Tiger animation test

Here is a small quadruped animation that I've been working on my free time.
Took a little while but I had to let it go and move to something else.
Any comments are always welcome

Tiger jump test from Krzysztof Boyoko on Vimeo.

John Carter shot breakdown

A shot breakdown from the movie John Carter. The final result looks so realistic but it's all keyframe animation.

John Carter Evolution Reel from Patrick Giusiano on Vimeo.

Tangled shot breakdown

Those 2 videos have been online for a while but I really wanted to repost as it really inspires me to see how other animators work ( also because the animation on that movie was amazing :)  )
The first one is a shot progress from Jamall Bradley, and  the other one from Joe Bowers, 2 very good animators who worked on Disney's Tangled

Progression of an Animated Shot: Gothel & Rapunzel Disney's Tangled from Jamaal Bradley on Vimeo.

JoeBowers Interview from Frame By Frame on Vimeo.

Say what you mean with body language

It's been a while since my last post, but I really wanted to come back to this blog and keep it alive :)

There are a few more post that should be coming shortly but for today I just wanted to publish this very nice page that has some good body language basics. Have a look HERE. ( Thanks to Allison Morris for the link )

AnimSchool : Character eye blink video

Interesting video from Blue Sky Animator, Garrett Shikuma, demonstrating, how to add appeal to an eye blink.

Tangled ever after clip

Here is the first clip from Tangled Ever After animation short with Rapunzel, Flynn Rider, Maximus and Pascal featuring the wedding of Rapunzel and Flynn. Reminds me how great the movie was.

Ianimate videos

Here is a great compilation of students shots who've all animated their characters to the same music.

Gets You Back To You

Beautiful animation made for the recent Twinings tea advert 

Shot study

A very interesting shot study by Blue Sky animator Nick Bruno
http://theloztboyz.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-i-study-animation.html

Posing characters for animation

Awesome post from the Animation Resource Centre blog which goes into great details about getting good poses in animation
http://sbit-animation-centrala.blogspot.com/2008/08/posing-characters-for-animation_21.html

Rio comparison reel

Here is another comparison reel by Blue Sky animator Jeff Gabor for some of the shots he did on Rio.
Really inspiring stuff.
http://vimeo.com/27379093
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AnimationScout

Hey everyone,

Have a look at these great videos from animator Ugur Yetiskin.
He's made little videos covering a lot of great tips on facial animation that I've found super useful to remember.
So far he's made 5 videos where he talks about Blinks, the head direction, the eyelids, the eyes direction and the mouth corners. Enjoy!

 

Frame by frame

Frame by frame and sequential images from various animated films for study and appreciation. 
http://framexframe.tumblr.com/ 

I'm a monster

Very nice 2d animation

Hey

A few months have passed so quickly, and nothing new in here :(

Not that nothing has been happening, but I've been a little lazy. I'll try to stay focused this time and do my best to keep the blog alive

Lines of action and silhouette

Hey everybody,
check out this link which talks about lines of action and silhouettes, with lots of drawings and illustrations !
http://floobynooby.blogspot.com/2011/01/lines-of-action-mickeys-christmas-carol.html

Body language, acting and subtext

Hey everyone,
In my research in getting good performance in animation I discovered a couple of super useful links :
- The first one is a 3 part tutorial by awesome animator Samy Fecih, and talks about good posing and body language

- The other link, from another great animator, Brendan Body, talks about acting and subtext. It's a 2 part tutorial that I've also found really instructive. You can have a look at the PART 1 and the PART 2

If like me you're in search of animation knowledge then these notes will not disappoint you :)

Inspiring demoreels

I've discovered a really interesting website called Reelbarrow. It contains a lot of amazing demoreels from professional animators that would certainly inspire a lot of people

Rango

It's a bit late to post this comment, but a couple of weeks ago I went to see Rango, and I really went to the cinema that day to see if it was as good as most of the people were saying, because I really wasn't convinced by the trailers.

But man, I was blown away by this movie. So beautiful in every aspect, and very different compared to every other animated feature that I've seen. It's cinematography gave me the impression that there was a real cameraman who was filming everything. Well done to everybody involved in this !

New demoreel

The last few weeks have been a bit hectic, trying to push my work a bit more. Here is my updated demo reel, with a selection of shots that I've made while studying at Animation mentor. Hope you enjoy.