One of the things I get asked about quite often from new animators is “how do you come up with good acting ideas”. My answer, of course, is “you think my acting ideas are good? aww, shucks!” Actually, coming up with ideas is one of my favorite parts of the animation process. It’s something I […]
Hey folks! a number have people have suggested that I repost something I wrote way back in november of 2005.. so here it is.. The fear of moving past blocking.. November 16th, 2005 The more you know, the more fear you have. Seems to be a rule true of many things.. tree climbing for example. […]
This is very cool.. Something that’s been kinda buggin me about my iphone camera is that it just doesn’t always take the best photos. I mean, they’re great photos.. and it’s a “nice” camera.. but sometimes you just need a better lense, you know? Well, check this out.. Lenses for your iphone! Cool! Magnetic zoom […]
Thundercats Movie trailer (fanmade) I’m really impressed with this fake fan made trailer for one of my fav childhood animated tv shows Thundercats. What was really impressive is that he did all the effects in Photoshop frame by frame. Nice stuff!
Howdy folks! Back to it now after a lovely holiday break.Spent the entire week playing with the family and relaxing. I had all these plans to do work.. to come up with unique topics to post.. to finish the kitchen remodel (that we started 2 years ago).. to develop my wife’s website.. to learn to […]
ILoveSketch from Seok-Hyung Bae on Vimeo. This is the coolest interface for drawing curves. I love it when people start thinking outside the box about interfaces and how we work with our computers. I can’t wait to see what the future holds.. especially when you start looking at this type of thing, combined with a […]
So I have now been working out consistently for about three weeks.. Hitting the gym every morning before work in an effort to create a routine I can stick to. Today I had a 9 am meeting so I couldn’t make it to the gym until about four.. So I just finished my workout. I […]
Friends with an animator? Married to one? Want to be an animator? Confused about what to get yourself or your loved ones for the holidays? AnimationMentor.Com (one of the best animation schools in the world by far) has a great list of products available for your loved ones! Normally I wouldn’t be all “oh! you […]
Laika lays off 65, shelves CG film – Business – Oregonlive.com. I just heard about Laika the animation studio in Oregon laying off 65 employees.. don’t know much else about it, but it’s a real shame when something like this happens. Does anyone know any details other than “Jack and Ben” being shelved? My heart […]
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