GIF of the week

Sometimes the lack of movement is enough to tell a story...

Leopard/cat reference

Borrowed link from Spungella.

If only...

GIF of the week

The Animator's Survival Kit as iPad app!

Sadly it's only for iPad, but it looks amazing! It's supposed to have a lot of extra functionality, like scrubbing through animations frame by frame, etc. I'm buying this as soon as I get home :)

https://itunes.apple.com/app/the-animators-survival-kit/id627438690?mt=8

Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture

I know this talk doesn't have a whole lot to do with animation... but it's a talk that I keep coming back to whenever I feel down, or when I need some inspiration. The premise of the talk was, if hypothetically you were to die very soon, what would your last lecture be about? Except in Randy Pausch's case, the premise is reality.

Randy Pausch speaks with sincerity about dreams, virtual reality, accepting the cards you're dealt, how to overcome obstacles, and all in all he's just an awesome guy with a good sense of humor.

My favorite quote from this lecture is this: "Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things."

Also he talks about critique, and how to take critique. This is something that has stuck with me and helped me through a lot of bashings on my animation. As long as people are giving you critique, they are taking the time to do so because they want to see you improve. In a sense, they do it because they care about you.

When people stop giving critique altogether even though you are screwing up badly, that's when you should start worrying, because they have given up on you.

It's around an hour long, and well worth your time. Go watch it now!

Whoever said rules are not for breaking?

Beautiful animation, with a unique format!

Happy birthday to meeee

I am officially one year older today! And to celebrate that, I will not just give you the GIF of the week, but a whole video!

Enjoy this creative take on how different animals eats...

If you ever wondered how to animate a hummingbird...

Hummingbird Slow Motion from Bruce Douglas Johnson on Vimeo.
This video might be a good reference to you! It was filmed at 225fps, and it's just glorious. How do they manage to do all of that in a much much shorter time normally?

Sorry...

Had to skip last week's GIF of the day, life got busy!

On the other hand, I'm becoming good friends with Motionbuilder (despite fighting a bit with the program in the beginning). Today I finished an slap animation, which got a pretty positive reaction from the rest of the crew. Feels nice! :D

New critique

It's been a while, but I wrote a new critique on YouAnimator. I like using their tools for feedback, as it's more intuitive to comment on a frame directly, than to write a long text and referring to the frames you're talking about (especially when the animation doesn't have a frame counter...)

Here it is! And while you're there, check the website out. It's pretty neat. :)

Basic Motionbuilder tutorial

A friend of mine recorded a Motionbuilder tutorial for newbie animators (like me). It's really helpful, go check it out!

(this is not an april fools by the way)


Recorded by Erik Svensson on Vimeo.