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Friday, December 15, 2017

Zorro The Chronicles - trailer and making of

Big fan of Zorro, hadn't seen this before. Still like the old Zorro movie with Alain Delon. :)


Monday, December 11, 2017

Backstory

Not animation related but cool visual way to tell a story.

'BACKSTORY' (short film) from Joschka Laukeninks on Vimeo.

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Journey to the West - Animation process


2018 Annie Awards nominations

Congratulations to all the nominees! Check out the full list here!


Five Step Quadruped Method - Daniel Fotheringham

This is a fantastic write up! Head over to Daniel Fotheringham's post to read more!






Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Unruly Heroes


Road Avenger Sega CD Stage 1

Never heard of this, looks awesome!


Saturday, November 18, 2017

Weta Workshop - Blade Runner 2049 Miniatures

In this day and age it's all CG and to see awesome miniature work like this is just too awesome!


Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Monday, November 6, 2017

Friday, October 27, 2017

5 Reasons you won't be an animator

Great list over at CG Society and I pretty much agree! The schooling part is very dependent on the individual. You can attend a great school and still not get anything out of it for many reasons. Just don't expect to get wisdom handed to you. Wherever you attend, hard work and being proactive will be key.




Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Creating an animation (planning -  part 1)



Head over to the RGBnotes blog to find out more about Thom Roberts' animation process!

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Negative Space

Head over here for more info and bigger version.


Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Monday, October 2, 2017

Curpigeon

I've had a great time being involved with the Curpigeon project and it has been picked up by a lot of festivals and even won best animation just recently. If you're an Amazon Prime member, you can now watch it here!


Thursday, September 28, 2017

Analog On

Cool sound design!

Thursday, September 21, 2017

12 Different Walking Patterns

You never know when you need this reference.


Friday, September 15, 2017

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Friday, September 1, 2017

Human Anatomy Fundamentals: Flexibility and Joint Limitations


Very interesting and handy write-up regarding flexibility and joint limitations. I can imagine this being helpful to riggers and to animators as well. Head over to the Envato Tuts for the whole thing.

Joel Sartore - Animal Reference

On Joel Sartore's vimeo page you have a lot of very cool and very specific animal clips, which might come in handy reference wise to someone out there.


Wilson's snipe (Gallinago delicata) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota. from Joel Sartore on Vimeo.

I’ll never be as good an animator as so-and-so…


"I have news for you guys. There's always going to be someone better than you. Always."

Wise words by Shawn Kelly. Head over to the AM blog for the full post.

Escape

All done using Quill and ANIMVR, crazy!


Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Shot Analysis: Jungle Book Sequence

Great look into that sequence, this is part 3 of an ongoing series. Check it out at animatedspirit.com!




Behind the scenes of Lily & Snout


Head over to the Artella blog for a really nice and detailed write up of that production. You can also get the rigs for free here!


Shakedown: Hawaii - Full Reveal Trailer

Yep, very much looking forward to this.


Monday, July 17, 2017

A Single Life

Someone really liked those breast dynamics. Weird that regardless of what she wears or how old she is, they move the same.

A Single Life from Job, Joris & Marieke on Vimeo.

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Godzilla - Teaser

That scream never gets old!

Are You Using Reference Correctly?

Go check out the post about the usage of reference at animatorisland.com, good information!


Monday, July 3, 2017

The Long Reach - Teaser

More info about the game can be found on Steam.


Thursday, June 29, 2017

Friday, June 23, 2017

Caricature 101 – How to Exaggerate

There's a lot more information about this and Proko courses in general at Proko.com

The Secret of Nimh - Scene Analysis

Fantastic breakdown of a shot in Secret of Nimh. Head over to The Lozt Boyz for the full write up.


Running Joe VR

That little moment of the kid walking around the car is so cute!



Here's the walkthrough of the game:

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Pixelart Walk Cycle Tutorial

Check out the whole article with more examples at Indiedb.com


Experimental Body Animations by Esteban Diacono

These are absolutely bananas! Head over here to see more of them.


A post shared by Esteban Diacono (@_estebandiacono) on

100 Walks

Good reference, just turn off the sound! :)


Sunday, May 28, 2017

Marine Life - Eye reference


DyE // Fantasy

Well that escalated quickly...


DyE // Fantasy from Vova Sadwave on Vimeo.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Ball hit reference

Mean but great ref. :)


Monday, May 22, 2017

Acting choices: Is it a cliche?

Nice write up on the Animschool blog regarding acting choices!


Wednesday, May 17, 2017

4 Free Maya Plugins For A Better Workflow Part II





Head over to the Animschool Blog for a write up of all the tools. aTools looks especially cool, gotta check that out.

Geoff King - Animal Anidoodle

Cool progression anim! He also did a killer 11 Second Club submission! More info here.

Check out his reel!


Geoff King - Animation Showreel 2016 from Geoff King on Vimeo.

Tenpoundpixel - punching animation


League of Legends: League Animation Workshop

Soon "Darious: Fear" will unlock as well. Head over to the Animation Workshop site of League of Legends!


Wednesday, May 10, 2017

STRAFE - Official Movie Trailer

This is a bananas trailer! More info about it at Polygon.


Monday, May 8, 2017

What makes a great animation demo reel?

Head over to Artella for a write up on how to make a (hopefully) great animation demo reel, written by yours truly!


Wednesday, May 3, 2017

SUBJECT-28 - Original Akira Production Art

Amazing collection of pencil tests, artwork and general awesomeness!





Might as well post this making of:


Japanese Commercials by Yoshiharu Sato


Super cute! Check out Kotaku for a huge amount of commercials.


Squid Attack Reference

There's always a bigger ... fish.


7 Things All Animators Need to Start (or Stop) Doing Right Now

Great list of body mechanics dos and don'ts by Brian Mendenhall! Head over to Animation Mentor for the post!


KAMIKO Promotion Movie

Crazy Zelda/Hyper Light Drifter vibe, but I have to admit, HOW CAN I NOT BUY THIS??