Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park believes the UK provides a special environment for animators.

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Since I came to U.S., I thought I should work for famous animators, learning at the same time.

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One of the steepest challenges for computer animators and game developers is crafting realistic human characters without dropping their audience off the proverbial cliff of the uncanny valley.

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Tax relief for British animators will be introduced in April 2013 - and will be set at a level described by the chancellor as "among the most generous available anywhere".

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To be sure, Disney moved to the right from the 1940s onwards, not least because of a bitter strike in 1941 by animators that crippled his studio for months.

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For the outfits in "Brave, " Pixar animators created a new shading program that wove the individual fibers of the tartan together to create a textured cloth, allowing a kilt to move in a more-realistic fashion.

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The Cintiq 24HD is engineered to meet the high-demands of designers, illustrators, animators, video editors and other creatives looking for Wacom's most advanced pen-on-screen experience.

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So because of this reason it may seem that Korea was playing a large role in the animation industry, but a lot of the animators in Korea actually started off by learning and working for these American shows.

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