Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Inside the Art and Visual Effects) - Book Review

This clip shows you a page through of the book "Star Trek The Motion Picture - Inside the Art and Visual Effects" and as a Star Trek fan it's absolutely amazing. But there's a lot the book covers that would be of interest to anybody outside of Star Trek. Lots of information regarding concept work, set design, model work, etc.

How To Think When You Draw (vol.3) - Book Review

Checking out the next volume of the "How to Think when you Draw" book series! It's not an animation book per se but still very useful in terms of reference, character & creature design, layout, composition and much more! Highly recommended for animators!

Planning and Reference for Animation - DON'T SKIP IT!

Using reference is NOT cheating! And filming reference should be part of your planning stage before you start animating any shot. Proper planning is winning half the battle!

Wacom One Tablet (bonus Intuos Pro) for Animation - Review

I'm a big fan of the Wacom One and have fully integrated it into my animation workflow and just daily usage overall! There will be multiple uploads and today's video covers unboxing, general overview and impressions:

How To Think When You Draw (vol.2) - Review

Time for "How to Think when you Draw (vol.2)"! And again it covers a lot of interesting topics, ranging from character design, creatures, vehicles, to layout and composition and much more! Highly recommended for animators! 

How To Think When You Draw (vol.1) - Review

"How to Think when you Draw (vol.1)" covers a lot of interesting topics, ranging from character design, creatures, vehicles, to layout and composition and much more! 

 Check out their Twitter to stay up to date on their Kickstarters and their frequent tweets of tutorials: twitter.com/EtheringtonBros 

And here's the Etherington Brothers blog: http://theetheringtonbrothers.blogspot.com/

Amazon Echo Show 5 - Review

Today's review takes a look at my lockdown companion, Amazon's "Echo Show 5". I listen to a lot of movies while I work and with the bigger screen than the "Echo Spot" it's pretty handy video wise as well.

Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation (by Wayne Gilbert) - Review

"Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation is packed with information about drawing the human form in a simplified way, for animators, illustrators, character designers and comic artists. It emphasizes simplified structure, balance and posing with sequential images." 

 I'm covering my old 1999 edition but the 4th edition "is an updated version with more character design information and animated examples from planning notes.", so make sure to check it out here.

Keyframe PRO (Animation Critique Player) - Review

If you're looking for a movie player that lets you step frame through your clips, scrubs audio and does frame by frame plus onion skinning annotation, then look no further, Keyframe Pro is my pick for all of that and more!

Screencast-O-Matic (Desktop Capture Tool) - Review

If you're looking for a versatile screen capture tool with annotation, editing, greenscreen and more even options, then look no further, Screencast-O-Matic is my pick and I've been using it for my animation critiques for years!

Oculus Quest for Animation

I'm taking a look at the Oculus Quest and the Oculus Link cable and how it opens up the door to many VR animation programs! Can't wait to review all of these individually!

BLUE Smart Business Card - Review

If you're looking for a smart business card and want to stop printing out a ton of business cards that people might throw away anyway then the Blue Smart Business Card might be something for you!

My animation bible - The Animator's Survival Kit

The Animator's Survival Kit absolutely shaped my animation learning journey & I wouldn't be where I am without this book & Richard Williams' inspirational work. If you're new to this book I hope that this glimpse will inspire you like it inspired me!

Stickybones (Stop Motion Animation Armature) - Review part 1

Today's review is about a super cool stop motion armature by Stickybones. This is part 1 covering the content and assembly, part 2 will cover animating with Stickybones.

100 Tuesday Tips by Griz and Norm - Book Review

It's review time! "100 Tuesday Tips" by Griz and Norm is today's review product, which features a great collection covering character design, posing, color design and much much more.