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Animation Tips and Tricks

Top 5 Animation Clichés You Should Avoid

David Burgess -
When you are doing a lot of character animation it's often challenging to keep your work fresh, your choices unique. There's a tradition in...
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Interviews

Q&A with Lion King Animator Natalia Falowska

Animation Mentor -
Studying Animation Animation Mentor: Tell us about your animation journey; why did you decide to pursue animation and how did you get to where you...
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Interviews

Animation Career Advice with Shawn Kelly & Carlos Baena

Animation Mentor -
What should I put on my animation demo reel? What can animators do to improve their skills after Animation Mentor? How do I build...
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Animation Mentor

Meet Quinn: Animation Mentor’s Newest Rig

Animation Mentor -
Animation Mentor: Where did the idea for Quinn come from? Bobby Beck, CEO: It’s really exciting actually. We polled the entire AM community to...
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Animation Tips and Tricks

Blink for a Reason: Acting Advice from ILM Lead Animator Shawn Kelly

Shawn Kelly -
Many animation students have been taught that humans blink to keep their eyes moist, and that you should have your characters blink at least...
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Animation Tips and Tricks

The 6 Basic Emotions: Animating Surprise with DreamWorks Animator Chadd Ferron

Chadd Ferron -
Surprise! It’s what we feel when something suddenly falls outside of our expectations in a given situation. It’s a fleeting emotion, so much...
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Animation Mentor

The 6 Basic Emotions: Animating Disgust with Jay Davis

Jay Davis -
 The face of disgust is commonly drawn-up into one big pucker. The lips curling into a snarling frown, the nostrils flaring, the cheeks pushing...
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Animation Tips and Tricks

The 6 Basic Emotions: Animating Anger with Pixar’s Anthony Wong

Anthony Wong -
“Urrghh!! You make me so mad! I am going to break your neck!” Did I get your attention? When you read that line, did you...
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Animation

The 6 Basic Emotions: Animating Fear with Keith Sintay

Keith Sintay -
When we think about fear it is important to realize that there are several types of fear. There is the “fight or flight” type...
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Animation

The 6 Basic Emotions: Animating Happiness with Kevin Koch

Kevin Koch -
How to animate happiness? Well, is your character happy as a clam? Is your character on cloud nine? Over the moon? On top of...
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