Zootopia - Official US Trailer 2

Link by Cartoon Saloon

Super cute! There's more info and design work on Marie Thorhauge's tumblr.

Link from Sandra N. Andersen on Vimeo.

The Making of "Sanjay's Super Team"

Kubo and the Two Strings Official Teaser

This looks very intriguing! Interesting casting choices, I'm sure it's going to spark some "Why so many white actors?" questions.

Retrofit

Malcolm 2.0

The super popular rig Malcolm just got the public release update to 2.0. Very cool! And thanks for sharing! Download it here!

Pixelart - Eder Cardoso

These are pretty awesome. Made by Eder Cardoso.

A character I made a long time ago, in the good ol' 2d fashion... #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart @AntonHand pic.twitter.com/os0mBIkwwj

— Eder Cardoso (@plasmapuncher) November 27, 2015

Hands of Bresson - Reference

Game Animation Student Showreel 2015

Game Animation Student Showreel 2015 from iAnimate on Vimeo.

Creature Animation Student Showreel 2015

Creature Animation Student Showreel 2015 from iAnimate on Vimeo.

Halo 5 Character Animation Reel - Travis Howe

Halo 5 Character Animation Reel from Travis Howe on Vimeo.

Whoosh

Whoosh from Julien Grande on Vimeo.

Dofus The Movie - Trailer

More info here.

Milian Topsy - Animation Reel - Sept 2015

Milian Topsy - Animation Reel - Sept 2015 from Milian Topsy on Vimeo.

Simple As Pie Progress

Simple As Pie Progress from Eric Chou on Vimeo.

43rd Annual Annie Award Nominations

Congrats to all the nominees!! (full list at THR)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Anomalisa

Paramount Pictures

 

Inside Out 

Pixar Animation Studios 

 

Shaun the Sheep Movie 

Aardman Animations

 

The Good Dinosaur 

Pixar Animation Studios 

 

The Peanuts Movie 

Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation

3D Animation Student Showcase 2015 - Animation Mentor

Zootopia Official US Sloth Trailer

iPad Pro vs. Surface Pro vs. Wacom Cintiq Companion - a designer's comparison

Really great comparison clip! I'd subjectively add that the Surface pen is more slippery for me compared to the iPad Pencil and that the Surface gets really hot. Go to Cartoon Brew for the original post!

Irfan - Animation Reel - 2015

Irfan--Animation Reel--2015 from Irfan on Vimeo.

Art Design Deep Dive: The hand-drawn art and animation of Jotun

Head over to Gamasutra check out more examples! Love seeing tests and rough versions. Nothing like a drawing coming to life.

How James Benson animates things

Always interesting to see workflows:

Creative Spark: Simon Otto

11 Minutes of Cuphead Gameplay

Such a cool looking game!!

Behind the scenes: Overwatch animated shorts

Ice Age: Collision Course "Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe"

5 Reasons You Won’t Be an Animator

Great read and so true! Head over to bloopanimation.com for the full post. I'm sure my students are sick of hearing all the doom and gloom talk in my classes but it's important that students get a reality check and not just "Looks great!"

Finding Dory - Trailer

Can't wait!

Metroid: The Sky Calls

So cool!!

Kung Fu Panda 3 Official Trailer

World of Warcraft: Legion Cinematic Trailer

La Noria

Head over here to check out all the details of the Indigogo campaign!

La Noria IndieGogo Video from Carlos Baena on Vimeo.

Grimace - teaser

Grimace - teaser from morten overlie on Vimeo.

Stickybones - Poseable Freestanding Human Figure

This is a very cool poseable figure that will launch soon on Indiegogo. Head over here for more information.

Fight 2D

Fight 2D-2014 from Neeko on Vimeo.

Overwatch Cinematic Trailer

The Hero's Journey

The Hero's Journey from Iskander Krayenbosch on Vimeo.

The Good Dinosaur - Trailer 2

Cute!

Anticipation with a twist ending - Reference

Great anticipation with surprise ending reference.

Diving Jaguar Reference

In the Spring

The varying wavelengths of different colors

Cute!

The varying wavelengths of different colors pic.twitter.com/hE2IOmiEIO

— SciencePorn (@SciencePorn) August 22, 2015

Stop Motion - Occupation: Animator by Bruna Berford

Stop Motion - Occupation: Animator from Bruna Berford on Vimeo.

Why animating “scenes” is good.

Couldn't agree more.

"This class – “Feature Workshop 6: Advance Sequence Work” – I feel is so essential for any animator trying to compete with working professionals, or for any working professional trying to stand out from their peers. These skills are just as important as spacing, timing, body mechanics and all of it. I truly believe that. And I think you’ll see I teach the class like I believe it too."

Head over here to read more about it.

