How To Succeed In Animation Industry.
Having a dream job and a great career in a creative industry is a dream to many. Working in the animation industry is not only fun but also gives the opportunity to scale your career and telling your kids stories that you worked on this movie project etc. But, Do you also know what it […]
Anatomy For Animators 01 – The Human Skeleton and Muscles
Most of us are taught anatomy in at least one class in school (mostly before the frog dissection). Out comes the plastic skeleton on his rickety little trolley base, grinning from ear to ear. But we never really truly remember (or use) the information. We never understand the true nature of basic human anatomy when we sit down to animate. Animators tend […]
Anatomy For Animators 02 – Anatomical Movement
The body is interesting, even in a resting state, as the body doesn’t ever truly stop. There are always subtle movements: shifts of weight, breathing, the unconscious balancing act, conscious feedback of where our limbs are at any given moment, blinking, and thought. What about movement and locomotion? In order to move, the body has to go from a rested […]
Giving Your Characters the Illusion of Life
What is it that gives an animation the Illusion of Life? You could say it’s the pose, because the pose can tell you what the character is feeling. You could also say it is the timing, because you can set the mood of your character through the timing. And yet, when you watch great animation […]