Kong vs I-rex Animation

Kong vs I-rex Animation from ChunYong Chong on Vimeo.

Westworld Season 2 "Reunion" - Acting Analysis

A new Westworld episode has aired! Let's talk about giving your characters time to think and the underused acting choice of a... swallow!

WITHIN, WITHOUT

Animation Workshop Kyaw Saw Aung #2

Animation Workshop Mike Kersey #6

For New Animators: Keep it SHORT and do it MORE THAN ONCE

Animation Workshop Steven Filatro #1

"IT" (2017) - Acting Analysis

This clip goes over some of the scenes from the 2017 version of "IT" directed by Andy Muschietti, based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Stephen King. I'm looking at specific acting moments, character introductions, contrast in movement, etc. which hopefully serves as a springboard for your own animation scenes and character choices.

Animation Workshop Mike Kersey #5

SMALLFOOT - Official Trailer

This could be fun! (but do we still really need the dancing CG creatures at the end of trailers/movies....)

Animation Workshop Shuwei Kuo #2

VFX Workshop part 2 and 3 - posing and overlap

Batman Ninja - first 2 minutes

It already had me at that intro logo animation!

Animation Workshop Mike Kersey #4

Westworld Season 2 "Journey into Night" - Acting Analysis

Yeah! New season of Westworld! Let's take a look at it!

Animation Workshop Kyaw Saw Aung #1

THIS should be your goal!

Hey! I heard Saturday is the new Friday! :)

Battle Over Elom HD

Animation Workshop Mike Kersey #3

The Incredibles 2 Trailer Reaction

Yep, geeking out over way too many details but come on! It's going to be so cool!

Animation Workshop Shuwei Kuo #1

Horse Gaits -- Footfall: Emphasis on the Diagonal

Good reference!

Balcony

Balcony from David Dell'Edera on Vimeo.

HERO – Blender Grease Pencil Showcase

Here's the full HERO short and if you watch until the end you get a glimpse into the tools that helped create this short. The breakdown is really neat to see.

In Hollywood There Are People Who Want See You Fail - by Bill Duke

The Origins of the Dutch Angle

Animation Workshop Mike Kersey #2

Ramon Arango - 2018 animation reel

Ramon Arango - 2018 animation reel from Ramon Arango on Vimeo.

Animation Workshop Mike Kersey #1

Starting today all my critiques will be uploaded on Youtube. First up:

A Quiet Place

My thoughts on the movie. :)

For New Animators: DON’T DO IT!

New channel post with some tough truths! :)

Sun Moon London

The look is super cool, nice emphasis on silhouette! And crazy that all of it was filmed using a 2520mm lens!

Sun Moon London from Luke Miller on Vimeo.

Animation Reel 2018 - Davy Sabbe

Animation Reel 2018 from Davy Sabbe on Vimeo.

“One Small Step” - Official Trailer

This looks great!!

Framing Your Shot – Composition and Storytelling

Optimizing UE4 for Fortnite: Battle Royale

Still haven't gotten into the learning process of games, but I'll get there... In the meantime, this might be helpful to people:

2018 Animation Exchange Recorded Talks

Head over to animstate.com for the list of all the talks.

There's a lot of content there, nice! Can't wait to dig into it all!

In Search of Greatness - Trailer

I love docs like that, can't wait to watch this!

Who am I?

I don't even know what readers of this Blog know of me. I know my students know me pretty well if they've suffered through my classes and Q&As. :)

The first few clips on my Youtube channel will be introductory in nature for those who don't know me and the lectures will also start from the beginning.

In the meantime, here's a very brief into of who this JD guy is. :)

Making of Puppets - Isle Of Dogs

Super Macho Fighter - Stop Motion Test

Love it!

Super Macho Fighter STOP MO proof of concept test done for Nickelodeon from Jorge R. Gutierrez on Vimeo.

Frank Oz interview

The Empire Strikes Back Yoda is still awesome to me. There's a good little interview in this episode of the Star Wars show around the 3m16s mark. I'd love to see more puppet work but with an added layer of CG eyes just for that extra life.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 Animation Reel - Max Gariepy

Star Wars Battlefront 2 Animation Reel from Max Gariepy on Vimeo.

Juicy Realm Game Trailer

Cute look!

VFX Workflow Part 1 - Animschool

Insightful walk through!

Darksiders: The Documentary

Channel update and future plans

Alright! I'm diving into the Youtube world and will start to transition my critiques over there, so you'll see a mix or archive critiques and new ones that I'm doing now.

I'll also add new Spungella content, as well as Animation Buffet, and some personal things here and there.

The plan is to do this on a regular basis, so as mentioned in the clip below, if you want to get notifications feel free to subscribe to my channel for original content. The blog continues with regular updates and things that I find online or things that people ask me to post.

Cheers
JD