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Sunday, June 8, 2008

Best-of Spungella

Someone suggested a best-of list for easier browsing, so here are posts which people seemed to like the most. If you feel that there is a post missing, please leave a comment or email me, and I'll add it, thanks!

  • Sounds simple? Doesn't it?
  • Time and Effort
  • Personality
  • Thinking outside the Box
  • How to use Reference
  • The Bouncing Ball- The key to all animation
  • Don't let the computer do the work for you!
  • Clear Silhouette
  • Contrast
  • My animation workflow (wip)
  • Original Ideas
  • Blog Collections #1, #2, #3
  • Acting Reference
  • The Keys to Getting a Job
  • Squash and Stretch
  • You need to have a plan
  • Polish: #1, #2
  • Facial Animation & Lipsync
  • What should I animate? pt.1 demo reel & pt.2 exercises
  • I can animate, now what? pt.1 and pt.2
  • How to choose the right audio clip
  • The importance of watching a lot of movies
  • I'm rarely using the graph editor.
  • Dirt - Controlled Sloppiness
  • Animal Locomotion for Animators by Stuart S. Sumida
  • Animation Salvation Interviews JD
  • Cloverball - And the Importance of having fun
  • Animation Article Database 
  • Top 5 Essentials of Animating Creatures 
  • Demo Reel Tips
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