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How To Animate Multiple Characters – Animation Breakdown and Study

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The Art of Hand Drawn Animation – Finding a Lost Boy

Have You ever Have That moment when a piece of music literally blows you away -creatively that you just have to respond with more creation? Yup that’s exactly what happened to me when my close friend and associate the OG (Objectivist Guitarist) Shared his latest composition with me for some feedback. It was a cover […]

The Way of the Animator – Real Animator Training

The Way of the Animator by AMB 2018 ‘It is an Art Learned from a lineage of lines That inspired the imagination of Generation upon Generation The marks made by its Masters Marked the Destiny of many a Dreamer Who studied them with passion and purpose’ Its Practitioners like the Samurai or the Jedi Are […]

How To Draw Solid Animation Characters

In this Video extract from the AMB Animation Real Animator Training Library We Learn how to Draw Solid Animation and keep control of the form and volume of a characters face in traditional Animation Drawing frame by frame animation is a greater challenge for the software dependent animator with no fundamental training in drawing and […]

How I Mixed Traditional Animation with Live Action

I began my animation career at the age of eight after watching Walt Disney’s the Sword in the stone. A bold statement, however I had formed the concept of drawing moving cartoon characters as my career definitely in my mind and was certain that is what would happen and it did. Over the years many […]

A letter from a Genie – us! – Mr Eric Goldberg!

I was browsing through some old emails and came across a message I saved in a folder from none other than one of my animation Heroes the great Eric Goldberg -A man whom I classify as a modern day Ward Kimball and a genius of Cartooning and animation. He can be as harsh and dynamic […]

2D ANIMATION TUTORIAL How to Draw Animation on Paper

Mobile phone video diary entries posted on the AMB Animation Academy Facebook page. In this Video I demonstrate the process of how to animate a horse via the medium of traditional hand drawn animation. Animating frame by frame on paper is a great alternative for people who don’t have access to expensive animation software. In […]

How to Draw a Character Turnaround

Master the Model Sheet and Turn your animated world around with the AMB Animation Academy Turnaround Study Pack. This Pack will give you the ability to refine the art of drawing the ultimate reference for character design and Animation. The Character Turnaround sheet. Learning advanced animation techniques has never been quicker or simpler. Experienced London […]