Learn How To Animate Facial Expressions and Character Acting via this extract form the AMB Animation Live Stream Library. In the Video I Demonstrate the various stages that are required to animate a cartoon dog character change its mood and facial expressions. Pose to Pose Animation is used to block out the keyframes that determine […]

In This Animation Tutorial I cover the process that a professional Animator must go through to prepare rough animation for clean up animation. The process is called Tie Down Animation. Once the animation has been roughed out to a stage where the animator is happy with the action the drawings must be refined before being […]

In this Traditional Animation tutorial I discuss the importance of Character Construction and how knowing the character design well and understanding its structure will guarantee you stay on model every time you draw the character. Solid Drawing – now referred to as Solid Design in today’s software dominated animation industry is one of the 12 […]

In this traditional animation tutorial I demonstrate how to animate cartoon characters b utilising one of the most established designs of Master cartoon Animator Eric Goldberg – The Genie from Disney’s Aladdin. I go through the process of establishing the major poses or key frames for an action with the character. The main emphasis is […]

In this AMB Animation Livestream I demonstrate how top tier animation professionals animate high quality character designs quickly and effectively with a seemingly effortless display. I utilise the complex character design of Rasputin from the Don Bluth Masterpiece Anastasia and show you exactly how Professional animators animate quickly. In the live demo I talk you […]

The Secret to Great Character Animation is knowing How to draw shapes. Shapes are the major defining aspects that create appealing poses as well as solid and strong character design and interesting animation. Understanding Shapes is the 2D animators key to consistency and one of the greatest Character Animation Tips for animators who work in […]

In this live stream extract I answer a question about the animation principle of follow through and overlap in relation to how to animate characters with big floppy ears. I demonstrate the process using the Great Don Bluth’s Character Bartok from his hit movie Anastasia. I explain how the principle of follow through is separate […]

Animation Backgrounds are the subject of this livestream extract as I received a question regarding them from a member of the Live stream library. He wanted to know how to plan the animation backgrounds in relation to a character’s placement and also for camera moves. This area is very much part of the preproduction process […]