mechanics

AA Round Table Meeting – ANIMATION STYLES

Jul 12, 2013

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, things have been a little busy at my day job to say the least. I was able to sit down with some co-workers to talk animation a few weeks ago, and we tried talking about animation styles and character styles. Have a listen and please share your thoughts on […]

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Crafting a Feature Shot: TUTORIALS

May 10, 2013

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? – […]

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Crafting a Feature Shot – BOARDS

Aug 13, 2012

Now, usually the next step would be to go through the audio a few hundred times and do some thumbnails and really try and come-up with a good performance, but since we have to create everything from scratch we will start with the boards. So, below you will find rough boards, since I didn’t need […]

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“Carbon Copy” Animation

Aug 2, 2012

This subject has come up more than once in my class, and has been a much heated discussion amongst animation professionals and students. The use of live action reference is always the ten ton elephant in the room. I have posted previously about the use of reference and it’s advantages and pitfalls. We will dive […]

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Crafting a feature animation shot – AUDIO

Jul 16, 2012

So far I have posted on things dealing with the theory of animation addiction and the steps to deal with it, but theory will only get you so far. Practical is another great way to learn, hell that’s how the Nine Old Men and their generation did it – by learning on the job and […]

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