Posts

Showing posts from March, 2019

WHAT IS A GAME ENGINE AND WHICH GAME ENGINES ARE FAMOUS NOWADAYS?

Image
Fig. 1, Global Game Engines Market 2019 Introduction Game engines by definition are software development environment designed to enable people build games but mostly video games. Game engines are used by developers to construct games which can be fixed in consoles, mobile devices or personal computers. For most 2Dimensional and 3Dimesnional graphics, the core functionality provided by game engines are a rendering game engine, as well as collision detection and a whole lot of other features such as sound , scripting, networking, streaming, memory management, threading, scene graph, video support for cinematics, animation, and   artificial intelligence.   Most of the times, the same game engines are adapted and improved on to produce different games. (Cowan and Danny, 2013) The Components of A Game Engine Most of the game engine suite provides facilities that ease development such as graphics, physics, and Al functions sometimes the game

Is Japanese Animation better than American Animation?

Image
Disney, Nickelodeon, MTV, Archie Comic Publications, Inc., Hasbro, Marvel Entertainment Group, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Cartoon Network, Touchstone Pictures Amblin Entertainment, Toei Animation and Warner Bros. Animation Introduction It’s no news that the modern animation of the United States has had a great impact on animation worldwide. American animation industry has over time warped around itself various features from Disney, Don Bluth, Warner Bros , Ralph Baski and so many more (Marwah Zagzoug,2001) .   In the same vein, there are noticeable attributes about the anime industry which in its own uniqueness embraces a whole lot of attributes different from the American animation industry (Marwah Zagzoug,2001) . The Beginning of Animation American animation has over time evolved through processes, most of the cartoons developed from being comically designed to having short escapades helping people escape from the harsh world of dep

Technical and Artistic difference between 2D and 3D Animation

Image
Animation simply involves basic manipulation of pictures such that they appear as moving images, It is useful in many fields especially information technology interface ( Pervasive Animation , 2013 ).   The two kinds of animations which exist-2D and 3D entail different processes for different outcomes therefore there exist substantial differences between them. 2D Animation   Figure 1 - Leo walk cycle take TWO, LuigiL (deviantart.com, 2012) 2-Dimensional animation employs the use of two-dimensional drawings where there are flat objects such as squares, triangles, and circles, manipulated to form images and characters that are not capable of motion 2D figure (Sito Tom., 2013) . There is a separation of illustrations into transparent layers without a virtual skeleton, whose accessories are moved by the animator on keyframes which is called morphing. (Sito Tom., 2013) . There are different ways in which 2D animatio

Contour Drawing Versus Gesture Drawing

Image
Background information       There are various artistic techniques an artist can choose from while making a drawing. Contour drawing and gesture drawing are the main artistic techniques used by artists to get their drawings done. In contour drawing, the artist starts by sketching by drawing lines which form outlines for real drawings . On the other hand, gesture drawing involves loosely sketching the subject as a way of capturing its form and express its movement. The two artistic techniques are widely used depending on the needs of the artist because they all have significant comparative benefits   (Küssner, 2017) .  (Q&A, 2014) Examples of Gesture vs Contour and Scribbly Lines Comparative differences between contour drawing and gesture drawing       A contour is a line that shows that shows the edges or the form of an object while a gesture is a loosely drawn sketch that captures form and helps express motion. The two artistic techniques are different in