Jason Ryan Tips and Tricks: Polishing Facial Animation and Lipsync

A couple of great videos from Jason Ryan's Webinars where he is covering facial animation. Some more insight to his workflow and process.

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JP

Animation Workflow: Jakob Jensen

Great to see such fun story boards from Chris Sanders. It really helps provide some context to the characters and their personalities.

Jakob_Jensen_Croods_progression_reel from Jakob Hjort Jensen on Vimeo.

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JP

Shot Progression: Alaa Aldeen

Another fun shot by Alaa Aldeen. Great to see the process.

The Elf Shot Progression from Alaa Aldeen Afifah on Vimeo.

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JP

Check out the interview with Alaa on the AnimSchool Blog

Frozen: Storyboard to Final Animation

What a great comparison between from Frozen on what the animator may see in the storyboard phase when they start their shot. This is great when working on a feature film and really allows the animator to focus on the performance and animation.

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JP

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Jason Ryan: Timing and Spacing

Such a great example of some of the core basics of animating. Always inspiring to watch Jason Ryan's workflow. Check out his free Ramp Up Tutorials.



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JP

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Posing: Straight vs Curve

In this quick clip Aaron Blaise talks about posing your character using Straight vs Curve. It's great to see this out there and way back when I posted on Posing in Animation I remember getting some great feedback. So have a listen and maybe even a refresher. I'll links my posts at the bottom.

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JP

Posing in Animation

Follow Up on Posing in Animation

Twinning

A great little post from the folks over at Animator Island about twinning. There are definitely times that I think it is OK to do so and may even feel based on reference that it is the proper action. There are ways to change it up slightly and this post covers a few of them.

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JP

Animating Wipes: Aaron Blaise

Fun little snippet about animating wipes or smears. Love that we can see his process and even clearly see the spacing on the frames.

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JP

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Shot Progression: Alaa Aldeen

I saw this piece quite a while back but great to see some of the process.

Shot_Progression from Alaa Aldeen Afifah on Vimeo.

Great stuff!
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JP

More from Splatfrog: Ken Fountain talks about Eyes and Finger Tips

Ken is really rolling out the Podcasts...I can't keep up! But he is giving up some amazing tips on things to think about while animating acting shots. This one below is about how you could use the eye movements as your guide to laying out emotion in your characters. Fun stuff!

The Eyes Have It! - SplatFrog.com Podcast #07 from Ken Fountain on Vimeo.

He also just released another on the importance of animating all the way to The Finger Tips! Great looking character.

Always inspiring stuff from Ken Fountain!
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JP

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Animation Tips from Patrick Giusiano

Another great example of an animators thought process. Sometimes you see things from others that are often standard in terms of workflow and then you usually will see a few things that are unique in their ability to translate into animation. Have a look at Patrick Giusiano's EPIC workflow.

EPIC Animation Tips from Patrick Giusiano on Vimeo.

Some great tips as well!
Enjoy!
JP

More from Patrick's workflow from an earlier post here

Keith Osborn talks about Line of Action and Weight

Here is a great clip from AnimSchool instuctor Keith Osborn talking about line of action in walks. He also shows how he breaks down some reference video and conveys some weight.


Some great insight to workflow.
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JP

Ken Fountain Podcast: Getting Story From Your Still Images

Head on over to Splatfrog and check out Ken's podcast. He just uploaded another one showing part of his workflow we uses to extract his initial key poses from his reference video.

Some great stuff as always from Ken! And if you have Quicktime Pro you can download it!
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JP

Daniel Peixe: Frozen Shot Progression

Another great shot progression of Frozen from Daniel Peixe over at Disney Animation.

ShotProgressionGrandPabby from Daniel Peixe on Vimeo.


If you watch his reference video you can see some of the stuff he uses as his base and then pluses and pushes the animation. Great insight on how to use reference video effectively.

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JP

A Couple of Animation Workflow Videos

The 1st video is from Laurent Caneiro over at Dreamworks. He shows off his workflow comparison between his reference footage and shots.

This next video is by Disney animator Daniel Peixe. He goes through one of his shots on Frozen and his workflow how he quickly went about it in 2D and the comparison to what he ended up with in 3D.

ShotProgressionSven from Daniel Peixe on Vimeo.

Great stuff all the way around and some really fun insight to workflows!
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Animators Resource Interview - Andy Conroy - Full Interview

I always have a really great time with these interviews. Here is my full interview with Andy Conroy over at Long Winter Studios. Andy gives some fun insight to his thought process behind creating appealing rigs and animation. We also chat about some of his workflow and he follows that up with a really nice eye and brow demo!

Animators Resource Interview - Andy Conroy - Full Interview from Animators Resource on Vimeo.

Hope you all enjoy!
JP

Bobby Pontillas: Frozen - Shot Progression

Some good insight to Bobby Pontillas's shot on on Frozen.

Frozen- Shot Progression from Bobby Pontillas on Vimeo.
"An animation breakdown of one of my favorite moments I was fortunate enough to animate on Frozen! I don't usually shoot video reference extensively, but we were on an accelerated schedule so I had to work efficiently and had one week for this. Crazy but a lot of fun=)"


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Animators Resource Interview - Andy Conroy - Polishing Brows and Eyes

This is a small snippet from my full interview with Andy Conroy where he uses Argus to gives us some tips on polishing your brows and eyes. Pay attention to how he uses the Mesh! Stay tuned for the full interview!

Animators Resource Interview - Andy Conroy - Polishing Brows and Eyes from Animators Resource on Vimeo.

Check out more at:
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JP

Animation Workflow:The Reward: Tales of Alethrion from Sun Creature Studio

A great behind the scenes video from animator Kenneth Ladekjær over at at Sun Creature Studio.

Kenneth takes us through a 2D shot from a teaser from The Reward: Tales of Alethrion.

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JP

Animate like a Pixar Pro: 10 expert tips

Some great animation tips from the peeps over at Pixar Animation Studios.

Enjoy!

JP