixomondo, MPC and many other studios were there with exciting presentations. Here are the photos.
animago Images 2015: Trade Floor
Here are the pictures from our animago Trade Floor 2015, which as always could be visited free of charge.
animago Images 2015: animago AWARD
Of course, all the prize winners are eagerly awaiting the photos taken by our photographer Ulf Büschleb at the animago AWARD – and here they are! Including further impressions from the ceremony and the subsequent get-together.
animago Trailer 2015
For anyone who could not be at the premiere on Thursday: Here once again is our sensational, more than five-minute-long animago AWARD Trailer 2015 with many animago AWARD entries!
animago winner 2015!
Soooo, the animago trophy ceremony has come to an end and we'll tell everyone who stayed at home who took home the DP award in the nine categories this year!
“Hearts of Stone” Trailer
An expansion for the CD Projekt RED game "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" will be released on October 13, and the impressive launch trailer for it has now appeared.
Making-of “Iron Sky” trailer
At the animago CONFERENCE, Head of 3D Tonio Freitag from Pixomondo will talk about the VFX of the trailer for the second part of "Iron Sky". In preparation: Our interview with VFX supervisor Thilo Ewers about the project.
Death on the Raft
As everyone knows: It is not long now until this year’s animago on October 15 and 16! In advance, here is an extensive making-of treat for one of the nominees, published by CG Meetup.
Ant-Man at animago
The smallest of all Marvel superheroes will come to animago CONFERENCE 2015: VFX supervisor Dominik Zimmerle from Trixter is bringing him along.
Highlights of animago CONFERENCE 2015
The animago CONFERENCE programme is set and we have some presentation gems: "Game of Thrones," the "Minions," "Ant-Man" and much more. Discounted early-bird tickets are still available until September 30, so order quickly!
VFX Emmys for GoT and American Horror Story
Once fantasy, once horror: This year, the best visual effects in TV series contained "Game of Thrones" and "American Horror Story."
animago Trailer in Preparation
Every year, a media student is selected to edit our animago trailers. This year it is Dominik Trottier from MD.H Berlin, whom we introduce here.
Artist Help Wanted for MeTube 2
Anyone who wants to take part as an artist in a cool project that is intended to run at the Sundance Festival in January can jump in to help animago winner Daniel Moshel.
The First “Cosmos Laundromat” Coup
"Cosmos Laundromat" is intended to become the first feature-length animated film created entirely open source. The first 15-minute part of the film has been released in full.
Captain America Sponsored by Bavaria
FilmFernsehFonds Bayern is funding feature-film projects by Trixter and Scanline this year.