But pinning down a definition of digital art gets even more difficult when the lines between traditional vs digital art are ...

A multi-prize winner at December’s Animation! billed as a dark comedy made with 2D, 3D and grease pencil techniques, the series is produced by by Micaela Tcherkassky at Montevideo’s Cine HHH ...

For starters, the games are a stunning marriage of classic pixel art and modern touches. I hadn't realized how much better Square Enix's "HD-2D" aesthetic had become in recent years.

Audio-driven 3D facial animation is crucial for enhancing the metaverse's realism, immersion, and interactivity. While most existing methods focus on generating highly realistic and lively 2D talking ...

Have you seen this boy?At the time there were several game tie-ins, and I particularly remember the Game Boy one, mainly because it featured the Arnie/John bike scene and had an amazing animation ...

The best animation styles offer powerfully effective ways to tell stories that captivate audiences, whether it's for non-fiction features and shorts, documentaries or corporate explainers. Different ...

Rapidly prototype a simple 2D game, pixel-based animations, software renderers, or an emulator for your favorite platform. Then add shaders to simulate a CRT or just to spice it up with some nice VFX.

You can also use Govee’s in-app AI to generate pixel art with a prompt, though it takes so little effort to create 32-by-32-pixel art that you might as well ignore the AI capabilities entirely.

Developed by SQUARE ENIX, DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake uses the acclaimed HD-2D style, which blends beautifully rendered and dynamic 3D backgrounds with classic 2D pixel sprites. This approach ...

For those who need a primer, ‘HD-2D’ is an art style where characters in-game are depicted by 2D pixel-art animations set against detailed 3D backgrounds enhanced with immersive, realistic ...

It's typical of the era, and for classic Dragon Quest, but as nice as it is to revisit such a mechanics-first RPG, the effort can also be a bit exhausting – even though the HD-2D visuals make ...