Category Archives: 3D Animation

Have you ever played those cool city-builder games? Or strategy games like Stronghold Crusader or Age of Empires? Isometric animation is just the same. It basically involves building 3D structures on a 2D surface, with the frames viewed from above and to the side, which is why it is often called 2.5D animation.

If we had to add one other factor contributing to the growth of the animation industry, it would be the increasing interest of the audience. Animation is getting more sophisticated, and its use transcending to live-action, VFX, explainer videos, corporate presentations and more. Everything is simply becoming more and more dependable on it.

Animated Explainers are great! It squeezes out an artist’s creativity in a visually stunning medium, with videos going as far as imaginations. So much so you could make Beyonce hug 50-cents and Taylor Swift to write songs that aren’t about her ex (apologies to swifties). In this article, I have piled a list of some of the most stunning narrative-based 3D explainer videos that you might be missing out on.

The process of 3D animation can be divided into four phases: modelling and texturing 3D objects, layout and how objects are positioned, animation (rigging) phase. Lastly, rendering, where completed computer graphics rendered into image sequences or video formats (MP4, MOV etc).

There are thousands of studios around world that offer 3D animation services but not every studio is worth giving a shot. Some are too big to take on small commercial projects and some produce mediocre or inferior quality animations that you are better off without them.

In 2018, the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) initiated an on-ground survey to find out and analyse the animation industry amongst selected ASEAN countries.

Findings showed that the region’s animation industry is young yet robust and promising.

As a motion graphic artist, you’re expected to be fluent in multiple 3D animation programs to bring stories to life using 3D environment and effects. But it goes without saying that mastering a software is not enough to be an expert.

We’ve seen many 3D explainer videos but a good one comes rare. We’ve picked this amazing piece by “Uli Henrik Streckenbach“, who is a truly talented director and animator based in Berlin.

If you’re on the lookout for a new television set, 3D is what the sales person will recommend for you. When you go to movie theatres to watch an animated flick with the kids, the experience will be visually richer if you will catch the 3D version of the film.