LightBox Expo
LightBox Expo (LBX) is the ultimate gathering of entertainment industry artists bringing your favorite films, animation, games + TV shows to life. Join us in Pasadena on Oct 24-26, 2025!
www.lightboxexpo.com
- How @devinellekurtz.bsky.social breaks down complex paintings! From “The Art of Being an Illustrator” panel at LightBox Expo, featuring Devin, @loish.bsky.social, Craig Mullins and Eleeza! Watch the full video here: youtu.be/3JhDJ1Rz4cM
- Write for Animation! Character IS Story Vicky Jenson (Shrek), John Musker (Lion King) & Jorge R. Gutierrez (The Book of Life) discuss actionable steps, tips & real-world examples on how developing strong characters is the key to unlocking your story’s full potential! Watch: youtu.be/fuKh2NNMLnA
- For those who love Arcane, here is Charles Lee talking about designing Jinx's lair! Watch the FULL “Environment Design for Animated Film” panel from LightBox Expo, free to watch now on YouTube, featuring artist and designer Charles Lee! Link: youtu.be/y5U276e3UAk
- Reposted by LightBox ExpoHoly cannoli, Humble Bundle currently has a collection of $400 worth of software, brushes, and assets, for just $25!!!! Clip Studio 4.0, MOHO, 400+ brushes, and hundreds of models, poses, and other assets. This deal is bonkers. #clipstudio #art www.humblebundle.com/software/cre...
- Calling all Arcane fans! Watch the FULL “Environment Design for Animated Film” panel from LightBox Expo, free to watch now on YouTube, featuring artist Charles Lee (www.instagram.com/clconceptart/) Link: youtu.be/y5U276e3UAk
- Starting in just 10 minutes! discord.gg/lightboxexpo
- Don't drop the ball on this one! Get the play-by-play on how to score your dream job at Sony Pictures Animation! Tomorrow, April 17th at 10:30am PST, the Recruiting Team will be in the spotlight on the LBX Discord answering your career questions! discord.gg/lightboxexpo
- Don't drop the ball on this one! Get the play-by-play on how to score your dream job at Sony Pictures Animation! Tomorrow, April 17th at 10:30am PST, the Recruiting Team will be in the spotlight on the LBX Discord answering your career questions! discord.gg/lightboxexpo
- We're hosting a Q&A with the Sony Pictures Animation All-Star Recruiting Team next week on Thursday, April 17 at 10:30am PT on the LBX Discord (discord.gg/lightboxexpo) This is your opportunity to shoot your shot and ask all of your burning questions about how to join the Sony team!
- Learn from acclaimed directors Chris Sanders, John Musker, and Rich Moore about their journeys behind some of the most beloved animated films + gain a deeper understanding of what it takes to bring animated stories to life on the big screen! Now available free on YouTube! youtu.be/pKGxvsnrMpk
- Character + Toy Designer Amber Aki Huang breaks down the process of making physical character goods (Plush Toys, Vinyl Toys, etc), shares resources on where to begin, and teaches you how to use the same skill sets for Char Design/Vis Dev as in Animation/Games. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0kv...
- Reposted by LightBox ExpoUmbert and Misterman are BACK! We’re launching a Kickstarter MARCH 31 to fund UMBERT ACTUALLY!, a new series of informative shorts featuring your favorite pink and green husbands! You can wishlist the Kickstarter RIGHT NOW before it launches on MARCH 31! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jel...
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- New Today! “Behind the Scenes: Insights From Studio Owners” panel from LightBox Expo 2024: youtu.be/O5qreN71GKg Featuring studio owners Alex Woo (Kuku Studios), Kris Wimberly (Studio Smokescreen), Maureen Fan (Baobab Studios), Mike Uwandi (9B), Chris Prynoski (Titmouse) + Robert Kondo (Tonko House)
- Are you interested in hosting/organizing a panel, doing a talk or demo at LightBox Expo 2025? This is your chance to bring it to life on the LBX stage! For the first time, we’re opening up panel submissions for the show: lightboxexpo.com/applications/
- The art industry is changing... is there hope for artists? Watch the FULL “Designing Characters: Insights from Top Costume Illustrators” panel from LightBox Expo 2024 as they discuss the state of the industry and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouSX...
- Clip Studio Paint (v4) is doing a release sale for only $23.40 for a perpetual license. Check it out at: www.clipstudio.net/en/ Full disclosure: CSP will be a sponsor of LBX this year but they didn’t ask us to do this (and we don’t do social ads for sponsors anyway), we just wanted to share 😀
- Join us TODAY at 10am PST for a Q&A with the DreamWorks Recruiting team on the LBX Discord! discord.gg/lightboxexpo
- Q&A w/ DreamWorks Recruiting Tuesday, March 11 @ 10am PT on the LBX Discord discord.gg/lightboxexpo We've teamed up with the recruitment team from DreamWorks to host this Q&A! This event will be LIVE ONLY and FREE FOR EVERYONE to attend, so make sure you don't miss out!
- LightBox Expo 2025 Exhibitor and Artist Alley applications are now open! lightboxexpo.com/applications/ The application will be open for three weeks, so if you're interested in being considered, please consider applying!
- If you’re interested in possibly working on Magic the Gathering, WOTC has opened up online portfolio submissions
- ARTISTS 🎨 Wizards has opened up online portfolio submissions! If you’ve always wanted a chance to work on Magic art here is your opportunity to show us what you’ve got! #WotCStaff #art #artsky company.wizards.com/en/freelance...
- Q&A w/ DreamWorks Recruiting Tuesday, March 11 @ 10am PT on the LBX Discord discord.gg/lightboxexpo We've teamed up with the recruitment team from DreamWorks to host this Q&A! This event will be LIVE ONLY and FREE FOR EVERYONE to attend, so make sure you don't miss out!
