The Joy of Animation: Tips Tricks and Techniques - Hjalti Hjalmarsson

Malcolm 2.0 Crowd Funding

Head over here for more funding information.

Daddy Christmas by Blue-Zoo Animation

William Marsh Character Animation Reel 2015

William Marsh Character Animation Reel 2015 from William Marsh on Vimeo.

Animating a Jump Tutorial Part #269

:)

AnimSchool Animation Student Showcase 2014

HAHAHAH!! The flapping one by Jon Paul Brower made me laugh out loud!

Free rig and animation lessons - CG Spectrum

Head over here for a free rig and animation lessons by CG Spectrum! Sign up and get started!

From the site:

The first six weeks of course video lessons from our 12 week Introduction to Animation course. You will learn the basic animation principles that will help establish a solid foundation for you to build upon while learning intermediate functions of Autodesk Maya software. These video lessons are mobile device friendly so you can watch them on your tablet or mobile phone.

Wurst

WURST from Carlo Vogele on Vimeo.

WURST : Full Making Of from Carlo Vogele on Vimeo.

Pixar's Inside Out - Trailer 2

Hahaha, that was great! Cracked me up! And as a parent, it's going to be fun to watch this (but what's up with the father's beard texture? Trailer shot I guess).

Le Petit Prince - Trailer

I remember reading this short story when I was kid. This could be cute!

Jais Bredsted, Animationmentor, Class 1, Progress Reel

Oooold clip by now, but the presentation is still fun to watch:

Jais Bredsted, Animationmentor, Class 1, Progress Reel from jais bredsted on Vimeo.

Cruisr / All Over

Cruisr / All Over from Chris Carboni on Vimeo.

42nd Annie Award Nominations

Congrats to all the nominees and thankfully there are no silly boycotts! Head over to Cartoon Brew for the full list:
 

Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production

• Fabio Lignini – How to Train Your Dragon 2 
- DreamWorks Animation
• Steven “Shaggy” Hornby – How to Train Your Dragon 2
- DreamWorks Animation
• Thomas Grummt – How to Train Your Dragon 2
- DreamWorks Animation
• Ravi Kamble – Penguins of Madagascar
 – DreamWorks Animation
• Travis Knight – The Boxtrolls – Focus Features/Laika
• Malcolm Lamont – The Boxtrolls
- Focus Features/Laika
• Jason Stalman – The Boxtrolls – Focus Features/Laika

Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production

• Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, Dejan Momcilovic – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
 – Weta Digital
• Kevin Spruce, Dale Newton, Sidney Kombo, Chris Mullins, Brad Silby – Guardians of the Galaxy – Framestore
• Eric Reynolds, David Clayton, Andreja Vuckovic, Guillaume Francois, Gios Johnston – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Weta Digital

Mortadelo y Filemón contra Jimmy el Cachondo - Final Trailer

I know them as "Clever & Smart" and seeing those renders reminds me of this:

I'd still be curious to see it though. The comics were awesome.

Flow - wireless controller

Not exactly animation related but you guys are all artists, so this could be handy!

Alexis Wanneroy - Animation Reels

Alexis Wanneroy - Animation Reel 2014 from alexis wanneroy on Vimeo.

Alexis Wanneroy - Animation Reel Breakdown 2014 from alexis wanneroy on Vimeo.

Alexis Wanneroy - Rise of the guardians character development reel from alexis wanneroy on Vimeo.

Alexis Wanneroy's Workshop - Ianimate Students animation reel from alexis wanneroy on Vimeo.

Darwyn Cooke's Batman Beyond 75th Anniversary Short

The Backwater Gospel

The Backwater Gospel from The Animation Workshop on Vimeo.

Home Dog

Online vs. Traditional Schools - by Animschool

Learn 3D Animation at ANIMSCHOOL.COM - Make Characters - Move Characters

Strange Magic - Trailer

January release date doesn't bode well...

iAnimate Games Student Showreel - Fall 2014

iAnimate Games Student Showreel - Fall 2014 from iAnimate on Vimeo.

Animation Mentor Student Showcase 2014

Showreel Fall 2014 - Nicole Ridgwell

Showreel Fall 2014 from Nicole Ridgwell on Vimeo.

