How to take your animation TO THE NEXT LEVEL part 3

Part 3 of the How To Take Your Animation To The Next Level series takes a look at the classic animation exercise: the weight lift. Using Ti West's "The Innkeepers" as an example, I'm walking you through all the cool moments of that sequence (or more one long shot) and how you can apply that to your animation, and I look at other little bits of movie examples to round out part 3 of this FNA.

Person of Interest - Acting Analysis

This clip is all about character contrast in terms of movement and gestures. So if you have two (or more) characters, what could you do to set them apart? Watch the acting analysis clip for that and more, using the TV show "Person of Interest" as an example.

Famous Movie Lines, Animated!

Animation Workshop Beril Pisgin #4

Prince of Persia (2008) Animation Behind The Scenes

How to Animate a Fighting Game

God of War Valkyrie +

God of War Valkyrie + from Dennis Pena on Vimeo.

Animation Workshop Enric Joanmiquel #3

Animation Workshop Mike Kersey #9

Animation Workshop Nicolette Kiss #10

Animation Workshop Kyaw Saw Aung #9

How to take your animation TO THE NEXT LEVEL - part 2

This is part 2 of the How To Take Your Animation To The Next Level series and I'm exploring the classic "Sit Down" assignment and using a clever kid and awesome Disney Animation character studies as inspiration for your future animation scenes!

Westworld Season 2 "Les Écorchés" - Acting Analysis

It's Thursday and that means Acting Analysis day and before this season of "Westworld" ends I wanted to take a look at two sequences and talk about contrast in character through simple eye movement behavior differences and how quiet moments with whispers and people's reactions could be a great inspiration for your pantomime animation scenes.

Animation Workshop Kyaw Saw Aung #8

Dancing in Movies

That's a lot of good reference.

Dancing in Movies from CLS Videos on Vimeo.

Budget Cuts VR (HTC Vive Gameplay) - part 1

I waited for this game for so long! I played for barely an hour, but I can't wait to continue because it's already awesome!

Spungella Playblast - Podcast Announcement!

The Spungella Playblast animation podcast is officially live!

The intro episode is out now, check out the announcement clip!


Episode 1 is out on Ancher now:
anchor.fm/spungellaplayblast

and as the episodes are being distributed over the next few days you will find them as well on:

iTunes (Apple Podcasts)
Spotify
Google Play Music
Overcast
Pocket Casts


Thanks for listening! :)
JD

Animation Workshop Nicolette Kiss #9

Animation Workshop Enric Joanmiquel #2

Animation Workshop Beril Pisgin #3

How to take your animation TO THE NEXT LEVEL - part 1

Part 1 of many more to come!

The Last of Us 2 - E3 Demo - Animation Analysis

Nice!

THE GRINCH - Trailer 2

Evolution of Pixar Movies (Toy Story to Incredibles 2)

True Detective - Acting Analysis

This acting analysis clip covers a lot of different topics: unspoken history through body acting, expanding the scope of your scene through extra characters, sneaking in polished animation for extra awesomeness, and more, as I'm walking you through this sequence from "True Detective", season 1.

*hahaha not sure why I said "nervous" during that nun animation by Guilherme Jacinto, she's more frustrated than nervous :)

Animation Workshop Romana Sonntag #1

Hank Azaria Breaks Down His Career

I'm one of the few that likes Godzilla... (ducks!)

Dumbo - Trailer

Could be cute!

Animation Workshop Martin Schmitter #2

Jodie Foster Breaks Down Her Career

Animation Workshop Enric Joanmiquel #1

Breath of the Wild's Exploration Cycle ~ Design Doc

On All Fours: Creating Realistic Quadruped Motion

Animation Workshop Beril Pisgin #2

Animation Workshop Mike Kersey #8

Tips for picking GOOD AUDIO clips

I, Tonya - Acting Analysis

This clip takes a look at pushing your rig's body posture to give your character more personality and life, plus how you can add your own personality and acting choices to a lip sync shot when there is no audio.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (E3 2018) - Trailer

Cuute!

Animation Workshop Martin Schmitter #1

The Ballad of Bea and Cad - Day Trip to The Aquarium of Doom

How to Train your Dragon: The Hidden World - Trailer

Animation Workshop Fiyin Shadare #1

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE - Official Trailer

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude!!

Animation Workshop Beril Pisgin #1

50 Ways to Enter a Room

The Power of the Vampire Myth

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part – Trailer

And the winner is ...?

Lots of cool entries! Let's do it again in Fall!

Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 - Trailer

Animation Workshop Paul Miller #3

Animation Workshop Mike Kersey #7

Power through these ANIMATION EXERCISES!

This FNA goes through some of the helpful animation exercise lists you can find online, which should keep you busy for quite some time and how you can tweak exercises for even more challenges.

True Blood - Acting Analysis

Today's acting analysis takes a look at "True Blood" and how a simple head angle change can affect the intent of a shot!