10 Second Tip: 100,000 Bad Drawings
An old adage claims we have 100,000 bad drawings in us that we must get out before we can get to the good ones. Today we take a deeper look at that quote.
Don’t Turn Your Animated Flour Sack into a Roasted Turkey
Experimenting with the Flour Sack is one of the best exercises you can do as an animator. It allows you to play with squash and stretch, shape change, and weight while still maintaining a simple character bursting with life. Unfortunately…
3 Different Ways to Start Your Next Animation
The foundation you build at the start of any animation (or art project, or project in GENERAL) can be the deciding factor between a fantastic final piece or something that falls flat. Today we’ll give you three possible methods for…
Tangled vs. Frozen: Which is the Better Movie Indeed?
Today’s article is a complimentary piece to the recent post at Rotoscopers.com on the topic of Tangled vs. Frozen. The films are easy to compare, so let’s take a look at how they stack up against one another and finally…
Studying the Masters: Grab and Shake
Two “Studying the Masters” posts in a row?! Yes, despite normally spreading them out, today we’re going to take a look at another clip right on the heels of last week’s in order to contrast them and give you some…
Studying the Masters: The Touch
Two characters touching and interacting can make or break your scene. Done well it will instantly take the drawings or models from “drawings and models” to real, living, breathing beings. Done poorly and no amount of fabulous acting will ever…
The 25 Fastest Ways to Fail at Animation
Animator Island brings you weekly updates with ways to improve your animation skill. Sometimes, though, it’s just as important to know what NOT to do. Which of these easy animated mistakes are you making?
Infographic: Animator Employment
Today we’ve got a quick and visual way to check out the latest data on Animation jobs in the US! (If you find some of the stats rather scary, don’t fret: It’s just an opportunity in disguise. Most of the…
An All-New Online Animation School from Animator Island!
We’re extremely excited today to announce a project that has been in the works behind-the-scenes for a very long time. A new online animation school from the creators of Animator Island! [youtube width=”550″ height=”445″]http://youtu.be/L6UBUVZcwqA[/youtube] Read on to learn how to…
Review: The Art of Rio
Titan Books returns with an interesting new “Art Of” title which combines the art of both of the first two Rio films into one inclusive tome. How does it stack up to the other art books we animators find a…