The Famous Flour Sack is the first step into the realm of character animation. It is the foundational exercise series that most of the great animators have executed at some point in their animation careers. So significant is this sack of substance that many believe it to be the primary starting point for all beginners […]
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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 […]
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How to Animate a Basic Head Turn Action In this edited clip from the AMB Animation Real Animator Training Library we learn the concepts of animating the basic head turn by utilising principles learned from earlier training library lectures such as arcing, slowing in and slowing out as well as timing and spacing. Animating a […]
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In this extract of the AMB Animation Real Animator Training Library Lectures I was asked how to animate a sneeze so I demonstrated the entire process during the lecture. I emphasised throughout the course that the animator must first establish the process of action by planning with thumbnail drawings. I demonstrate that even with a […]
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In this Extract from the AMB Animation Real Animator Training Library you get a glimpse of an intensive 4 part video tutorial course on how to animate a Front Run cycle. The 4 video tutorials guide you through a step by step process of each aspect of animating the Run cycle frame by frame! The […]
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In this Extract from the AMB Animation Real Animator Training Library you get a glimpse of an intensive 4 part video tutorial course on how to animate a Front walk cycle. The 4 video tutorials guide you through a step by step process of each aspect of animating the walk cycle frame by frame!The first […]
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Happy New Year Everyone! I hope you all had a great celebration and drawn from the positive aspects of 2017. If not look back and I’m sure you will find some, however do not remain in the past for too long, the present is our current state of being. The New Year is here and […]
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In This extract of AMB Animation Real Animator Training Lecture I was asked by a member of the audience to demo a jump action in perspective and specifically with a bunny rabbit character. I taken the opportunity to teach some essential basics regarding moving characters and objects in perspective. The Extreme frames were blocked out […]
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In this extract from the AMB Real Animator Training Library I was asked to draw characters in varying styles and explain their construction. This presented me with the opportunity to demonstrate how the animation professional has to have the ability to quickly adapt to the many different styles of the projects that he will likely […]
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In this Extract from the AMB Animation Real Animator Training Library you get a glimpse of an intensive 4 part video tutorial course on how to animate a run cycle. The 4 video tutorials guide you through a step by step process of each aspect of animating the run cycle frame by frame! The first […]
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