Discovery Family Acquires Dream Defenders (via discovery news)

The Discovery Family deal marks our 3rd entry into the U.S. Market. This is on top of our deals with Hulu and 3net(Discovery,SONY and IMAX). As part of the strategy to globalise the Dream Defenders Brand, we have reached out to 60 countries at this stage. Including major broadcasters like SUPER RTL and Planeta Junior in Europe.

In coming weeks, we will announce another deal that covers 19 countries in Asia.

Currently we are in talks with 2 major players in China. With this we hope to close the loop of our strategy to globalise the Dream Defenders Brand and expand further into feature films, theme parks and licensing/merchandising in coming years. Thanks for all your support. Without you, we wouldn't have come so far.

Read more on the article here

Pascal Campion Masterclass

Pascal Campion returns to Singapore with new tips and secrets of Visual Storytelling. In this upcoming 4 day Masterclass, conducted in collaboration with CG Protégé Animation School, Pascal will teach and guide you through the process of how you can create fantastic art to pitch your ideas and stories!

Learn how to extract the essence of your story, create appealing boards to build up the story environment, develop a story-telling point of view that grab your audiences’ attention, choosing the right material to pitch with, and more, leading up to creating concepts images and a presentation to get your ideas across and make the strongest impression.

Prepare lots of drawing materials and your Wacom tablets, because we’ll be drawing non-stop!

Pascal is multi-talented artist who has held many key positions in the industry, from animator to animation director, designer, background artist, storyboard artist and visual development artist. His list of clients includes Disney Feature, Dreamworks Animation, Paramount Pictures, Nick Jr, and many others.

Register now and get a chance to learn from one talented Pascal Campion, the man behind 3000 Moments! 

For more information on the course outline please visit our website

CG Protege 3D Course

Want to learn more about 3d animation?

Join our 3ds Max course (subsided by WDA)

DATE: 20th July to 1st August

This course introduces the fundamentals of 3ds Max, a 3D software used widely in the animation and gaming industry for 3D modelling, 3D animation and digital visual effects. You will learn to navigate through the user interface, the basic techniques of modeling and applying textures, set basic lightings and render the model you have created, and perform simple animation.

Interested? Send a mail to admin@cgprotege.com

Find out more about the course here

Kite (via Corrine May)

I have a new song out! It's called 'Kite'.
It's a song I co-wrote and recorded with singer-songwriter, Charlie Lim whose voice I love. (btw, he's just released his new album, so go check it out)

"After all this time, you've been on my mind.
I can't pull myself away from you.
Like a kite I'll fly, let these worlds all collide, when you anchor me to you." - Kite

Kite is a song that captures the emotional tug-of-war between being with a loved one and leaving a loved one; between being in a place that anchors you and being in a place where you can fly.

Listen/Download 'Kite' for free at http://imclive-group.com/sing-love.html

BTW, if you're an audiophile, download the song. The nuances are much better conveyed in the download.

And you can see the video animation of the song here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXQbricv-W8

The song is arranged and produced by Kavin Hoo Chuin Wui . Thanks too to Ruth Ling from Red Roof Records for getting Charlie and I on board this SG50 'Sing,Love' project and for steering the project, and it's music video to fruition.

Thanks also to the T'ang Quartet who play so beautifully on the recording.
So go take a listen

I hope you enjoy it.

Hugs,
Corrinne
p.s Pic by Jana Yar

CG Protege Storyboard Course

CG Protégé Storyboard: Understanding Cinematography is open for registration. This class will focus on learning about the Elements and Principles of Art that will help you to communicate your thoughts to the audience through a visual language. 