The Angry Birds Movie - Teaser

The Good Dinosaur - International Trailer

Glen Keane – Step into the Page

Glen Keane – Step into the Page from Future Of StoryTelling on Vimeo.

Animsquad Student Reel 2015

Animsquad Student Reel 2015 from Animsquad on Vimeo.

Bat Man of Shanghai: Catwoman

Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit

Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit from The Line on Vimeo.

Reeview Player

There's yet another online review player showing up, but this one adds the bonus of being able to draw on your movie and it saves each drawing per frame. Nice! Head over reeview.it to check it out!

Sword of the Stranger - Final Fight

Cuphead - Pencil Tests

Head over to this tumblr link and check out all the Cuphead related media. I can't wait to play this game!

Anilyzer: Watch YouTube and Vimeo videos frame by frame and slow motion

Head over to anilyzer.com for this very handy tool.

Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection

Just ordered this, can't wait to go through it! Head over here if you want to buy it. And here's a trailer for it:

undefined on Disney Video

The Legend of Tembo - Various Tests

So good!!

The Legend of Tembo - Various Tests from John Textor on Vimeo.

Animator Health and Wellness

Head over to the Tea Time forums and read up on what you can do to prevent RSI. It's really important to take frequent brakes and stretch. It's so easy to get caught up in a shot and work for hours without blinking! You have to take breaks!

The above link will also give you a handy pdf link the whole thing.

The Casebook of Nips & Porkington

Found via @cartoonbrew

So cute!

Background Fundamentals VFX Supervisors: Rob Coleman

Rob was my first anim supe on my first show/job (Star Wars Ep3) and was such a nice guy. The experience was so great.

Klaus - Rough Animation Reel

I love pencil tests! And this one is just fantastic!

Why CG Sucks (Except It Doesn't)

Sean Mack July 2015 demo reel

Sean Mack July 2015 demo reel from Sean Mack on Vimeo.
"Get Off The Phone" from AnimSquad Expert Workshop
Jack and Jill rigs courtesy of AnimSquad.com

Excerpt from Scout's introduction in "Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved" by Harmonix Music Systems and Disney Interactive

"Hundred-and-Ten Percent" from AnimSquad Expert Workshop
Jack rig courtesy of AnimSquad.com

The Good Dinosaur - Official US Trailer

This trailer continues the tradition of being meh and the movie ends up being great. So weird. Not a fan though of the cartoony character designs yet super real environment mashup. Bit odd. But both look great separately.

Chuck Jones - The Evolution of an Artist

Chuck Jones - The Evolution of an Artist from Tony Zhou on Vimeo.

Howow Studio Music Videos

THE COURSE - TREES & SEAS (Official Music videoclip) from HOWOW Studio on Vimeo.

MEEDON - IT'S TIME (Official Music videoclip) from HOWOW Studio on Vimeo.

CLARK WISEMAN - BE THERE (Official Music videoclip) from HOWOW Studio on Vimeo.

Haikyuu

This is so epic!

Imba yung libero. Ang lupet. Haha #Haikyuu
Posted by Jorick Igna on Monday, November 17, 2014

2015 Summer Reel - Shaofu Zhang

2015 Summer Reel from Shaofu Zhang on Vimeo.

Amaro and Walden's Joyride

Amaro and Walden's Joyride from The Line on Vimeo.

Some NSFW stuff in there, be warned.

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End - E3 2015 - Sam Pursuit Gameplay

Looks like people had a lot of fun making this!

Soon Sang Hong

Just love these. More can be found here.

Hotel Transylvania 2 - Official Trailer

Coda

Coda from and maps and plans on Vimeo.

Cuphead - Trailer E3 2015

So. Good.

Kung Fu Panda 3 - Trailer

Can't wait for this one! Loved the first two! But man, the music in trailers nowadays... I must be getting old....

The Secret Life Of Pets - Trailer

Peanuts - Trailer

Sliced

Zootopia - Teaser

Add Character

As many of my students know, I'm always harping on about CHARACTER, to a point where it became a meme in my last AAU class. Thank you George...

To me it's just more interesting to see a character make choices that are influenced by their emotional state, by what's happening to them via outside forces (through another character or environmental forces, etc.) and so on as opposed to seeing just movement (like a dance or martial arts).

You can have underlying character traits inform the character's acting choices. Your character can be honest, loyal, determined, adventurous, pessimistic, mean, rude, greed, cruel, picky ,silly, fidget, deceptive, etc. etc.

You can also have gestures or body tics that are specific to one character. It can be tricky to put that into one shot as it might seem repetitive or just look like bad acting:

... but it's still something to think about. As mentioned above, the environment can also alter your acting. Take your current acting scene but place it somewhere where it's really cold. The character's posture is going to change, some gestures might be faster or reduced in their scale maybe because he/she wants to go back to putting his/her hands into the coat pockets or whatever. 

