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Super Turbo Atomic Mega Rabbit

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Sun, 06 Sep 2015 22:29:00 +0000

A great TV show I used to watch...
vice Showed me a pretty cool interview with the animation company THE LINE
proudly based here in the lovely City London UK. But thats another thing, you gotta first watch is and see if your inner child remembers.

Brandon Green's Tutorials

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 04:08:00 +0000

Sketching and painting a rhino and talking about the new channel and the plans in store for it, as well as discussing reference when drawing.

Jake Parkers: Design 100 Somethings

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 03:56:00 +0000

The "Design 100 Somethings" Project is simple, but powerful: Pick a subject and design 100 different versions of it.

Spubscribe to him and learn allot more from his videos/talks

HEADLESS PRODUCTIONS new Blog

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 14:47:00 +0000

HEADLESS PRODUCTIONS
Headless is an animation studio of creativity, innovation and quality by always offering both graphic and visual design solutions for feature films and TV series.
Clients such as dreamworks disney and nick

http://headlessstudio.tumblr.com/

Glen Keanes Duet

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:01:00 +0000

Glen Keane if you dont know who he is,
he's pretty much Walt Disney. Here is his latest animation done
for an app phone thingy.. dont have much time to re write their article to you so go find if your intrigued. One fun fact though is that they made him draw at 60 FRAMES PER SECOND! animation speaks for itself. Just truly stunning work.

.Ps.There are allot of making of videos to google

Come Hangout with the makers behind the latest Spotlight Story, Buggy Night

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:44:00 +0000

Come Hangout with the makers behind the latest Spotlight Story, Buggy Night. Hear what it was like to create this hide and seek adventure — both creatively and technically — from the director, Mark Oftedal, and the rest of the crew.

ROBERT RYAN CORY ON CHARACTER DESIGN

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:44:00 +0000

Here’s just one of the many pages of great tips on character design Robert Ryan Cory prepared for a lecture at CalArts. Click for more.

Backfire Foxie By: Chris Lam

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:45:00 +0000

Backfire Foxie
By: Chris Lam

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES : Official Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:25:00 +0000

FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW..Official Trailer 14. Watched it on my phone and it was like holding a Van de Graaff generator, my hairs on my neck went all inception in time with the audio.

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES : Official Trailer by itsartmag

Masanobu Hiraoka

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:40:00 +0000

Land

Japanese artist Masanobu Hiraoka. so Evocative, I love the gorgeous colourful manifestation he creates. The metamorphosis and strange or impossible motions.

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A completely self-educated artist, he now lives and works in Tokyo as a free-lance animator in advertising and music for clients such as UNIQLO.

PLANET 51 CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:06:00 +0000

Head over to Solisworks for more great art work. Don’t miss the rigs demos below.

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AARON’S ART TIPS – UNDERLYING STRUCTURE WHEN ANIMATING EXPRESSIONS

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:06:00 +0000

Animation Workflow:The Reward: Tales of Alethrion from Sun Creature Studio

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:05:00 +0000

Sonic Boom - Behind the Scenes

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 01:34:00 +0000

STRIPPED – TRAILER

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:27:00 +0000

“In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.”

Making of RayMan Legends Dark Creatures

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:26:00 +0000

Understanding Color

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:58:00 +0000

Maya Lighting & Rendering 1: Previewing Lights, How to Choose Light Colors from Jeremy Birn on Vimeo.

THE BOXTROLLS – TEASER 3

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:57:00 +0000

Steve Rude Shares his Sketchbook

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:56:00 +0000

Korea Independent Animation (2012) -Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:56:00 +0000

Korea Independent Animation (2012) -Trailer from Project K on Vimeo.

MODELING MINUTE WITH DAVID LALLY

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:23:00 +0000

David Lally is a Character & Sim Artist at Pixar. He’s got a nice series of modelling tips that you’ll have time for no matter how busy you are. Watch one below and check out his Vimeo channel for more.

DEVELOPING A CHARACTER WITH BILL ROBINSON

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:22:00 +0000

7 ESSENTIALS FOR ANIMATION BY GLEN KEANE

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 02:18:00 +0000

7 ESSENTIALS FOR ANIMATION BY GLEN KEANE

FRANK THOMAS’ 4 POINTS

OH, THAT’S ALL THERE IS TO IT?

Making of - Starfish

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:32:00 +0000

Making of - Starfish from Colorbleed Studios on Vimeo.

Daniel Gonzales: Improving Your Animation 101

noreply@blogger.com (Rob JG Meech) — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:09:00 +0000

If you are an aspiring animator (or artist) and you find yourself spending more time reading than actually DOING anything then I'm writing this for you. No baseball player ever read a lot about baseball and then was an amazing baseball player. If you think that since animation isn't a sport you do not have to practice?? Wrong. Articles and tips can get you motivated and inspired to work but thy wont make you great.

The nine old men of animation (9 men who invented the guidelines of HOW TO ANIMATE) they didn't have anyone give them tips or tricks. They had to do Good ol' hands-on-training. I've searched the internet and asked around and I have put together a list of exercises for an aspiring animator to do! Even if you consider yourself advanced I would suggest you still start from level one. never hurts to make sure you have your abc's/basics locked down :)

Always remember the 12 principles of animation (google it if you do not know them bc it will change your world!) you should try to incorporate all of them in all your animation test if possible! I put in parenthesis the skills the exercise challenges but always remember that all the 12 principles should addressed.

Basics

Bouncing ball (loop) (squash and stretch/spacing)

Bouncing ball across the screen (2 bounces) (squash and stretch/spacing)

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Cinder Block sliding off a shelf, hitting the floor. (spacing, form)

Flour Sac Jump (mass)

A blink (spacing/squash and stretch)

A head turn (transitions/ arcs)

breaking a sweat

walk cycle (technical)

run cycle (technical)

character jumping (physical/ spacing)

Suicide backwards fall off a ledge (subtle delays and overlap)

A character getting up from a chair (physical, anticipation)

A smile (face muscles, appeal)

A sneeze (exaggeration and timing)

Do an action that requires a 'smear' (technical)

Laughing (reference studying)

Marathon training

Animate a hand doing something-close up (anatomy)

character lifting a heavy object (weight)

animate a dog shaking after a bath (overlap follow through)

hammering a nail (timing spacing)

character blowing up a balloon (physicality)

piano falling on a character (timing weight)

character brushing their teeth (personality)

character eating a sandwich (personality)

getting up out of bed (physical personality)

waiting for the bus stop (entertainment/ appeal)

Quitters quit, winners win

character throwing a bucket of water on another (physical acting)

tug of war b/w two characters (tension)

character drinking wine (research)

character making an egg- full process from fridge to mouth (rhythm and timing)

A feather falling and being blown by the wind (reference)

character reacting to "your parents are dead" (acting)

putting on a pair of pants (physical)

sleeping character being startled, then going back to sleep (rhythm and texture)

KEEP IN MIND - These will make you better not get you a job. Studios want to see dialogue and acting. what these exercises above do is help you become a better animator!

You are not animating lines, you are animating a personality, an emotion, the feelings. you are animating something deeper than just what you see.

keep it simple.

You don't have to show anyone, these tests are for you!!!

working out isn't fun, animation should be. that is the ONLY difference between sit ups and animation :)

Daniel Gonzales