Live Stream Schedule October
Yay! I actually have some live stream dates for you that I really, really plan to stick to. 😊 Let’s hang out together, we got some awesome stuff on the agenda while we talk all about art, creativity and animation:…
Quick tip: Do this before drawing or painting!
Overcome creative block with these quick drawing exercises for beginner artists! ✍️🔥
Better character drawings with basic 3D perspective
Do the drawings of your characters look flat? Find out how to draw characters with depth and volume. In this tutorial for beginner artists we will use 2-point perspective as a guide to take 2D shapes and turn them into…
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[Live] Animating a head turn with eye blink
A character turning their head is one of the 51 animation exercises for beginners. In this live stream we will go through the animation workflow step by step showing you how to animate a head turn.
Magical Lightning VFX – How to make better magic effects than Hocus Pocus 2
How to make magical lightning effects really fun and memorable? Stray lines and a good choreography seem to be the most important ingredients. We compare the lightning ray VFX in Hocus Pocus 2 with the original 2D animated effects from…
More Animation Critiques & Animating Live
In today’s live stream we have a look at the top entries for the March competition of the 11SecondClub. We also continue the 2D frame by frame animation of Wizard Kitty and dive into the topics of timing and spacing…
Animation Critiques 11 SecondClub February 2022
In this live stream we rate and analyze short character animation clips submitted to the 11SecondClub.com competition from February 2022. There is lots to learn about strong posing, holding tension and an interesting time jump between cuts. FREE 2D animation…
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[Live] Animation Analysis – The Bad Guys trailer
In this video JK and Ferdinand go frame by frame through some amazing character animation in the trailer for Dreamwork’s The Bad Guys. We expect to find out more about snappy animation timing, awesome posing and design and some fun…
Will you look at that? Animator Island is 10 years old!
This month marks the day in 2011 when JK and Ferdinand began this online adventure to share all their animation knowledge. We hope you’ve enjoyed the ride! There’s plenty more to see and share, so we’re looking forward to continuing…
Create better art – build your art intuition
With the right intuition artists and animators can create beautiful designs and character animation poses quicker. For example, once you practiced creating appealing shapes countless times, it will be easier to design something appealing on the spot. Appeal is one…