iAnimate Games Workshop

Well this news is just out...all following info from the Ianimate Newsletter!

"After all the hard work and popular demand, we are proud to announce our new iAnimate Games Workshop series that will begin in May 7th 2012.

Richard "Ric" Arroyo (Lead Animator) has designed the curriculum and has head hunted top professional animators from different gaming studios to be your Instructors.   They will share the knowledge, experience and techniques that they have used to create some of the most thrilling games. The primary goal of iAnimate games is to teach the principles of animation, but you will also learn the lingo, the process and workflow needed to work at a game-development studio."


iAnimate Games workshop series from iAnimate on Vimeo.


"iAnimate Games will run parallel to the iAnimate Feature Workshops.  All iA-Game students will have full access to the iAnimate site including all rigs, lectures, demos, forums, software and Rhinohouse.com discounts etc.

IAnimate Games has three Workshops in the series, starting with Workshop 1.  We will be adding the second Game Workshop in September and the third in January 2013.  You must go through these Workshops in sequence because of the specific game animation process. In order to qualify for iAnimate Games you must submit a reel with a good understanding of body mechanics.  David Hubert (iA instructor and Dreamworks Animator)  will review your reel and will email you with instructions on how to secure your place.  There is a very limited number of places available so if you're ready, come and join us on this great adventure."


Head on over to Ianimate.net or on Vimeo and check out the new workshops!
Enjoy!
JP

2D Splash Tutorial

Pretty nice 2D splash tutorial I came across today. What a neat way to make a tutorial fun and interesting! Head over to bitey.com to learn more and even check out a game they are working on.




Enjoy!
JP

found via animationmonsters

Animation Mentor: Tips and Tricks with Peter Kelly

Hey Everyone

Just watched a quick video from Animation Mentor and Lead Animator at ILM, Peter Kelly about Exaggeration in Animation.

                                 Animation Mentor Newsletter

Some great stuff on how you can put exaggeration in realistic creature stuff as well.
Enjoy!
JP

Azureus Rising

I know this has been out for a bit but I just recently watched it again and couldn't get over the amazing Body Mechanics in this short. Great job to the team at Black Sun Entertainment. They have a great site up that shows some of the Making Of, so head on over and check it out. Otherwise enjoy the film.



AZUREUS RISING from David Weinstein on Vimeo.


Enjoy!
JP

New Ken Fountain Video Lecture

Hey Everyone

Ken Fountain just released another Video Lecture or at the jrawebinar STORE.

Ken Fountain: "Attitudes and Acting Beats" (teaser) from Ken Fountain on Vimeo.

For those of you who purchased the last Video Tutorial by Ken, then you already know this is pretty much a no-brainer. This one isn't quite as long so the price is only $10.99!
So head on over and check it out!

Enjoy...I know I will!
JP

Ianimate Shows Off it's Characters in Music Video to Taio Cruzs' Dynamite

Student Animated Music Video.

"This was made as exercises in animated Body Mechanics and Lip Sync to music. Thanks a million to Taio Cruz for making such an awesome song, and well done to all the students who worked on the animation.
Hope you enjoy......J"

Enjoy!
JP

Top 10 Acting Tips: Mark Westbrook

Mark Westbrook a Senior Acting Coach in Scotland has put together a great and little entertaining video on his Top 10 Acting Tips. Check out his blog as well The Acting Blog.



Great Ref!
Enjoy!
JP

Singing Christmas Hedgehogs

Great little use of simple animation




Enjoy!
JP

Tippett Studios Short Film: Mutant Land

I saw a post over on Animopus about Tippett Studio's new animated short Mutant Land. They found it over on Ain't It Cool.com where Tippett gave them exclusive access to the initial release of Mutant Land. It is really original and has an amazing feel to the creativity that is all over the short.

Head on over and check it out...it's a fun watch!
Enjoy!
JP

AnimScool Webinar: Tom Bancroft

Head on over to the AnimSchool site and check out the Webinar by Tom Bancroft. He is a Disney animator with tons of experience. Tom's reel click here.

From the site:
"Tom Bancroft has over 25 years of experience in the animation industry, most of which was for Walt Disney Feature animation where he was an animator for 11 years. He has been nominated for Annie and Rueben awards.

At Disney, Bancroft had the opportunity to animate on 10 animated feature films, 5 animated shorts, and numerous commercials. Some of the films include, “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Lion King,” “Aladdin”, and “Mulan”. Bancroft was also a character designer and director for Big Idea Productions. His popular character design book, "Creating Characters with Personality" is used by art schools all over the world. Additionally, Bancroft has illustrated over 50 children's books."

 There is only 5 days  left for the public to view it so go over and get the link!
Enjoy!
JP

Thanks for the link Dave Gallagher

Walk Cycle Video Tutorial: Kyle Balda

A nice walk cycle tutorial by Kyle Balda. It's a look into his 3D Animation Master Classes that you can find online here.




Kyle's description:

"A real time demo of how to approach animating a basic 3D walk cycle using Maya. This is primarily intended to suggest a methodology for getting all the channels of movement worked out before doing the final polish and mix."

Enjoy!
JP

found via Spungella

Weight and Balance in a Walk

Great little nugget of info from AnimSchool Instructor and DreamsWorks animator JP Sans. JP goes through the process of weight and balance in a walk.




Great little vids all over the AnimSchool Blog

Check it out!
Enjoy!
JP

Animation Tools Update: Graph Editor Redux 1.7.5

This is an update to a previous post on the Graph Editor Redux tool. The owner has released an update plugin for both Maya 2011 and 2012. Have a look over on Creative Crash. It is a great tool and now available for current versions!

He has also released a new version of Digital Pose Test and you can get it there as well and a tutorial at the bottom.

DPT Tutorial 1 from cgjedi on Vimeo.

Have a look
Enjoy!
JP

iAnimate.net 2011 show reel

The new show reel for Ianimate.net is out. Have a look and have a look at the school.

iAnimate.net 2011 show reel from iAnimate on Vimeo.

Enjoy!
JP

Free Rig: Malcolm Rig

Some might know already and some have not yet heard but the Malcolm Rig is now FREE and available both in SoftImage and Maya. I've been messing around with it and MAN...I haven't even had time to get into all the goodies of this rig. He is super appealing and I believe that's what Dave Gallagher wanted. I've heard him say that it has been his passion and dream to release a free rig like this that has all of this AMAZING capabilities. So head on over to the AnimSchool site and you see the Malcolm Image or just click here. He has also put up a forums page where you can give feedback and receive tips on the rig and it's already up and running. Also check out the "How To" video for Malcolm. It should explain most stuff. It's in the forum section or over on YouTube.

Don't forget to go to the Download Agreement and then you'll be all set.
Enjoy! I certainly am!
JP