Chronicles of an Animator

Here is a magazine article that Mark McDonnell wrote about Figure Drawing’s Importance for Posing.

There is some great posing advice (Regardless of the medium used).

Check the original article HERE.

Found @ Alonso‘s

A while ago, I read some acting notes by James Baxter. The notes were based on a series of lectures that he gave at Dreamworks.

I have found them online again! Here they are:

• Day 1
• Day 2

I found the link again @ Alonso‘s

Video on how the style of the film was developed

The Spa Studios is the name of the company formerly known as Animagic.
That is Sergio Pablo’s company which is based in Madrid (Spain)

They have a new website with some awesome content.
Make sure to check it out HERE.

(I absolutely love the monkey animation tests)

Animated Views has an interview with John Musker and Ron Clements:

Click HERE to read the whole interview.

Enjoy!

For those of you that are animating with Norman rig, here are a few modding tutorials for it.

How to modify Norman

Modding Norman – Part 1
Modding Norman – Part 2
Modding Norman – Part 3

and HERE is a MEL Script for quick skin wrapping:

Here is a nice short by Tatanka Animation Studio called Paz (Peace)

Click HERE to see the short

Here is the trailer of Eric Powell‘s The Goon.

The director of the movie is David Fincher and the studio behind the animation is Blur Studios.

Pixar Canada has some great advice on Demo Reels.

An application that requires a demo reel submission has 4 parts:

• The cover letter
• The resume
• The demo reel
• The demo reel breakdown

Great advice that can be applied to animators:

• Your reel should be no more than 4 minutes.
• Don’t show un-approved work.
• Nobody cares about music/soundtrack.
• Put your best work first.
• Include a title card at the beginning and end with your name, address, phone, and email.
• Show work that proves that you know what you did.
• Take the time to polish.
• Show it to other people.