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Animation studios: where cartoons come to life A lot goes behind the making of an animated cartoon picture. The cartoon pictures usually get a shape in animation studios. An animation studio blends creative and technical art to create master copy of any story in the medium of computer animation. There are a good number of animation studios in the world. Some of the animation studios are committed to give shape to cartoon drawings in the form of cartoon series, however, some of them are dedicated towards creating cartoon pictures that make history. The list below includes some of the world acclaimed studios that have blown life into innumerable animated cartoon characters. DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. In 2000, DreamWorks SKG created a new business division, DreamWorks Animation, that would on a regular basis produce animated feature films. However, since 2004, DreamWorks Animation is dedicated solely to producing CG animated films. They are not expected to produce anymore traditional 2D cartoon pictures. This studio has created some of the best animated characters of all times. The list of record braking movies created by DreamWorks Animation includes Shrek(all parts), Madagascar, Shark Tale, Antz and the Prince of Egypt, to name a few. With the cartoon animation techniques used by them they have practically blown life into several cartoon drawings. Blue Sky Studios After Blue Sky Studios was acquired by 20th Century Fox it solely produced computer animated pictures. Previously it dealt with advertising through cool cartoons. This is an Academy Award winning computer animation studio, mainly specializes in photo-realistic, high-resolution, computer-generated character animation and rendering. It has produced award winning animated cartoon pictures. Some of its best works include Ice Age: The Meltdown, Robots and Ice Age. Blue Sky Studios literally created history by bringing the pre-historic animal cartoon characters to life in Ice Age. Pixar Animation Studios Pixar is based in California and best known for CGI animated cartoons. In 2006, Walt Disney Company bought Pixar through an all stock transaction. Pixar has a history of creating outstanding animated characters through its own rendering software RenderMan. This software is used to generate high-quality, photorealistic images. Remember the toy cartoon characters who come to life in the Toy Story? Yes it was a Pixar production. Apart from Toy Story, Pixar is also credited for cool cartoons such as Finding Nemo, Incredibles and Cars. Walt Disney Television Animation This is the animated television production division of The Walt Disney Company. It came into being in 1984. The list of animated flicks produced or released by this branch of Walt Disney Company has broken all records. The Walt Disney animated classics were the first to create waves in the animated cartoon world. These are just few of the animation studios that have created world renowned animated cartoon pictures. These studios give life to a cartoon drawing as well as a storyline and brings you face to face with an amazing cartoon animation. D-six is another comic studio that has created a huge fan following with the six super-cute cartoon characters |