Davis Vu is an American Animation Director, Story Artist, Animator, and Designer. After graduation from CalArts in 2010, Davis has worked on films and games at Warner Bros. Feature Animation (Storyboard), Imagi Animation Studios (Storyboard), Wayforward Technologies (Animator and Character Designer), and Little Lives (Creative Director). Projects that he has worked on include: "Gatchaman" (2010), "Yogi Bear" (2010), "Spongebob Squigglepants" (2010), "Blood Rayne" (2011), "Twinkle Trails" Webseries (2011), "Dream Defenders" (2012), "Squeak: the Book" (2013), and various other pilot projects in Los Angeles and Singapore. He's currently an Animation Director at Tiny Island Productions, Storyboard Lecturer at CG Protege, an illustrator for books by UBU Publications, and Part-Time Lecturer at ADM at Nanyang Technological University teaching Storyboarding, Applied Drawing, Foundation Drawing, and Drawn Animation II. His short films, "Spayeti and Meatball" and "Paper Lantern" have played at the International Festival of Cinema and Technology (Los Angeles) and CalArts Producer's Show (Hollywood) respectively. 

For you Media Practitioners or Freelancers and Fresh Media Graduates, you are entitled to get 90% Subsidy from Six Degrees! After subsidy, you are paying only $250. 

For more information please check our website 

Pascal Campion Masterclass

 

 

CG Protege Animation School proudly presents Pascal Campion Masterclass. Learn how to create appealing art to pitch your ideas and stories from the man behind 3000 Moments

Register now and get your early bird price! For more information on the course outline please go to our website http://www.cgprotege.com/animation-programs/pascal-campion-course

Design Talks

Ever wanted to produce your own animated series? Cartoons Underground interviews David Kwok (Our CEO) and Mark Wee, two filmmakers who are established in the animation industry, about their experiences. Check out our exclusive article for tips on how to produce and promote your own IP, and how to bring your stories to the big screen. Read about the article here

Doug Cooper's talk, DreamWorks Animation

This Saturday 13th June, 2pm – 3pm

Level 4, ArtScience Museum 

FREE (first come first serve) 

Don't miss this unique opportunity to meet Doug Cooper, Special Effects Supervisor at DreamWorks Animation. Doug will describe the Dragon Flight sequence in the exhibition, and will provide a fascinating overview of the creation of key special effects in other DreamWorks Animation films. A must-see for all those interested in special effects and animation. Check out here for the event

CG Protégé New Course Alert!! Storyboard: Understanding Cinematography

CG Protégé New Course Alert!! Storyboard: Understanding Cinematography is open for registration. This class will focus on learning about the Elements and Principles of Art that will help you to communicate your thoughts to the audience through a visual language. 

For more information please check our website here

For you Media Practitioners or Freelancers and Fresh Media Graduates, you are entitled to get 90% Subsidy from Six Degrees! After subsidy, you are paying only $250. 

Bios of Trainer: Davis Vu graduated from California Institute of Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film/Video. Currently Davis teaches at Nanyang Technological University where he teaches storyboarding, drawn animation, applied drawing and foundation drawings. Davis's production portfolio includes "Yogi Bear", "G-Force", aka "Gatchaman". "Spongebob Squigglypants" and much more.

One Animation Appoints Master Toy Partner for ‘Oddbods’

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Animation in Singapore talk at Library@Orchard

Our CEO is one of the speaker at the event at Library@Orchard about Animation in Singapore. We love to thanks for all the support.

Industry Training : Ong Yong Sen

We have a special Industry Training for our student, where we focus on speed and quality. Below you can see the artwork of Ong Yong Sen.

Should you launch the Animated TV Series or Feature Film First?

China box office is as big as the U.S. Box office now. Hence it is definitely a market you cannot ignore. So the question is should you launch the Animated TV Series or Feature Film first? Read more about this article here

Join the group for more up to date information on animation business.

Come down for the Design Talks about Singapore Animation

Our CEO, Mr David Kwok invited to give a talk this Saturday, 6 June 2015 about Singapore Animation at Orchard Library. We are very honored for that. Please come down and join us for the talk! There will be two more speakers, Michael Lim (Founder of Singapore VFX Society and Animation Group) and Mark Wee (Independent Animation film maker). 

Head to the website here to reserve your spot! Free admission!

Insane Polygons

Check this link, rotate the model in realtime on your phone. This is supercool.