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Barry Zundel’s Animation:Master Tutorials (whole series – free)

Want to bring computer animation into your workflow? Get Animation:Master ($79) Want to get up to speed quickly with Animation:Master? Check out Barry Zundel’s series of video tutorials which he has now posted online for free: http://barryzundel.blogspot.com/p/animationmaster-2005-tutorials.html Just want a … Continue reading →

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Aaron Blaise Complete Animation Course ($49 today only – regular $129)

You want to learn to animate right? Buy this video course from Aaron Blaise: https://creatureartteacher.com/product-category/tutorials-lessons/animation-tutorials/?src=hometop 60% discount ends tonight.  Regular price resumes tomorrow. Still worth the full price of $129 but save yourself some cash today.

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Spiderman Moves to the Country (and Making of) by David Stodolny

The main reason I’m posting this one is not the short video itself but the nice ‘making of’ video that David put together to accompany it.  He hits on some very nice points that it is well worth paying attention … Continue reading →

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Fabio Lignini’s Piggy Bank Animation Test

I’m going to post a few short bits of animation that I come across from time to time. I find these to be a lot of fun. Kudos to the creators because their talent is on display! A few things … Continue reading →

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John Celestri – Nelvana Seminar Notes (1981)

Back in December veteran animator John Celestri posted notes from a seminar he conducted at Nelvana Studios back in 1981 that provide some great information on the process and production of animation. He states in his blog that these notes where … Continue reading →

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Animating Explosive Action

Here’s an example of a product I’d love to see:  a collection of all the various scenes referenced in ‘The Illusion of Life’: Of course if such a thing were to be made who would be able to afford it! … Continue reading →

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NOTES ON DUMBO BY MARC HENDRY

Here’s an excellent analysis of animation found in Disney’s ‘Dumbo’ by Marc Hendry. Source:  www.onanimation.com  

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Personality/Performance through Dialogue

This is a excerpt from Disney’s ‘Robin Hood’ that highlights a little piece of performance during the ‘ooooo’ phrasing from the word ‘you’ when the Sheriff of Nottingham interrupts Skippy’s birthday party on cue with a “…Happy Birthday to yoooo.” The … Continue reading →

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Composition, Direction… and Focus

Several people have asked if I have any of my work online and I have had to admit that I don’t have much of a public presence.  I hope to remedy that while at the same time staying within the … Continue reading →

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Glen Keane’s ‘Duet’

The theatrical version of Glen Keane’s upcoming interactive film ‘Duet’ has been released and here’s a drawing from it:   It is said that Glen is drawing 60fps but the timing chart seems to suggest something more akin to 32 … Continue reading →

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