A simple gesture or someone grabbing a prop is going to look different depending on your character's emotional state of mind, character trait, environment, or even if the character is familiar or unfamiliar with the environment and/or prop(s).

All in all, every move should hopefully tell the audience something about your protagonist/antagonist/extra/etc., so don't forget: add character. :)

A Case Of Doubt

A Case Of Doubt from Torsten Schrank on Vimeo.

Spacebound

Spacebound from Spacebound on Vimeo.

The Good Dinosaur - Teaser

Violince - trailer

Klaus

Klaus teaser ©2015 Sergio Pablos Animation Studios, S.L. & ANTENA 3 FILMS, S.L.U. All rights reserved from The SPA Studios on Vimeo.

A Survivor's Guide to Life Inside an Animation Studio

Over at Floobynooby there's a really great post about what you could expect once inside a studio environment. I highly recommend you read through it.

Taking the Plunge

Taking the Plunge from Taking The Plunge on Vimeo.

Pixar Animation Internship 2014 Reel- Michael Bidinger

Pixar Animation Internship 2014 Reel- Michael Bidinger from Mike Bidinger on Vimeo.

All Your Favorite Shows!

All Your Favorite Shows! from ornana on Vimeo.

Super Dino Boys

More at Paul Robertson's tumblr.

One of Those Days - by Cody Lyon

As if this animation was made just for me. :)

One of Those Days from Cody Lyon on Vimeo.

Spring AAU Semester is a wrap!

Haven't done a "Classes are done" post for a while, but yep, yesterday the 2nd out of the two classes at the AAU wrapped and it's been awesome as always. Good luck to all those who graduate!

There are no classes during Summer, but I'm still doing Animation Mentor and my online workshops are always open if anybody needs help and tutoring.

And Ritter Sport Hazelnut chocolate is the best. Boom.

Young Ho Shin - Animation Demo Reel

YoungHo Shin_Animation Demo Reel_2015 from Young Ho Shin on Vimeo.

10 Advanced Acting Performance Tips for Animators

Good tips on the Animation Mentor blog. Head over here to read them all.

Reference - Jetman Dubai

Pretty crazy.

Jules Rig Test

Cool test! Head over here to watch it.

Jules Rig Test from Animation Mentor on Vimeo.

Paul Robertson Super Dino Boys | Adult Swim ID

Those 4 clips are awesome! Click here to check them out.

The Last Belle

Sherm

Sherm from Wesley Fuh on Vimeo.

Celles et Ceux des Cimes et Cieux

Celles et Ceux des Cimes et Cieux from Gwenn GERMAIN on Vimeo.

My Dear Gnome

My Dear Gnome from ChezEddy on Vimeo.

Triumph Find The One -TV Ad

- found via Cartoon Brew

Coke "Man and Dog"

Coke "Man and Dog" :60 from Psyop on Vimeo.

Lluís Llobera - Animation Mentor Tribes rig tests

Lluís Llobera - Animation Mentor Tribes rig tests from Lluis Llobera on Vimeo.

The Dam Keeper

Tomorrowland - Animated

“First Day Plan/Cannes Announce” Clip - Inside Out

Troglodita RIG

Look at this thing! Don't you want to just grab it and animate it! Looks like so much fun with such a rig setup!

SergiCaballer - Troglodita RIG from Sergi Caballer on Vimeo.

Little Devil Inside

Digging this look already!

More info here.

Jaws - Beach Scene Analysis

There are a lot of really good clips online by people analyzing scenes and sequence (big fan of Every Frame a Painting for instance), and there are a lot of them about the Jaws beach sequence, but this one packs a lot of details in it that I found really interesting:

The Discarded Image: Episode 01 - Jaws (Spielberg, 1975) from 1848 Media on Vimeo.

TAM: The Animator's Modeler

This looks pretty cool! Customize your own rig, then export it as an OBJ, FBX or MA file. The app is $25 and you get two rig exports with that. If you want more you have these pricing options:

1 additional export             $11.99

3 additional exports           $29.99

5 additional exports           $39.99

15 additional exports         $49.99

25 additional exports         $59.99

If you grab the $60 one that's around $2.4 per rig! Not bad!

Cyrano the Elephant in "Trunk Troubles"

Sunset Overdrive: 18 Different Respawn Animations

via @coopanimate

Maid to Haunt

Maid to Haunt (2015) from Jess Morris on Vimeo.

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet - Official Trailer

The Coral Cave - Official Teaser

Animation Viewer - Introduction

Zeina Masri Animation Reel

Inspector Gadget - Trailer - Netflix

Wow, could that Go Go Gadget song be any more kid cartoon generic? The show could be fun though, I used to like the cartoon as a kid a lot.

Buster Keaton: Symmetry of Laughter

So many awesome set ups and crazy scene. Great reference.

