Huge congrats to everyone at Dreamworks who worked on Kung fu panda.. It cleaned up at the annie awards Friday night! 11 for 11 I believe! Congrats all!!!!!
Animation Tips & Tricks. My good buddy Kevan Shorey posted some great content on the http://animatinotipsandtricks.com website today. It’s about using contrast in animation. For me, contrast is best used when trying to heighten an emotional beat. For example.. if I’m trying to animate someone being “sad”, what do I do? How sad do I […]
Oh wow.. talk about a great book that every animator should get. Amazon.com: Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes, Volume 1: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures: Walt Stanchfield, Don Hahn: Books. As a 3d animator, I’ve had many people ask me what software they should learn, or what school they should go […]
Originally posted: Tuesday, 05 June 2007 So after finishing recording of the videos, I decided to record myself creating a walk-cycle with the AFR rig. Enjoy! 🙂 httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zrObqm4Fm0
Originally Posted: Monday, 12 June 2006 We’re making the most rediculous video of all time.. it’ll either be great, or.. well.. stupid. Edit: I finished shooting the video & editing it together. It’s available on youtube.. and if you purchased the Animator Friendly Rigging DVD series, you’ve seen it. 🙂 Enjoy! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvHG0OkCWJ4
Orignally posted: Monday, 16 October 2006 Ah, I love it when articles come out touting the awesomeness of new technology and get the facts so wonky that it makes it seem like anything would be possible, if it weren’t for those darn pesky artists! The New York Times has a new article about Image Metrics, […]
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. […]
Along with focusing on time management, becoming a better supervisor, and prepping for the holidays, I am thinking a ton about character development. I was making a bottle for toby this morning while simultaneously holding him and trying to clean his nose and I realized that ever since I became a father I had picked […]
<br /> <img src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/s/noscript?tag=jasonschleifer-20″ mce_src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/s/noscript?tag=jasonschleifer-20″ alt=”” /><br /> One of the things I’m working on in my position as Head of Character Animation is learning how to straddle the roles of being a “Coach” and a “Player”. You see, as an animator, my role was to be the best animator I possibly could be. […]