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Animation Workflow: Jason Martinsen's Body Mechanics Demo

Animation Workflow: Jason Martinsen’s Body Mechanics Demo

Just came across a fun post on Body Mechanics over on the AM Blog. I’ve posted a few times regarding Jason’s workflow (see below). It’s really nice to see the workflow in this form and the thinking behind many choices. Mechanics is one of the keys to making animation feel right and seeing others points of view only lets you creatively think about your next shot better.

Enjoy!
JP
Links:
The Josh Blog: Acting and Animation

The Josh Blog: Acting and Animation

Found this great post over at The Josh Blog about Animation and Acting. He talks about internalizing with the characters that he is animating and has a review about some acting DVD’s. He really goes into what bringing a lifeless character to life is all about. At first, as we are learning, we try to find the best poses to convey the acting and then try to layer in the little nuances that characters have in real life to give them that feeling that they are real. Josh talks about thinking further than just your poses.

Every body know about Jeff Gabor’s comparison reels from Horton and Ice Age. He shows a good look at trying to get into the character head.

Head on over to Josh’s Blog and check out the post on Acting and Animation…some great food for thought.
Enjoy!
JP

some more links for this topic

Animation Arena
Acting Reference via The Time Sheet
Jason Martinson comparison reel

more to follow soon

Website Highlight: Jason Martinsen

Website Highlight: Jason Martinsen

Hey Everybody

Haven’t done a highlight in a bit so wanted to point you to Jason Martinsen’s site. He’s worked at quite a few studios and has done some great work on films @ BlueSky, ILM, Double Negative and even Naughty Dog the great game studio that brought you Uncharted. Under his animation tab he has generously put together a Reference Comparison showing his refVid and the shots he used them on…Great Breakdown!!

 
All of his work you can frame through too they are in QuickTime…enjoy.

JP