Peanuts - Official Trailer

Super cute! Love the look!

Liftoff!

Liftoff! Playblast version from Nacho Garranzo on Vimeo.

Firefly

The short was created "in support of Sir Ray Avery's global fundraising launch to create the Life Pod - an incredible incubator that will save the lives of millions of babies around the world."

Find out more about it at https://mondialelifepod.com/

BAKE OFF ITALIA /// IDENT BUMPER REEL

BAKE OFF ITALIA /// IDENT BUMPER REEL from Alkanoids on Vimeo.

Minions - Official Trailer

Fishing Train

Fishing Train from Fishing Train on Vimeo.

Coach shot - Charles Larrieu

coach shot from charles on Vimeo.

Wake Up Call

Wake Up Call from Kevin Jackson on Vimeo.

Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker - Trailer

This looks really neat but once again the music just kills it for me (the 2nd half) in this trailer. The mood was so good at the beginning!

A Tale of Momentum & Inertia

A Tale of Momentum & Inertia from HouseSpecial on Vimeo.

Big Hero 6 Character Study

Really nice.

Stephen Vyas - Fight IV

Always so good!

Disney’s Feast – Special Look

The animation is super cute! Love it! But it has that cel shaded feel I'm just not into. Still, really well done.

Disney's Feast - Special Look by CGMeetup

DreamWorks' PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR - "Penguins Antarctic Documentary"

BIG HERO 6 Promo Clip - Characters

New Sensation

NEW SENSATION from CRCR on Vimeo.

Astérix - Le Domaine des Dieux - Official Trailer

"Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy" Animated

Big Hero 6 New York Comic Con Sizzle

Those renders!! It looks super cool! (but that music...)

SSE Commercial

Head over here for the making-of of this commercial.

SSE "Maya" from The Mill on Vimeo.

Astérix - Le Domaine des dieux - teaser 2

This could be fun!

The Physics of Doing an Ollie on a Skateboard

Very in-depth analysis and fun read on top of being handy reference. Check it out here.

Extreme Toys

Pixar's Inside Out - Teaser

Flight Videos Deconstructed

Don Hertzfeldt's Simpsons Couch gag

Disney's Big Hero 6 - Official US Trailer 2

Ugh... that music... But the rest looks super cool!

Envoy

MooseBox

MooseBox from Nickelodeon International on Vimeo.

Bulb - Teaser animated short

Lecture on smear frames - Jeremy Lazare

Maya Viewport 2.0 for Animators

Maya Viewport 2.0 for Animators from Tim Kallok on Vimeo.

L3.0

FILM_FX L3.0 (2014) from ISART DIGITAL on Vimeo.

Genndy Tartakovsky's POPEYE Animation Test

That looks fantastic!

Frozen - "Do you want to build the snowman" animation breakdown

Early unmade version of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"

Hullabaloo Steampunk animated film

Fol'Amor

FOL'AMOR from GOBELINS pro on Vimeo.

Duo

Aniref - reference app

Head over to aniref.com for more info!

- See an interesting walk? Personality trait? Record it and add it to your library for future reference!
 - Analyze footage frame by frame, at multiple frame rates
- Track arcs, spacing and timing by positioning trackers
- View your tracking in 4 different display modes
- Export and Email your tracked footage as .mov and import it into your 3D / 2D software for ease of workflow
- Playback in slow motion or at 24 FPS
- Bookmark your key poses with the StarPose tool and toggle from key to key.
- Know exactly what frame you are on with the embedded frame count - Save your reference to the AniRef library, separate from your regular videos for easy finding and privacy

AniRef : Spontaneous Reference #1 from Paolo Cogliati on Vimeo.

Roberto Johns - Bad

Love it!

bad from Roberto Fernandez Johns demo ree on Vimeo.

Goku vs Superman flipbook animation

Love the sound!

Angry Birds Transformers: Cinematic Trailer

Clip 1 - Disney's Big Hero 6

Love Baymax!

Gabriele Pennacchioli - The Croods showreel

Gabriele Pennacchioli - The Croods showreel from Gabriele Pennacchioli on Vimeo.

