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…
The animation style of the new Netflix series Kid Cosmic is quite unique. Ferdinand has a closer look at the snappy pose to pose animation in this new series by legendary animator and show creator Craig McCracken.
We scrub through The Mitchells vs the Machines frame by frame to see how they managed to pull of such fun and crazy animation: strong poses, goofy follow-through, clear staging and succession of poses. This is a must watch analysis…
Learn animation from the work of master animators. Animation historian John Canemaker talks how he approaches animation analysis, tricks and cheats of the masters and shares animation advice for beginners. Check out the FMX 2021 and watch talks and presentations…
When “off-model” is “on-model” in character animation… In Walt Disney’s original Jungle Book the characters are sometimes drawn with thumbs and sometimes without them. In this animation analysis we have a quick look at why and when this happens and…
Ferdinand is working live on the rig of a penguin detective for the game MS Salmon. Along the way we share some animation tips, discussions and have fun hanging out together. Join the conversation every Thursday and Friday live on…
These characters are from another dimension… Pixar’s latest film Soul had some very creative character designs and animation. Let’s learn from a scene with Jerry and Terry about character animation, acting for animators, rhythm and the struggle of tucking away…
Here is a quick storytelling tip about writing for animation (and writing for film in general) about one of the hardest aspects of the writing process: Writing is re-writing. More about storytelling? Check out this live stream! Writing a story…
In this live stream we build the foundation for an animated short film: the script. Do you need a script for making animation? What is a good story structure? Watch me live while I work on my personal project “Big…
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