Animation Q&A - ANSWERS - part 5

Another round of Animation Q&A, this is part 5 of my answers from all the questions posted on the Spider-Verse giveaway. There were A LOT of questions so there will be a part 6 and probably 7!!

14 Lessons From Making A $3500 Feature Film - Adam Bradley

House of Cards - Acting Analysis for Animators

Today's Acting Analysis for Animators takes a look at "House of Cards" and specifically at body language and contrasting body poses and movement between two characters.

Why Props Matter

Why Props Matter from Rishi Kaneria on Vimeo.

Alexis Wanneroy - Animation Reel 2019

ALEXIS WANNEROY - ANIMATION REEL 2019 from alexis wanneroy on Vimeo.

The Angry Birds Movie 2 - Trailer

Alexis Wanneroy - Preproduction Animation Reel 2019

ALEXIS WANNEROY - PRE PRODUCTION ANIMATION REEL 2019 from alexis wanneroy on Vimeo.

Animation Workshop Aloke Sarkar #2 (2014)

Summoners War Animated Short - Friends & Rivals

Dead Cells: Rise of the Giant DLC - animated trailer

Animation Workshop Kyaw Saw Aung #20 (2019)

David Badgerow - Smallfoot Reference Comparison Reel

David Badgerow - Smallfoot Reference Comparison Reel from David Badgerow on Vimeo.

New Animation Buffet Uploads

Just a heads-up that postings on Animation Buffet have resumed and that rig reviews/overviews/test, etc. will also be posted on my Youtube channel in the near future so stay tuned for that!

More to come...

“Ralph Breaks the Internet” Animation Reel - Joshua Slice

"Ralph Breaks the Internet" Animation Reel - Joshua Slice from Joshua Slice on Vimeo.

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles - Trailer

Animation Workshop Konstantinos Zacharakis #16 (2019)

How To Become a Game Animator - New Frame Plus

How Ian McKellen Acts With His Eyes

Animation Workshop John Vielee #1 (2019)

Six-legged creature study by HUBERT J. DANIEL

Six-legged creature study from HUBERT J. DANIEL on Vimeo.

Apex Legends - Official Cinematic Launch Trailer

Birth of a Monster - A Star Wars Story

GIVEAWAY - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse digital movie code

Win a digital code for the movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse!

 Comment with an animation question to enter the giveaway! This will be up for a week starting today! Randomly picked winner will be announced next Wednesday!

BURN OUT - Animation Short Film

Toy Story 4 Trailer - Animation Analysis

New Disney/Pixar "Toy Story 4" trailer is up and I just had to take a look at it and frame through the widescreen visual goodness!

Toy Story 4 - Official Trailer

Animation Workshop Aloke Sarkar #1 (2014)

Writing Animation for Beginners || Full Workshop

Overanimating and Overacting in Animation

Do you overanimate your scenes? How do you avoid overanimating your characters and overacting in your animation? What is overacting in general? Do you struggle with acting choices that seem over the top? So many questions! Check out today's FNA upload and let me know if it answered your questions!

Animation Workshop Lydia Mikkers #8 (2015)

John Turturro Breaks Down His Career

Movie Poster Expert Explains Color Schemes

There's another good one here (critical approach on some examples):

Juan Pablo MACHADO - “Rapunzel”

This is super cool!

Juan Pablo MACHADO - "Rapunzel" from Ecole Emile Cohl on Vimeo.

The Cinematography of Barry Jenkins with James Laxton | Spotlight

Animation Workshop Noor Ata #14 (2017)

Croods 2 Rig Features

Love this!

Croods 2 Rig Features from Stephen Candell on Vimeo.

Behind the scenes of Cuphead

Dare I say I hope it comes out for the Switch. :)

Animation Workshop Fiyin Shadare #21 (2016)

Animation Workshop Maxi Keller #3 (2019)

Game Anim - Book Review

This review takes a look at Jonathan Cooper's book "Game Anim" and its animation related content. I found it to be a really helpful general overview of the video game animation process with a lot of helpful tips and explanations.

Crazy Rich Asians - Acting Analysis for Animators

Today's Acting Analysis for Animators takes a look at the movie "Crazy Rich Asians". Two sequences covering social status, secondary action, sets offering more acting choices and more!

Animation Workshop Lydia Mikkers #7 (2015)

Willem Dafoe Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters

Ralph Breaks the Internet Animation Reel - Reece Porter

Ralph Breaks the Internet Animation Reel from Reece Porter on Vimeo.

Animation Workshop Jose Molina #17 (2017)

Head of Character Animation on HTTYD - Animation Tips

Great conversation with Simon Otto! Check it out on Sir Wade's channel!

Most Common Animation Mistakes - part 1

Time to kick off a new series and this is all about the most common animation mistakes. There's a set of pitfalls students fall into all the time and this list is a collection of things I've been seeing over and over for the past 12 years.

 The items might sound broad but I will go into a specific section of the broader term and pick apart what students get wrong over and over.

The list is as follows:
 - blocking (which I have covered already, check it out here => Blocking Playlist )
- ease in/out
- arcs
- spacing
- one frame direction change
- one axis
- no repetition
- proper balance
- offset
- silhouette
- polish

Polish is a big and broad topic for sure, so that one might get its own series.

Take Shelter - Acting Analysis for Animators - part 4

Another Acting Analysis for Animators and this time we are looking at part 4 and one of my favorite sequence of "Take Shelter", which showcases such a wide range of useful animation tips such as reacting to another character, personal space, eye contact, pantomime and much more.

Forglemmegei (Forget-me-not)

Forglemmegei (Forget-me-not) from The Animation Workshop on Vimeo.