In this guest tutorial, David Schuttenhelm will go over all the important changes to the the latest release of Flash, focusing on the animation tools. David and I have just finished creating an entire Flash course, designed especially for animators, …
In this tutorial I try a new cool way to think about storyboarding – using a 3D program (in this case, Blender) and drawing on top of it. Sounds weird? Check out the video. To learn the basics of using Blender …
It celebration of our new Blender Animation course I’ve decided to share some cool Blender animation tutorials with you. From Maya to Blender The first one is a tutorial from David Andrade (of Theory Animation), where he goes over the …
With the holidays around the corner I know everyone is looking for stuff to buy! So here’s our list of awesome stuff for animators. Enjoy! Books The Animator’s Survival Kit / Richard Williams This book is an animator’s bible. It …
Lighting and Rendering In this part of our ‘Making of’ series I’m going to show you how I lit and rendered the entire film, using only the basic Maya software renderer (Not Mental Ray or VRay) and without creating any lights. …
Today I want to talk about backup. Specifically, about the best online backup service I tried. But first, a few words. I’ll start by telling you about what used to be MY backup system. It was pretty good. I had …
As an animator trying to find work, a good demo reel is one of the most important assets you can have. Some animators though, mostly those who are less of a generalist and more of a purist, don’t really like …
The majority of animation work is being done on a big strong computer with heavy serious software such as Maya or After Effects. But as an independent animator, there are certain smaller apps that make my life a bit easier and …
Once in a while I run into something cool that I just gotta share with you guys. Disney, in honor of their nine greatest animators from the golden age of animation, has released a box set collection with 9 flip …
