As I’m sure you have noticed the posts have been more sparse these past few months. The main reason is my addiction has been in full blast. Over the last two years I have been working on a shot, this time included modeling, rigging, animation and final render. Why did it take so long? – well, it’s something that I have been working on by stealing an hour here, a few minutes there. Slowly and slowly time add up.

So now what? – well, I have decided to take the work I have done on the shot and use it to help others learn and get better. I have been recording and editing a few short video snippets that show the workflow and explain how I created this shot. I will start posting these in the near future and it should last a while.

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Twenty Years Later

Apr 8, 2013

So in a bit of a nostalgic moment I went through some of my earlier artwork and drawings while I was young and pursuing my addiction of feature animation. I came across a letter that I had almost forgot about. When I was in the 8th grade I wrote a short and poorly composed letter [...]

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You made it, so now what?

Feb 26, 2013

I had the idea for this post before all the craziness of the last few weeks, but it seemed to fit the subject of this post in an eerie way. I admit that my goal through my journey of studying animation, was alway to become a feature animator. I never thought of what would happen [...]

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The Challenge of Animating Underaged Adults

Jan 30, 2013

Over the last year I have had the chance to share my thoughts on the challenges of animating kids. I was lucky enough to have animated a large number of the shots of Sophie on Rise of the Guardians, and, I admit, when I started on the show I was really drawn to the idea [...]

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Podcast: iAnimate Interview

Dec 31, 2012
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iAnimate.net Interview with Tal Shwarzman 55:58" I had a chance to chat with Larry and Ric from iAnimate a few weeks ago and talk about my career in animation as well as what I have been up to with Animation‑Addicts.com. It was cool because the interview didn’t just focus on the films I have worked [...]

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