Animation Time! - Skeleton King Rig

Today's Inspiration:
That's My Character!
Everyone who has worked on a picture will feel that he made the personal contribution that caused the cartoon character to come alive on screen. ... "Well, I know he's my character because he's me; I did him!"... to all of them, he is their character! This is as it should be. Unless everyone feels this closeness to the end product, the dedication will not be there and the necessary care will not be taken to insure that the end result will be the finest anyone can do.

- Frank and Ollie
The Illusion of Life
http://www.frankanollie.com/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Illusion-Life-Disney-Animation/dp/0786860707

Rescuers Pencil Test
https://youtu.be/sHas4RiBOWE

Program - Maya 2014

Rig - Skeleton King Dota 2
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Animator's Bibles:
Character Animation Crash Course
Animator's Survival Kit
Illusion of Life
12 Principles of Animation
Drawn to Life

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Animation Time - Robot Bot

Animation Time!

Today's Inspiration:

List of components in good animation:
Inner feeling and emotions
Acting with clear and definite action
Character and personality
Thought process through expression changes
Ability to analyze
Clear staging
Good composition
Timing
Solidity in drawing
Power in drawing
Strength in movement
Imagination

- The Illusion of Life
http://www.amazon.com/The-Illusion-Life-Disney-Animation/dp/0786860707

Bill Tytla - Stromboli Pencil Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqcImGuhtA0

Program - Maya 2014 

Rig - Robot Bot


Animator's Bibles:
Character Animation Crash Course
Animator's Survival Kit
12 Principles of Animation
Drawn to Life


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Practice What You Stink At!

After using the Cintiq for a few days now I finally have started to draw quite a bit more freely. Doing my roughs and cleaning them up on a new layer has helped to make my traditional drawing flow smoother and faster. Even my repencils are going quicker finally!

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Gilligan suffering from a bit of gas.


Claude and his turtle are at it again!


Pirate a Day


Turns out the second outfit Theodore suggested for our little hero wasn't quite his style either.


Life's been a bit busy the last few days, so I haven't had much time to spend with my usual books, Drawn to Life Vol 1. and the Illusion of Life, but I have caught a few great little tidbits here and there. Kevin Cross and Mark Rudolph have been rather entertaining on Art and Story Extreme this week. I rediscovered the Toon In to Animaion Podcast and every episode seems to be full of rich history, interesting people, and fascinating interviews. I can't wait to get through the backlog. On a side note I really should look into UPA pictures more. They sound fascinating. Anyone have any good recommendations? Finally John K has had a couple of great posts this week on drawing exercises the best little tidbit out of them was "PRACTICE THE THINGS YOU STINK AT." Thanks for the inspiration!

Don't be intimidated!

A lot of artists I've read or heard talk about the intimidation of the blank page. For some reason that hasn't effected me yet. Now there are definitely days where I'll sketch a lot of random creations until my brain decides where I want to go with one of the drawings I want to make, but I never would say I'm intimidated by it. Although, I might get frustrated while I'm drawing or after the image is "done". Staring at an empty blog entry though, now that's a different subject.

Gilligan caressing his food baby.


Claude and his turtle doing the hula hula hula.


Pirate a day


Having been without nourishment for what seemed liked weeks, our little hero gulped up as much of the marinade as he could.


Last night I finally got around to starting the Illusion of Life that trekkiebek got me for Christmas (thanks again!).

What a great book! Now don't get me wrong I've poured over the pictures in the book a few hundred times at least in my lifetime, but to be honest, I'm really not that big into reading. That being said it feels like this book was written for me. Every page has such insight, ideas and knowledge that I find myself reading and rereading the same page and I still feel like I haven't gotten everything out of it that's there. On top of that, every other page or half a page has a beautiful image that perfectly depicts the point that they are trying to get across. You can really tell how much Frank and Ollie loved animation and wanted to share their love of the medium with everyone. They took such care with the book, hell they even include flip book style animations in the corner of practically every page. I love this book. If you like animation, Disney, or just want to drool over some of the most beautifully rendered images you've ever seen, buy this books now! Thanks for the inspiration!