Peep this

Ok this is nothing but clips so check it!!

This is a 3 parter of Richard Williams talking about Roger Rabbit
Part 1


Presto


Love how this Gobelins short looks


Cloudy's best of Steve


To end it Coyote and the Road Runner


Peace

From the start

So yesterday I posted the link on what to animate and that actually turned out that is a two-part discussion(check yesterday for link)and today I read part 1. I found that it's mostly what to put on your demo reel but also what kind of tests you should do, but before all of that there is a bit where they talk about how there is all this stress to come out of the gates trying to be as good as other animator's or as fast and it just tells you to slow down and reminds you that this is a growing thing and that you get better with time. So that helped me calm down and re-think my approach and I think I am going to do a few tests that it points out, they will mostly be pantomimes I think I'm going to do one with the Morpheus rig and one with the Bishop rig. So leading off......

Animation News
What should I Animate? Part 1
Notes from Don Graham on Animation Forces and Form
Don Graham Notes
Also
Aaron Hartline Interview
Music The Decemberist


Some of the best



Adios

Breaking

So I may have just hit a wall in animating but I think I can steer myself back on the right path and I plan on experimenting. Kenny Roy my last mentor at AM told us to remember for every minute you experiment you get 5 minutes back into your workflow and that is so true if you are not afraid to break something or mess up then you are ahead of the people who are(which is me right now) so I take that challenge and will change that about me.

Animation News
I have a few more helpful tips that are helping me get through this rutt. A list of stuff you could try and animate and should animate
What to Animate?
A whole bunch of hand me downs
Hand me downs

Music...Hahaha first off Pandora picked this and the irony with the name is great.Also only had this weird SIM video for it.


I have two videos to leave you with. First is from Golden Lucky and my good pal worked on it The One and Only Chad Colby. It's really one of the coolest looking stop-motion short's I've seen.

Looking thru the B-Sides from Golden Lucky on Vimeo.

And Glen Keane talking about Tarzan and animation tests.


Bye

Search

Now I am on a mission to find some new quick dialogue so I can just try and get some practice in, right now I feel like I understand a lot about animation but I'm still missing something??? I don't know I'll keep searching and let you know if I figure it out.

Animation News.
So I have some links to tips for euurrrbody there are some great tips on moving holds,timing trick and gimbal lock.

Moving Holds
Timing
Gimbal Lock Explained

Musicccc


And I leave you with a pretty cool stop motion short enjoy.


Ciao

And so they say

Jump start it with some animation news.

David Anthony Gibson has a cool walk-through of a Cloudy shot and basically taking it from layout and storyboards and showing how he transferred from paper to 3D check it out here.
David Anthony Gibson's Blog

Here is one of my favorite short's from a year or so ago it was nominated for an oscar it's called French Roast.


Listening


So my progress is going slow I kind of threw away that shot wasn't into it so now I'm giving myself a week on this new shot updates I swear tomorrow I've just been working a lot BLAH.

So I leave you with yet another awesome piece of animation, this time from Gobelins.


Ciao

Jackpot

Here I am 4 AM tried my luck at the casino and broke even haha I thought I was gonna hit it big but maybe another day. I am stoked that graduation is getting closer I get to see eurrbody and it should be a fun weekend and a nice vacation.

Animation news. I was shown another podcast from Ronski the dude just has these lying around, this is James Baxter he was supervising animator on a lot of movies but the best one on the list in my eyes is Quasimodo in Hunchback of Notre Dame. This podcast is a 3 parter and basically goes over how he started to how he views 3d now and where he see's it in the future.
James Baxter Podcast

Also for great reference check out.
Aniref
It was started by AM alumni Daniel Harman and it's just a great resource for reference, also join the group and post your reference to add to this ever growing library. Also check Daniel's Blog out. at Asher's Aniblog

What pandora just told me to listen to. Also a little animation in this video HA


So my progress is slow and I know I said there would be something today but I am going to have to raincheck it til next post,sorry.

But I leave you with some more animation goodness.


Bye

What would you do?

Wow I was shown this Doug Sweetland podcast by my bud Ronski and it is amazing I have really liked Doug sweetland since I saw his lecture at AM and now listening to him talk about animation and just how much he takes from it, it's just awesome and here are the two parts.
Doug Sweetland Part 1

Doug Sweetland Part 2

Music right now


Ok so my progress on this shot is first pass blocking and it's a guy walking against the wind still need a lot to do but here it is :)

Alright more detailed pass to come tomorrow see ya...