Recent Posts Tagged With 'learning'

• Creature Animation Course at Gnomon

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 16:16 in learning, resources, cg, animators, visual fx

  I will be teaching a Creature Animation Course with very specific goals in January at Gnomon!Creature Animation CourseDay Saturday Time 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Location Lab 2 ...

• Creature Review

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 00:36 in learning, animators, video reference

  I have been working with a young animator who needed help with an animated creature test. He gave me permission to post our correspondence here for those who are learning and those who might be interested in similar mentor ship I offered last month....

• Example Animation Review

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 16:03 in learning, resources, cg, 2D, animators, visual fx, stop mo

  I heard your requests for an example review to be posted to the blog.Below, is a review I completed for a submission to my $50 review post.No need to reveal who the animator is.This is just to illustrate what a basic review would entail.General Notes...

• Milton Glaser Draws & Lectures

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 11:30 in inspiration, learning, artists, sketches

  MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy on Vimeo.Now go draw something!...

• $50 Demo Reel Review

  Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 00:55 in learning, cg, 2D, animators, stop mo

  It seems there are plenty of young character animator reels out there that need help.I will provide $50 Reel Reviews for the rest of this month. What will your $50 get you?personal review with meemail with bulleted notessketches or drawings, if need...

• How to Draw Mickey Mouse

  Posted on Sunday August 9th, 2009 at 13:15 in design, learning, blogs, disney, animators, animation history

  Micheal Sporn has posted a How to Draw Mickey Mouse Series here....

• The ACME Animation Program

  Posted on Thursday May 7th, 2009 at 13:12 in learning, animation school

  I have been a huge proponent for the old atelier style of learning craft with any art form. In the 17th century in Europe if you showed an aptitude towards a trade like painting, you were shipped off away from your family to live with your master ...

• Learning and Working in the Collaborative Age: A New Model for the Workplace

  Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 14:16 in learning, cg, the future, the biz, animators

  Pixar University's improv coach - Randy Nelson - gave a lecture about Collaboration and Perfection. He makes connections to improv to introduce his ideas on collaboration as a solution for success in the workplace.I attended the Improv Conservatory a...

• John K - Power of Inbetweens and Accents

  Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 14:39 in learning, blogs, 2D, animators

  One of the biggest problems I see in newbie animator's work is never savoring the moment. It's all moving all of the time, never resting on any particular idea. You have to stay in the moment of the scene and never reveal what is coming next. The ...

• Cinematic Storyboard Class Syllabus

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 15:25 in learning, artists, storyboard artists

  If you are a rising storyboard artist, you are making your own film or are interested in how to set-up and stage storyboards, check out Jay Oliva classes. I have heard great things! One thing many people forget or do not recognize is that drawing i...

• ConceptArt.Org International Art and Design Workshop: DALLAS TEXAS - March 28-31 2009

  Posted on Saturday January 17th, 2009 at 21:37 in news, inspiration, learning, artists, events, cg, workshops, 2D, illustrators, the biz, animators, visual fx

  Massive Black and Concept Art.org have put on an amazingArt Workshop for the past three years.It all started withINSOMANIA - 2006 - San Francisohttp://www.conceptart.org/insomania then came...REVELATIONS - 2007 - SeattleAnd next,PHOTO THANKS TO PHIL...

• Unboxed

  Posted on Friday January 9th, 2009 at 14:28 in learning, cg, 2D, the biz, animated commercials

  Audi Q5 "Unboxed"Sorry, I haven't been posting lately, but I started a new job at Zoic Studios and they have been keeping me super busy.BTW, they have a very impressive intern program here with over a dozen interns working in each session. They let ...

• My Favorite Tools

  Posted on Tuesday November 11th, 2008 at 01:00 in learning, cg, Geek Stuff, animators

  My favorite tools for MayaAs a freelancer, I have to keep up with the latest tools that help me do my job faster and better. Some studios I work for have a team of people writing CG tools for the artists...and all is great in the world. Other studi...