Gesture Drawings. 28/01/2011

I have to draw more that I think, I can draw.

Animation Mentor Newsletter Jan 2011 - Kevin Freeman talks about workflow.

Kevin Freeman one of the awesome mentor at Animation Mentor talks about applying different work flows as we approach different shots that way we can learn more. I have learned a lot form him through out the course. He also takes care of all the tech queries that all students face.
Animation Mentor Newsletter

Tips by Dovi Anderson

I remember we had a great lecture by Dovi Anderson in Class 3: Advance Body Mechanics. check out his IMDb Account.

Character Animation Reel 2011

Quadraped Movement Analysis by Mark Kennedy

This is my first post for this year. So Happy New Year to all my blog visitors. Here is a great article about Quadruped movement and few tips on animating them. I just found written by Mark Kennedy. This is just the part 1. So, Hopefully there will be few more parts yet to come.
http://sevencamels.blogspot.com/2010/12/four-legged-animal-anatomy-part-one.html

Acting in Rango and The Legend of the Guardians.

The point the I am trying to make is to get great acting choices. It's always nice that we act it out in different ways. Exploring all kinds of possibilities in the acting and combine them with all the best choices that we find in those references. Act it out. That's the fast way to explore different ideas.
Here is the another good video showing animators exploring the acting choices.
The Making of The Legend of the Guardians.