Expectations of the Video Games Industry - Greg Mirles

2014 Speaker: Greg Mirles from Justin Hartman on Vimeo.

Annie

Annie from GOBELINS pro on Vimeo.

Pixar Short - Lava

Henchmen

HENCHMEN TEASER 2014 from Bron Studios Inc. on Vimeo.

Danilo Rocha - Particles Animation

Love this.

source

The Book of Life Official Trailer 2

'The Penguins of Madagascar' Trailer 2

Composition reference - Ukranian Parliament fight

This joke picture is just too awesome:

"Someone took a candid photo of a fight in Ukranian Parliament that is as well-composed as the best renaissance art" 

 

(source)

Satoshi Kon - Editing Space & Time

Satoshi Kon - Editing Space & Time from Tony Zhou on Vimeo.

Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou

Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou from Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou on Vimeo.

Deadpool : Test Footage

League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

A New Hue

A New Hue from George Rigby on Vimeo.

Toy Story That Time Forgot poster

So cool!

DEAKINS: Shadows In The Valley

DEAKINS: Shadows In The Valley from Plot Point Productions on Vimeo.

Every Frame A Painting

Check out the playlist of Every Frame A Painting, if you're into analyzing filmmaking techniques. Below are two examples.

Master Jiang and the Six Kingdoms - Trailer

Higher Sky

Higher Sky 2min Film Clip selection from Eric Cheng on Vimeo.

"I Like To PLay"

"I Like To PLay" from Josep Bernaus on Vimeo.

Gigantic - Announce Trailer

Disney's Big Hero 6 - Official US Trailer

Looks great! Love the look of the shot above.

Dino Fight - Loop

So cool! More about who did this here.

Father Daughter time featuring: The Conjuring - Reference

Zooey Lipsync

Zooey Lipsync from Kevin Webb on Vimeo.

"AnimDessin2" 2.0.0 for Photoshop CC

[EN] "AnimDessin2" 2.0.0 for Photoshop CC from Stéphane Baril on Vimeo.

Astérix le Domaine des Dieux : First Teaser

Astérix le Domaine des Dieux : First Teaser by itsartmag

Whole

Whole from Den Danske Filmskole on Vimeo.

Duet - Glen Keane

Jaguar Attacks Crocodile

Awesome.

Slapping Reference

Coil

COIL from GOBELINS pro on Vimeo.

Making Of Coil - Annecy 2014 - Charles Badiller from CharlesBad on Vimeo.

The Making Of How to Train Your Dragon - Animator's Corner

Paul Pammesberger - Reel 2014

character animation reel 2014 from Paul Pammesberger on Vimeo.

Expiration Date

Follow through and overlapping action - animation principle

New Boxtroll trailers

The quality of Laika movies is crazy. Can't wait to see it.

Home - Official Trailer

The Penguins of Madagascar - Official Trailer

Simone Fiorito Animation Reel 2013

Simone Fiorito Animation Reel 2013 from Simone on Vimeo.

Sakuga: The Art of Japanese Animators

Blur Studio Animation Reel

Blur has a really cool animation reel up. Check it out here!

Song of the Sea - Trailer

Star Wars Tie Fighter Animation

Oldie news but still awesome.

Animation Physics

Lots of cool information, head over here to check it all out!

Phantom Limb

Whish the music didn't stop so abruptly and would instead continue to flow into the credits.

The Book of Life - Trailer

AnimSchool student James Kachelries

Post by AnimSchool.

Aug(De)Mented Reality

Devil - cool playblast

devil anim playblast from sonohilo on Vimeo.

Big Hero 6 - Teaser

Is that a little Wall-E sound I hear around 41 second mark? (after the butt part?)

The Sketchbook, An Animated Short Film

Bang Bang! - Trailer

BANG BANG ! TRAILER from Julien Bisaro on Vimeo.

Rubber Boy

Rubber Boy from pedro conti on Vimeo.

Big Hero 6 - First Images

That looks already cool, can't wait for the trailer!

Found at comicbookresources.com

Sunset Overdrive (Respawn Animations)

Fun! Check out the rest here!

Leaping Lion Catches Antelope In Mid-Air Attack

ANONIMO

ANONIMO from Parallel on Vimeo.

Fox Retro

Fox Retro from PUNGA on Vimeo.

