"I am excited to show you how to bring a brain and soul into your characters so people immediately see that in your drawings. But besides great drawing technique, your characters need heart to be truly memorable.”
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This little animation manual was originally written for ToonTalk by Don Bluth and John Hoffman in 2000 as reference material that accompanied the Animation Seminars in 2000/2001. The information contained in this 8.5 X 11 inch manual is still relevant today and covers topics such as character design, animation, storyboard, acting, directing and recommended reading. Although the book is…
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In this tutorial, Don Bluth will answer the question of what causes a bouncing ball to gradually diminish the energy of its bounce. These simple principles of physics are then applied to character hops, and jumps, and rhythms. Animation characters must appear to have weight. This tutorial will cover three significant principals of animation: Squash and Stretch, Overlapping action and timing. …
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The emphasis in this tutorial is on the value of entertainment. It does not matter whether you are working CG or traditional, the principles of animation and entertainment are the same. Don walks you through the planning stages of a traditionally animated character who is running in place while the background pans behind him. This is a basic lesson in animation that will help you…
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This tutorial will walk you through the thought process that I personally use to animate a successful scene. I will talk about visualization, thumbnails, field guides, the correct use of the metronome, and the choreography of animating to a musical beat. …
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Let's pretend for a second a mama rabbit grabs a fox by the tail and pulls him away from her baby. The fox frantically scrambles about trying to free himself from her clutches. You may have seen a cartoon character scramble about in a panic many times before but how do you plan this specific timing on your animation that will make it believable to the audience. The answer lies in shootin…
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This lesson will highlight the contribution of Edward Muybridge to the art of cinema and animation therefore giving the student a broader understanding of frames per second and timing. All motion pictures give you an illusion of life by showing you a series of still photographs at the rate of 24 per second. That principle is basic to the understanding of learning to animate. For those that need a…
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Learning to draw takes patience as well as solid advice of a good mentor. If you are lucky enough to find an experienced animator that will share his/her secrets with you as you watch him/her draw, then the only question left to ask is, will you be teachable? From my own experience, I can tell you that just looking over the shoulder of one of the master animators as he sketched out a scene while …
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The process of finding the best graphic way to tell the story is fraught with dangers. It is easy to settle for a mere illustration of the script, thereby shortcutting the power of the motion picture. The scriptwriter has used words to create an emotional response. Okay. You, the storyboard person must in a similar way, while maintaining the spirit of the story, use pictures to create a greater em…
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