Showing posts with label Animation Tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animation Tips. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Animation Tips - how to learn the basics of animation

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So this lesson is going to involve some videos of a new animator who's improving like crazy. First, he picked up a copy of Animation Stu...
Saturday, January 09, 2010

Animation Tip: How to start animating

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Paint and Movie Maker. Those are free, and that's all you need. Those are bare bones though (not the best tools by far). Other better to...
Monday, June 08, 2009

glowing animated flash boxes in colour

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Messing about with the glow/opacity elements of flash. ========================= Cool. This could be used in some fantastic ways! - TAE
Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Timing for Animation

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Click the link to read this book (the first 24 pages are online): Timing for Animation Written by two internationally acclaimed animators, t...
Saturday, March 07, 2009

Exploding tutorial in blender

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From Bu9: Exploding tutorial in blender recording programs ================================ Awesome! This looks fantastic!!! The model's...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Animation Tip: Some Story Notes

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Here are some valuable story notes... -Fail fast and fail often (if it's a bad idea, fail and move on. It will make you better) -Funny (...
Saturday, April 05, 2008

Animation Tip: Blinks

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Also, before a character turns he (1) blinks, (2) moves his eyes, (3) moves his head, (4) blinks again sometime in here, (5) moves the upper...
Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Animation Tip: Deliberate Movement

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There are general animation rules that you need to use to make movement deliberate: (1) anticipation/preparation, (2) quick movements, and ...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

The Art of Starting Over

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Here's a quick tip in 3D modeling... You might spend hours on something, but then you realize you need to throw it out and start over. T...
Saturday, March 08, 2008

Question: What do I need to learn to be a Web Designer or Animator?

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Question for the Emperor : I've got a son in high school who wants to be a Web designer or animator. What does he need to do? He'...
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Saturday, February 09, 2008

The various stages in making the Pixar short, Geri's Game

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Take a look at this image: 1. It all starts with character designs. 2. The storyboard phase happens, where they draw out the framing of each...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Disney Animation Books

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My favorite Disney animation book was The Illusion of Life - Disney Animation , from Frank and Ollie: http://www.amazon.com/Illusion-Life-Di...
Saturday, January 12, 2008

Create a professional Animation Studio for super cheap

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"Weekend Extra peers into the brilliant mind of Javan Ivey, an inspired animator, and someone who uses his keen intellect to save thous...
Friday, January 04, 2008

Build a Miniature Set for $10 - With Stop Motion Animation

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"Sick of the REAL world and all of it's REAL problems? Well, with a few sheets of cardboard and some cool tricks, you can build you...
Tuesday, January 01, 2008

How to Make a Stop Motion Puppet for $10!

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"Inspired by Nightmare Before Christmas, we show you how to make a stop motion puppet for under $10." That magnet idea is great. H...
Thursday, December 27, 2007

3D Animation Tip 2: The Secret of the eye

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The trick is to get it the eye to stretch into your proper shape and size. There's a trick we do in 3D Studio Max where we make two more...
Monday, December 03, 2007

3D Animation Tip 1: How to learn Blender

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A lot of people ask us what 3D software to use. Well... There are three good software programs that do everything. Here they are in order of...