News
Nimona at Annecy Film Festival
06/14/2023
Nimona was shown to an audience at Annecy Film Festival today. We're happy to be a part of this project and we can't wait for the world to see it. Please find more information in the Gizmodo Article. See Nimona on Netflix June 30th. It's Metal!
Nimona: Teaser Trailer
05/17/2023
Nimona Official Teaser Trailer has been released! We're excited at Squarebit to be a part of such a beautiful project. Working on many of the creatures in the film alongside so many talented artists at DNEG Animation. We hope everyone checks it out on Netflix June 30th
AnnaPurna + DNEG: Nimona
06/16/2022
Squarebit is happy to be a part of the amazing journey of Nimona getting to the screen. Please be sure to check out the Variety article. We're happy to finally share that we have been working with DNEG Animation and AnnaPurna Pictures to help bring some of the creatures in Nimona to audience members everywhere on Netflix. DNEG Animation has been an amazing partner and the film looks amazing. Please be sure to keep an eye out for updates as they get closer to release.
The Third Floor: Skytribe
03/24/2022
The team over at The Third Floor has done an amazing job on their first animated short Skytribe. While The Third Floor executed the whole project, Squarebit in partnership with OrigamiDollar, rigged both main characters in the short.
Apex Legends: Emergence Launch Trailer has arrived!
07/22/2021
The team over at Psyop has done an amazing job on the launch trailer for the Electronic Arts hit game Apex Legends: Emergence, created by developer Respawn Entertainment. While Psyop executed the whole project, Squarebit in partnership with OrigamiDollar, rigged Seer for this trailer. We also updated some characters from the Legacy launch trailer. If you haven't had the chance to watch the trailer, please take some time to check it out.
DNEG Animation and Squarebit
06/15/2021
Double Negative is a household name in the Visual Effects industry. As of late, they have been working on full feature length animated films. Squarebit will be providing assistance to bring characters to the screen on an unnanounced project. We hope to share more in the future.
Apex Legends: Legacy Launch Trailer
04/22/2021
Squarebit helped Psyop and OrigamiDollar bring characters to life in the launch trailer for the Electronic Arts hit game Apex Legends: Legacy, created by developer Respawn Entertainment. While Psyop executed the whole project, Squarebit helped rig six of the main characters you see in the trailer (Valkyrie, Loba, Lifeline, Horizon, Wraith, and Fuse). If you haven't had the chance to watch the trailer or gameplay trailer, check them out in the links below.
NXT is now open source!
01/13/2021
What is NXT? Read the full press release to find out.
Squarebit was fortunate enough to collaborate with the creators and developers of NXT and Sunrise Productions to create layers for NXT. While working with the software, Squarebit has been able to develop flexible workflows that can scale for large productions and be nimble for short projects. We highly recommend trying it out. Why not? It's free!!!!
The podcast with the devs on Miquel Campos' "The Rigging Buddies" youtube channel is below and worth a watch. They explain the long journey to open sourcing NXT. We look forward to continued collaboration with the NXT developers and the open source community.
Squarebit working in education with Kyosil
12/15/2020
Squarebit will be collaborating with Kyosil to deliver feature film quality rigs to their students. Currently, the team is hard at work iterating on what the final look of the model and rig will be. Squarebit is excited to be working with such a talented group of industry professionals to bring students the quality that they can expect while working at a professional studio.