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It's been a long time since I've kept up with the blog, but.. that's about to change..

In my continued quest to get all the Animator Friendly Rigging tutorials available, I’ve just finished uploading Part 2b – the continuation of Part 2a. This part focuses on finishing the Torso rig, and gets into the head and neck.  It’s quite a long one.. the movie file that comes with it is over 800 […]
A number of people have said how much they enjoy the js_greasePencil script I wrote a while ago, but they’ve been having trouble downloading the movie that shows how it works. So I uploaded the movie to youtube and put it on the downloads page.  You can also see it here: Some day I’d like […]
Continuing with the act of getting the Animator Friendly Rigging series up and running, I’ve now got Part 2a available for purchae from lulu.com! Just as before with part 1, I’ve uploaded an example pdf with about 13 or so pages demonstrating some of the documentation, and also provided a 6+ minute example video (low […]
Heya folks! As I mentioned earlier, the Animator Friendly Rigging instructional series will no longer be available through Autodesk.  It’s been a great run with Autodesk, and they have done a wonderful job selling the series.  However, they decided that they will no longer be selling the DVD online. I have received such great feedback […]
Heya folks! A lot of people have asked me over the years where they can find the js_greasePencil script for Maya that I wrote a while ago. This is a handy script that lets you draw on top of your Maya scene. You can use it for thumbnails, roughing out timing, drawing arcs, etc. It’s […]
heya folks! I’ve received a few emails from people saying they’re having troubles with some of the scripts from the Animator Friendly Rigging series. I’d like to get all those issues solved, so if you are having trouble, please comment in this post so we can get it all sorted out! It looks like Autodesk […]
This past weekend was my 37th birthday and as part of celebrating I got a chance to re-connect with one of my childhood best friends, Alex Wong.  I haven’t seen Alex since we were kids, but have kept in touch periodically here and there over the years.  Back when I was working on The Lord […]
Animation Insiders is a new series of books dedicated to animation, put together by Patrick Beaulieu.  I’m really excited to be a part of this series.  It’s a whole bunch of interviews with a number of incredibly talented animators all talking about various parts of animation.  This first book is on Workflow and contains total […]
C.O.R.E. Digital Shut Down This Afternoon | Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation. Ugh, another studio shutting down.. just a few days after IMD closes it’s doors. I just wanted to send out my heartfelt well wishes to those affected by the closure of both studios.. looks like it’s about 600 artists out of work […]
Hey folks! Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve updated, life has been busy and exciting. I’m now going full tilt in production on MegaMind and our animation department is completely staffed up. We’re cranking away on shots and it’s keeping me quite busy. Exhausting, but really exciting and fun. Being a head of character […]