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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 – PLANNING

Nov 14, 2012

Now comes the part that’s the hardest in my eyes… planning! In theory, we Animators would love days to plan the shot, until we have every little part of it figured out and really get at the heart of it while keeping it entertaining, but, in reality, we have around half a day if you’re […]

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The Grief of Animation Critique

Aug 27, 2012

I am taking a little bit of a break from the heavy issues of our addiction and touching on something that we all go through, whether you are a student or a pro – you still have to deal with critique. I admit that early on my addiction always got the better of me and I […]

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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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