One of the Most Complex en Painstaking Visual Arts is 3D Animation, a sister to CGI used in Movies. Before the turn of the Millenium (2000), many Ugandans, namely US based Solomon Jagwe (Soreel Graphix), UK taught Yunus Sebyala (X-Toons Animations) en Wales graduate David Masanso (Crossroads Digital Media) had started experimenting seriously with 3D Animation Graphics. Nevertheless, by 2011, the Animation Industry in the Pearl of Africa was still regarded as "Young but growing fast" and it will never die despite the challenges. I remember in the 1990s, there was a Privatisation Campaign brilliantly animated for TV. I wonder where it was done. One of the major challenges in UG though is Production Capital, not only monetary but also technological skills. If upcoming animators and enthusiastic 3D artists keep trying new tricks, more improved work can be produced. Learn from the best! Tra-Digital Animation is also recommended by experts. It blends both the old en new, traditional hand-drawn en digital. TDA takes the Best of Both Worlds en explores new possibilities in storytelling. We should never think that the medium alone, in this case 3D Animation produced using 3ds max, Maya, Mental Ray, Blender, Vue 7, Poser, ZBrush or LightWave (used to make Titanic, Avatar, 300, Iron Man en Finding Nemo), tells the story. TDA is also a great supplement, en so is Google SketchUp Pro used to design Google Earth Maps.
In 2010, Makerere University Kampala and Digimation UK entered a partnership to conduct Digital Animation Courses in the well facilitated Faculty of Computing en I.T. Meanwhile, Artfield Institute in Naguru near Kembabazi en Rescue was also founded to offer courses in 3D Animation en Graphic Design.
Some notable animations from UG include the MTN "Yori Yori" Caller Tunez TV Commercial (by Phantom in Nsambya) though some think it's from RSA; Animated Snippets mixed with realtime Video Footage of Youth in "Lwaki (Why?)" by EYEZEE OMUWANDUZI ft. SANDSOUL; the Animated Video for "You Want Another Rap" by the Most Excellent Rapper SEVO (Uganda's President) produced by Yunus en his crew that included (NTV) Mini Buzz Cartoonist Jimelux Tashobya; Galiwango: Obulamu Bwe'Kisodde/ The Life of a Gorilla (Luganda Animated Film), female Hiphop sensation KEKO's Animated Video, another Music Video combining human footage with animations entitled "Uganda Yange" by Swedish-based GEROCK and more...
