Frank Abney an animator at Dreamworks has recently posted some pretty fun Body Mechanics tests on his vimeo page. Below you can check them out!
Spider-man animation test for my Animsquad students from Frank Abney on Vimeo.
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JP
more from Frank Abney
Jakob_Jensen_Croods_progression_reel from Jakob Hjort Jensen on Vimeo.
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JP
AnimatorsResource – KenFountain Animation Workflow from Animators Resource on Vimeo.
It was a great time and thanks again to Ken for taking the time! Hope you all enjoy and stay tuned for the full interview! You can see the shot from Monsters vs Aliens on his reel.
JP
for more about Ken Fountain, check out his site splatfrog
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JP
found via arteyanimacion
Quadrupede Walk Cycle Tutorial from SamyOddjob on Vimeo.
Always great to see workflows!
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JP
found via lesterbanks
Ted Ty – Genuine acting from iAnimate on Vimeo.
Ted is an amazing instructor and I had the privilege of watching some of his lectures at iAnimate..some really inspiring stuff!
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JP
Legend of the Boneknapper -First pass version from Sandro Cleuzo on Vimeo.
Head on over to the blog for the rest of the post!
Great stuff!
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iAnimate.net Lab – No. 05 from iAnimate on Vimeo.
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JP
Looks like a fun day if you are in the area June 30th! Check out the Animation Mentor site for more details.
An excerpt:
“Ever wish you could spend a day with professional animators and watch them break down a shot and detail each step? Well wish no more! Our friends from Pixar, DreamWorks, and Tippett will break down a couple of shots from their feature film work, discuss the challenges they faced, and share how they achieved the final results. And remember to ask lots of questions! Seating is limited — so register today!”
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JP
Great little nugget of info from AnimSchool Instructor and DreamsWorks animator JP Sans. JP goes through the process of weight and balance in a walk.
Great little vids all over the AnimSchool Blog
Check it out!
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JP
I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Dreamworks Animation Supervisor and Creator of the new online character animation school Ianimate.net, Jason Ryan. We covered new and upcoming things with Ianimate and asked a bit of how things are going. Of course I had to ask a bit about what keeps him going! So stay tuned it will be posted in video form here shortly. Until then have a look around his sites.
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JP
If you haven’t heard by now…Jason Ryan has team up with Digicel and many of his co-workers at Dreamworks to create a new online school called ianimate.net – The Character Animation School. I have done multiple rounds of his webinars and they have been some of the best training tools I have used. He just had a free webinars that should answer most questions you have about the school and how it works. I think it’s going to be a great school for animators. Check out the webinar here.
Soooo… just a quick follow up on the post that I did a while back on Posing for animation (click here). I saw this post on Rad Sechrists’ “Rad How To” blog. Rad is a storyboard artist at Dreamworks
Animation. He just posted on Shape Design which goes hand n hand with my points on Curve vs
Straight.
Check out the rest of his Blog for other great posing and staging examples. He also has his blog, Rad’s Blog, where you can find examples of his work.
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JP
Just wanted to let everybody know that there is another FREE Animation Mentor Webinar coming up. It’s a webinar of two animators in the industry working at Dreamworks and ILM about getting a great job after graduating hosted by Mentor Kenny Roy Founder of Arconyx Animation Studios. Should be a good one.
Register now.
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