- LightBox Expo 2025 Exhibitor and Artist Alley applications will be opening on Monday, March 10th! Please mark your calendars if you are interested in exhibiting at LBX this year!
- A couple days late to the party but this animatic pilot by @kianamai.bsky.social is fantastic! So easy to see this becoming a series, hope we get to see more!
- FEBRUARY 28TH 10AM PST!!!!!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf7b...
- Optimizing Your Workflow as a Concept Artist Debuting today on YouTube, watch the FULL panel from LBX 2024: youtu.be/AGaV_42j5us Hosted by Jose Vega (www.instagram.com/artofjosevega/) #conceptart #conceptartist
- Congratulations to the filmmakers behind “In The Shadow of the Cypress” for their winning Best Animated Short Film at the Oscars!
- Congratulations to @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social and the entire Flow creative team for this incredible achievement!
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- When M. Night Shyamalan Needed a Design FAST! We've now posted the FULL “Creature Designers of Film & TV” panel from LBX2024 on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Lt... Featuring @zacharyberger.bsky.social, Luca Nemolato, Constantine Sekeris, Jerad S. Marantz, Neville Page, and Crash McCreery!
- Reposting from LinkedIn: Illumination’s Summer 2025 Internships are now OPEN!! Positions include Storyboard Artist Internships! Applications are due March 28! Apply today! lnkd.in/eguREpM3
- Check out this beautiful stop motion animated short film, which was made entirely using wool from Deccani sheep in India! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P7E...
- Fat Dragons vs. Sexy Dragons (wait, aren't they the same? 😅) Watch the “Creature Designers of Film & TV” panel from LightBox Expo 2024 here: youtu.be/H5idtmVRIwU Featuring @zacharyberger.bsky.social, Luca Nemolato, Constantine Sekeris, Jerad S. Marantz, Neville Page, and Crash McCreery!
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- Flow, the multiple award-winning animated movie, a profound meditation on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of friendship and community, is coming to streaming on Max this Friday, February 14th. Happy Valentine's Day!
- LightBox Expo congratulates all the nominees and winners of the 52nd Annual Annie Awards! As sponsors of the Annie's, we're thrilled to support animation in its many forms. Thanks for following along!
- The final Annie Award of the night for Best Feature goes to THE WILD ROBOT! Congratulations to Chris Sanders and the entire crew!
- The Annie Award for Best Feature - Independent goes to FLOW! Congratulations @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social!
- The Annie Award for Best Direction - Feature goes to THE WILD ROBOT (Chris Sanders)
- The Annie Award for Best Direction - TV/Media goes to ARCANE Episode: The Dirt Under Your Nails A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix Arnaud Delord, Pascal Charrue, Bart Maunoury
- The Annie Award for Best Storyboarding - Feature goes to DESPICABLE ME 4 (Habib Louati) Illumination
- The Annie Award for Best Storyboarding - TV/Media goes to ARCANE (Joséphine Meis) Episode: Killing is a Cycle A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix
- The Annie Award for Best TV/Media – Limited Series goes to DREAM PRODUCTIONS Episode: A Night to Remember Pixar Animation Studios
- The Annie Award for Best TV/Media - Mature goes to BOB'S BURGERS! Episode: They Slug Horses, Don’t They? 20th Television Animation / FOX Entertainment
- The Annie Award for Best TV/Media - Children goes to Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Episode: The Molecular Level Flying Bark Productions, Disney Television Animation, Disney Branded Television, Cinema Gypsy Productions
- The Annie Award for Best TV/Media - Preschool goes to The Tiny Chef Show! Episode: Tiny Chef's Spooky Stump Spectacular Imagine Entertainment, Tiny Chef Productions and Nickelodeon Productions
- The Annie Award for Best Writing - Feature goes to FLOW! @gintszilbalodis.bsky.social and Matīss Kaža
- The Annie Award for Best Writing - TV/Media goes to "ORION AND THE DARK" - Charlie Kaufman
- The Annie Award for Best Voice Acting - Feature goes to THE WILD ROBOT (Lupita Nyong'o (Roz))
- The Annie Award for Best Voice Acting - TV/Media goes to "DREAM PRODUCTIONS" (Paula Pell) Episode: Out of Body Pixar Animation Studios
- The 52nd Annie Awards Winsor McCay Award (in recognition of lifetime or career contributions) to Eunice Macaulay (Posthumous - National Film Board of Canada (NFB)), Normand Roger (Legendary NFB Composer + Sound Designer) and Aaron Blaise (long time Disney Supervising Animator/Director + educator)
- We're back in and starting again! The Annie Award for Best Editorial - Feature goes to "THE WILD ROBOT" Mary Blee, Collin Erker, Orlando Duenas, Lucie Lyon and Brian Parker
- The Annie Awards are being interrupted for a fire alarm at the theater so everyone is being evacuated. We may or may not resume our live posting sorry!!
- The Annie Award for Best Editorial - TV/Media goes to "ARCANE" Episode: Pretend Like It's the First Time A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix Nazim Meslem, Gilad Carmel, Roberto Fernandez
- The Annie Award for Best FX - Feature goes to "THE WILD ROBOT" Production Company: DreamWorks Animation FX Production Company: DreamWorks Animation Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, Steve Avoujageli
- The Annie Award for Best FX - TV/Media goes to "ARCANE" Episode: The Dirt Under Your Nails Production Company: A Riot Games and Fortiche Production for Netflix FX Production Company: Fortiche Studio, Guillaume Degroote, Aurélien Ressencourt, Adam Bachiri, Guillaume Zaouche, Jérôme Dupré
