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One of my favorite scenes from Tangled.

My favorite Pixar short "Partly Cloudy"

Music

One of the funniest shorts I've seen it's called "Saturday afternoon fever" and it's from Jeremy Brown.

A short film by AM Alumni Nathan Glemboski called "Sweep" Great acting.

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Quickie

Animation News
A great post by Tracy Butler on tips for facial expressions.
Facial Expressions
Music

A great Goofy short called "Motor Mania" just amazing stuff.

Another great short film by AM Alumni Hichem Arfaoui "Supermarket Fever" One of the best.

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X-MEN

So today is pretty awesome they released the X-Men first class trailer it looks pretty good but I'm wondering how they will handle the story and pray that it will be better then Wolverine Origins..So here's the trailer and then followed by some news.

Animation News
Went back into SplineDoctors archive's and found this Richard Williams podcast.
Richard Williams Podcast
Check out the first two minutes from Blue Sky's "Rio"

Music

Here is a teaser for "I'm a Monster" from Headless Productions.

A short film by AM Alumni Alli Sadegiani called "Greed" Great concept and the animation is pretty sweet especially at the end.

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Video ref in the can now blocking time!!
Animation News
Check out this post by Pixar animator Victor Navone about animating limited characters.
Animating limited characters
Another post from a Pixar animator Andrew Gordon this one about the value of planning your animation.
Value of Planning
An awesome blog called "The Rough Sketchers" started by a few of my AM Alumni buds and every week they choose a theme and you can draw and post it for each week. Can't wait to see everyone's work.
The Rough Sketchers Blog
Music

The new trailer for "Hop" It looks pretty sweet animation wise and I want to give out props to the AM Alumni who worked on this. Job well done.

A short film by AM Alumni Steven Hughes called "The Icarus Effect" Cool story and it looks awesome.

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Today

BLAH!!!!
Animation News
A post by Pixar animator Carlos Baena about Micro-movements.
Micro-Movements
A post by Mike Gasaway director of "Planet Sheen" on Nickelodeon. His post is about the mechanics of a walk.
Mechanics of a walk
Music

This is making the rounds it's called "Superman classic" and it's from Robb Pratt and he has taken the best of superman and made an awesome 2d short.

A short film by AM Alumni Gabriel Prezoto called "Land in Sight" A funny musical short and a great look to it.

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Watch

So I am half way through this show Prison Break that is now on Netflix and I'm trying to fill that hole that LOST left in the way that is my ability to watch a TV show, it sort of works but I really just want to see them escape and be on the run and see when the show just becomes boring because they made 5 season's and I'm sure at some point there is going to be that "Come on really?" moment so til then we will see but I am also keeping busy with some recent animation purchases like Tarzan,Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry. I still want to get Hunchback of Notre Dame and Lion King those are next...But anyway here are some cool things.
Animation News
Another post about Workflow this time from Aaron Gilman who recently was Senior Animator on "Avatar" It's another great look on how to improve your workflow and I'm always looking at how to change or incorporate something into my own workflow. So check it.
Improving Workflow
Flooby Nooby has a 3 part interview with the amazing Chuck Jones each part is an hour long.
Chuck Jones Interview
Music

Coke commercial that aired during the Superbowl it was made by Framestore and it's really epic

A short film by AM Alumni Liz Bernard called "The Accidental Nudist" it is funny at all the right moments.

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April

I really can't wait til April so I can send out my reel and hopefully get a job in LA. But yeah the good stuff.
Animation News
A great post about self confidence in your animation, also Francis Jasmin's blog has many more great info check it.
Self-Confidence in your Animation
Living Lines Library has some great Tarzan storyboards and also they have many other sketches from Tarzan
Tarzan Storyboards
Music

Stop motion film from "PES" called "Game Over".

Here is a short film by AM Alumni Ales Mav. It's called "Daphne's New Broom" It has some awesome pantomime acting and a great look to it.

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Forgetful

I almost turned in before I updated this so a quick update.
Roger Rabbit 2 screen test from back in the late 90's

Animation News
Check out Pencil Test Depot it has awesome video's of 2d animation and they just added Glen Keane flipping a scene from "Aladdin"
Pencil Test Depot
Music

One of my mentor's showed me this Ratatouille test and it was to show how much you can achieve from working within a pose.. Enjoy!!

Here is a short film from AM Alumni David Rodriguez. Great story and great animation.

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