Monday 12 May 2014

TT Games - My first Animation Job

Today I start my first job as a cutscene Animator at TT Games. I am very excited, proud, and nervous all at the same time, but I am raring to get stuck in.

Wednesday 7 May 2014

12 principles of animations

Found a great post yesterday about Disney's 12 Principles Of Animation, In A Cartoon, on fastcodesign which I thought I should share. Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, 2 of the "9 old men" that worked at the Walt Disney Animation Stuido's, made the laws of physics just for cartoons.

You can read more about it on their site here, but here is a good video from motion artist Cento Lodigiani that describes the principles:

Tuesday 6 May 2014

Beginners guide to aspect ratios

Found this interesting article published on Empire Online about aspect ratios that I thought I would share.

Epic animation workflow tips and tricks

Interesting walk through of an animator's thought process on some shots from Epic by Blue Sky Animator Patrick Giusiano