Toy Story of Terror

This is from the Digital Bits and sounds really cool! Great to have all the shorts included! So getting this.

Disney and Pixar have also set Toy Story of Terror! for Blu-ray and DVD release on 8/19. It will include the Toy Story of Terror! film featuring much of the original voice cast, 3 Toy Story Toons shorts (Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry, and Partysaurus Rex), audio commentaries on the film and all three shorts, 3 deleted scenes from the film (Pencil Topper Trilogy, Travel Brochures, and Road Trip Roulette), the Team of Specialists featurette, 3 Vintage Toy Commercials with director introductions (Old Timer, Combat Carl, and Transitron), and the D23 teaser.

30 Days of animation

LOVE. IT.

30 Days of animation from Geoff King on Vimeo.

Dissecting Roger Deakins' work on Prisoners

There's a really great analysis of Roger Deakins' cinematography of the movie Prisoners.

I'd add this to the collection of shots:

 Story spoiler but the fact that only his ear is lit is so good! Watch the movie and check out that shot.

More examples of his work (Jarhead has a ton of "invisible" VFX work by ILM, nicely done):

The Cinematography of | ROGER DEAKINS from Borealisk on Vimeo.

BREAKING BAD - Motivated Camera Movement

via @keithlango

BREAKING BAD - Motivated Camera Movement from Vashi Nedomansky on Vimeo.

Tissue Animals

via @Animschool

Jorge E. Ruiz Cano Reel Spring '14

He's improved so much! Nice work! "Tough road!" :)

Jorge E. Ruiz Cano Reel spring '14 from Jorge Ruiz on Vimeo.

Ragen

Ragen from Dan Sprogis on Vimeo.

Look left!

Look left! from Pep Lluis Llado on Vimeo.

Johnny Express

JohnnyExpress from AlfredImageworks on Vimeo.

Reference - Goshawk flies through tiny spaces in slow motion

This is pretty crazy to watch! Head over to this BBC site for the clip. Thanks Alberto for the tip!

Steadfast Stanley

Dudes fighting - Stephen Vyas

Love it!

More here.

Making of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Spider-Man Animation

Making of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Animation by CGMeetup

EPIC Animation Tips

Very nice!

EPIC Animation Tips from Patrick Giusiano on Vimeo.

An Indie Approach to Procedural Animation by David Rosen GDC14

Head over to the gdcvault and check out the lecture An Indie Approach to Procedural Animation. Very interesting to see the different stages.

Imagineers Bring Full 3D Audio-Animatronics to Life

Via @cartoonbrew

Really impressive!

Animography Franchise Animated

Animography_Frachise Animated from cento lodigiani on Vimeo.

The illusion of life

Nicely done!

The illusion of life from cento lodigiani on Vimeo.

Slow Motion Cat Jumping Reference

Cats + Internet = Reference

And while we're at it:

Murphy's Irish Stout Commercial

There's a Man in the Woods

Thanks Aziz for the tip!

There's a Man in the Woods from Jacob Streilein on Vimeo.

Reaction Reference

Super cute reaction. Love how his arms go together. :)
Thanks Romit for the tip!

Creature Fight - Hulk fighting dinos

Nice!!

Creature_Seq (WIP) from dhanu on Vimeo.

Simpsons Couch Gag - Michal Socha

Construct GTC Teaser

Construct GTC Teaser from Kevin Margo on Vimeo.

Press A to Start: An Online Discussion with Animators in Games

First 5 minutes of How To Train Your Dragon 2

Head over here for spoilers. I'm staying away from it. :)
Are you guys liking it? So tempted to watch it.

Francis

Bears on Stairs

BEARS ON STAIRS from DBLG on Vimeo.

Shot Progression Grand Pabby

ShotProgressionGrandPabby from Daniel Peixe on Vimeo.

Would be neat to have a little foot anim in there as well, little spreading of those during weight shifts.

Sylvain Chomet's making of 'The Simpsons couch gag'

Batman: Strange Days

How To Train Your Dragon 2 - Official Trailer #3

Epic!!

That music though...

Get Ready to Assemble

Hahaha, the Mike Wazowski part cracked me up.