Action Test

ASTROBOY Reboot - Official Teaser

TIE Fighter - short film

That music...

No Small Parts

Great series (thanks Aziz for the tip!). (was Anne Ramsey the model for Cartman?) The full playlist is here.

The Leviathan - Teaser

Cool look!

Animation Reel 2015 - by Gregory Rizzi

Animation Reel 2015 from Gregory Rizzi on Vimeo.

Door Guardians - Trailer

Hart's Desire

Hart's Desire from Gavin C Robinson on Vimeo.

Brutus the Bound - The Infinite Gladiator

This cracked me up.

Brutus the Bound - The Infinite Gladiator from EXIT 73 studios on Vimeo.

Animation by Anita Gaughan

As David said (via Mike Stern), beautiful animation by Anita Gaughan:

Super cool. Check out her tumblr for a lot more awesomeness!

Shot Breakdown: Fred Action Scene

Thunderbirds Are Go - Trailer

Hotel Transylvania 2 - Teaser Trailer

HAHAHAHA

Link and The Vine

Sound helps so much!

ORI and the Blind Forest - First 10 Minutes Gameplay Prologue

This is looking beautiful!

Bilal Official Teaser

The Youssef Drawing Syllabus - Movement & Form - Kickstarter

Head over here for more info!

Inside Out Official Trailer 2

Confusion Through Sand

Confusion Through Sand from ornana films on Vimeo.

The Third Eye

Posting here but you have to head over there.

The Third Eye from Jérome Perrillat-Collomb on Vimeo.

Daniel Rodriguez - Animation Mentor class 6 exercise

Post by Animation Mentor.

Frozen: The Poster Collection

Lots of Frozen fans out there, so this might be for you:

Frozen: The Poster Collection 

 Compiled by Insight Editions 

The heartwarming story of two sisters who save their kingdom through their love for each other, Frozen has gained unparalleled popularity and acclaim worldwide. Based on the award-winning animated film, Insight Editions in collaboration with Walt Disney Animation Studios proudly presents Frozen:The Poster Collection (Insight Editions / $24.99 / March 2015). Since Frozen’s debut in 2013, the beloved film has become a cultural phenomenon, as well as an inspiration for children worldwide. The spectacular film is noted for its distinctive designs, eye-catching costumes, and beautiful snowy vistas. Filled with stunning imagery of the film’s gorgeous environments and colorful characters—such as Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, and Olaf—this poster book contains forty full-color, removable and frameable posters, showcasing the spectacular design aesthetic that has helped to make Frozen a treasured addition to the Disney universe. Frozen has received numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. With over $1.2 billion in box office sales, Frozen is the highest grossing animated film of all time, as well as the fifth highest-grossing movie of all time. The film's popularity has continued to grow even after its DVD release, and the Frozen characters are featured in the Disney theme parks. This vibrant poster book collects fan-favorite characters, scenes, and official movie posters from the magnificent animated film, and it is a must-have for Frozen enthusiasts of all ages.

 

Frozen: The Poster Collection Reprinted from Frozen: The Poster Collection published by Insight Editions. Copyright © 2015 Disney Publishing Worldwide.

Everything is a Remix

Not strictly animation but really interesting to watch.

Childhood

Vagabond

Fabio Lignini's Wonderful Piggy Bank Anim Test

And why not?

Big Hero 6 Animation - Trent Correy

Beautiful Zelda Gif

Big Hero 6 - Blu-Ray Intro

So good!

Duelyst 150+ Battle Units in 2 Min

LOVE IT! (via @PlayDuelyst)

Octopus gets crabby in Yallingup - Reference

That's faster than I thought they would move!

How to run cycle

This is a pretty cool view at the evolution of this run cycle by @art_miguelito:

How to run cycle! #pixelart #animation pic.twitter.com/L053m45CZK
— miguelito (@art_miguelito) February 21, 2015

Rio 2 Reel by Hector Godoy

The Making of Disney Short Film 'Feast'

So cute!

Where No One Goes: The Making of How To Train Your Dragon 2

Super cool! Head over to dwaawards.com to watch the hour long making-of! (Thanks Pete for the tip!)

Naughty Dog's History Of Animation

Press A to Start: Episode II

Frozen - Pencil tests

Simpsons Pixels

3D Character Animation Sketching and Inverse Kinematics with a Wacom Cintiq 24HD Touch

Interesting!

Batman vs. Robin: Exclusive Trailer

Playing with Power

Awesome Fight - Heat vs. Repulsion

This looks awesome!

Kevin Andrus Animation Demo Reel - 2015

So good!

Pond Scum

Native Puppets Reel 2014

Death and the Robot

Death and the Robot from Alex Thompson on Vimeo.

Appearance and Reality

APPEARANCE AND REALITY from Elro on Vimeo.