TechCrunch

Canva acquires startups working on animation and marketing

On Monday, creative suite maker Canva announced the dual acquisition of startups Cavalry, which works on animation, and MangoAI, which works on improving ad performance. U.K.-based Cavalry works on 2D ...
Variety

EFM Animation Days Sets Packed Edition With Global Toons, Artists and Producers Poised to Dig Into Toons

Last year underscored the huge impact of animation at the box office as China’s “Ne Zha 2” grossed $2.25 billion, Disney’s “Zootopia 2” took in $1.8 billion and European co-production “Flow” made ...
Deadline.com

Jane Baer Dies: Longtime Disney Animator & Indie Studio Exec Who Created Toontown Scenes For ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Was 91

Jane Baer, a pioneering animator who worked at Disney on films ranging from Sleeping Beauty to Who Framed Roger Rabbit and also ran her own animation production company, died Monday in her sleep at ...
The Conversation

Inside Aardman at the Young V&A: the creative magic behind Britain’s beloved stop‑motion pioneers

Senior Lecturer in Liberal Arts and Visual Cultures Education, Department of Interdisciplinary Humanities, King's College London The art and craft of stop-motion animation has been celebrated in ...
CNET

300,000 Poses in an AI Instant: My Visit to Disney Studios and the New Reality for Animation

Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019. She holds degrees in law and communications, and currently writes news, analysis and features for CNET across ...