Time-lapse footage of the animation process of the short film Max Winston made for Cartoon Network’s Uncle Grandpa, titled “Total Reality”.
Category: Character Animation
Oswald Iten’s Paddington Acting Analysis
An excellent analysis of what makes Paddington’s animation so special. Both films are real gems, and I highly recommended them if you haven’t seen them.
The Art and Making of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the most visually ground breaking film of the year. The artists and technicians on this project were specifically tasked with pushing the boundaries and setting new bars for what’s possible in animated features, and their …
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Borja Montoro Shares Beautiful Rough Animation for ‘There’s a Rang-tan In My Bedroom’
We’re giving Passion Animation Studios a lot of (much deserved) love today. Veteran Animator, Borja Montoro, has recently uploaded this gem to his Vimeo account, and shares insight with us on the project. He animated the entire short himself over …
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‘Bird Karma’ Shot Progressions
William Salazar shares a progression reel of two key shots from his award season contending short film, Bird Karma. Some wonderful character and effects animation on display, and only an animator would classify those as “storyboards.”
Raf Anzovin is Making CG Animation Fun
CG Animation can often drown artists in technical limitations both in terms of software (Maya) and methodology. Things are getting better, as studios have begun pushing new boundaries in rigging, design aesthetic, and limited animation with films like The Lego …
Minor Jose Gaytan Shares Disney Animation Progression Reels
Animator, Minor Jose Gaytan, has recently been sharing a wealth of shot progression reels from his work on Big Hero 6, Frozen, Zootopia, Tangled, Moana, and Wreck It Ralph at Disney Animation. You might want to subscribe to his vimeo …
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Spungella is Making Excellent Animation Videos on YouTube
YouTube seems over-saturated with video essays on film analysis (You may have noticed we’ve stopped posting them as often as we were). Animation has been largely overlooked save for a few great videos, like this one about Chuck Jones. I’ve …
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The Making of BBC’s ‘The Supporting Act’ Holiday Ad
The characters were animated using stop-motion but the facial expressions were created and mapped on the puppets using CGI to bring them to life. The dance routine was choreographed first in live action and then a team of Blinkink animators …
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Eduardo Quintana Brings a Famous Richard Williams Drawing to Life in ‘UNPLUG!’
Eduardo Quintana is currently animating on Sergio Pablos’ forthcoming feature, Klaus, at SPA Studios. In his spare time he created this personal test to pay tribute to master Animator, Richard Williams. Eduardo writes: “UNPLUG!” is the first lesson in Richard …
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