Armello - 'Horrors & Heroes' Trailer

Fallin' Floyd

Fallin' Floyd from il Luster on Vimeo.

Video References - Puss in Boots & ROTG

It's cool to see people's process but I do have to say that Dreamworks movies can feel a bit reference-y. Same with iAnimate shots. Not all of course. It's just not my cup of tea.

Clothing the Morpheus Rig - A Tea Time 'How To' Video Tutorial

Clothing the Morpheus Rig - A Tea Time 'How To' Video Tutorial from Lana Bachynski on Vimeo.

RIO 2 Behind The Scenes #5: Animation - Melvin Tan

RIO 2 Behind The Scenes #5: Animation - Melvin Tan from Skwigly on Vimeo.

The Multifaceted Carl Wildemann

Hahaha, the spider cracked me up!

Frozen Shot Progression Sven by Daniel Peixe

ShotProgressionSven from Daniel Peixe on Vimeo.

AnimGesture

I remember Jimmy from work, good guy, give this a try!

Animgesture.com has all the information you need, including this video:

Keyframe - Playblast/Reference Viewer

Head over to Zurbrigg.com for more information and videos. I'm going to try this out tonight! Might be a solution to my Quicktime+Screen Sketch Tool problem.

GPU Technology Conference 2014

Video streaming by Ustream

Short Film: "Dark Noir" - Red Knuckles

Daddy's Birthday Present to His 1-Year-Old Daughter

Crawl

As you know I love animation and for those who know me a bit better they also know that I love pixel art (I guess now you do too!).

When those two worlds collide in an awesome way like with the game "Crawl" by Barney Cumming and David LLoyd, I can only giggle in delight.

I highly recommend you check out the TIGForum thread about the development of the game. The attention to detail is really nice despite the limitations of the style, all the way down to smear frames. The FX animation is a lot of fun to watch as well.

Even menu animations show how much fun the developers are having with this project.

There's also a neat tutorial on how the developer approaches the animation process, which is layered and simplified in order to speed up his workflow:

As well as quick post regarding his key poses and inbetweens:

And here's the trailer for the game:

Animating Ernest & Celestine

Tiny Worlds

Tiny Worlds from Rushes on Vimeo.

Rio 2 - "I Will Survive" Trailer

Flashdance reference! You pulled a Shrek!

SOAR

SOAR: An Animated Short from Alyce Tzue on Vimeo.

Alexis Wanneroy - Animation Reel Breakdown 2014

Alexis Wanneroy - Animation Reel Breakdown 2014 from alexis wanneroy on Vimeo.

More work can be seen at CGmeetup.

Getting a job in Games.

Head over to gamesanimator.com for a great list of things to keep in mind when applying for a job.

Step 5 is super important! It's really not just about being able to animate well:

Step 5.

Getting in is just the beginning, staying in is harder.

What many schools won’t tell you is that getting in is just the first step in your career, the key to having a career is staying in and getting progressively stronger as a developer as you gain experience. Here are some quick tips that I’ve learnt along the way to keep you in the game:

- Be great at character animation under pressure. This one comes with experience, but don’t be afraid to jump in at the deep end and prove yourself.

- Be prepared for iteration. Don’t get precious about your work.

- Test your stuff in-game as quickly and as much as possible.

- Be prepared to wear different hats and dip into other disciplines.

- Be proactive, a team player and a problem solver. Game development is a team sport.

- Take ownership of your work/job. Try to pick projects/studios that interest you and that you will be invested in.

- Don’t be a jerk.

- Keep improving your craft beyond just animating at work. Keep up to date with the industry, tools and techniques, even if you’re not in a cutting edge studio.

Milt Kahl drawings

Always a good reminder to check out Andres Deja's "Deja View" blog. This time around he posted awesome Milt Kahl drawings!

Lost footage from 'Lord of the Rings' animated film

More info here and two clips. Cool to see, haven't watched the movie in a long time though. Curious what I think of it now.

Frozen- Shot Progression

Frozen- Shot Progression from Bobby Pontillas on Vimeo.

Arc Tracker Pro for Maya

There's more info here.

Freeze framing the new CG Peanuts trailer

Head over here for a great frame by frame analysis of the Peanuts trailer.