Animation design
What Wing It! can teach you about readable cartoon poses
How Blender’s artists arranged the cockpit around the characters, used paintovers during lighting, and finished the poster in Krita.
Archive study · 2023 · 5 min read
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BEHIND THE SCENES / ART, FILM & TOOLS
7–11 of 11 storiesFrom the art world.
Environment design
Charge: making materials tell a character's story
Einar’s scavenged arm and possessions, Hjalti Hjalmarsson’s tightly limited previs, and Simon Thommes’s production materials give Charge a specific design logic.
Archive study · 2022 · 5 min read
CONCEPT ART / REFERENCE STUDY
Before you design a moon base, study a real lunar photograph
Apollo imagery offers more than a science-fiction mood board. Look for scale, function, material changes and the evidence behind each shape.
Practical guide · 3 min read
Visual development / Lucasfilm Animation
Janix: a Star Wars city built with the hand of the artist.
Lucasfilm's artists explain how real brushstrokes, local painting studies and a carefully mapped city shaped Maul – Shadow Lord.
Source feature · 7 April 2026 · 3 min read
Latin America / Animation community
CCS Animada: Venezuelan stories take the next step
Caracas Animada’s fifth edition connects illustration, emerging projects and an animation community looking beyond the finished image.
Community spotlight · October 2026 · 3 min read