The New York Times discusses why Ghibli finally decided to allow its films on streaming services. This was not the only article on this topic this week, but it was the only one with the added insight of GKIDS president …
Tutorial 12 – How to create a Walk Cycle in 15 Steps
Finally! Is online the new tutorial “How to Create a WALK CYCLE IN 15 STEPS”, detailed explained in all the steps! I hope you’ll find it easy to follow and it probably has been the more difficult video so far, …
Animation Articles: May 24, 2020
The Paradox of Reduced Choice and the Popularity of Animation on Netflix is an interesting look at how Netflix’s extensive animation library may actually reduce the worldview of animation of its viewers. News The final season of She-Ra was released …
Animation Articles: May 10, 2020
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon is a sequel to the original Inuyasha anime which ended in 2008. The new series will be broadcast this autumn with VIZ stating they have acquired North American rights. News Warner Bros. tries to get down with …
Animation Articles: May 3, 2020
In other miscellaneous news, Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley is set to direct a Transformers prequel which will likely be animated due to COVID-19 preventing live-action production. France’s equivalent of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences faces …
Animation Articles: April 26th, 2020
Animation production in the US continues in contrast to other countries. Some European studios are completely closed and production of anime is severely impacted as this list indicates. News In other Netftlix news, Castlevania will receive a fourth season, with …
Director Kris Pearn on Crafting the Wonderful World of ‘The Willoughby’s’
I really love the idea of a story that’s nonlinear. One of the things that really appealed to me was this idea of independence with kids. I grew up in the 80s. Movies were all about kids going off and …
Animation Articles: April 19th, 2020
That said, if you’ve been a regular reader since the beginning, you probably know that besides animation, fashion is another passion of mine. This means I get quite excited when the two intersect as they do fairly often, but rarely …
20 Common Animation Terms #3
POLISHING / REFINE The final process for an animator is to polish AND REFINE the shot: cleaning the tangents, checking arcs, compenetrations, smoothness and fluidity of the movements…pushing the quality of the final result! BALANCE CONSTRAINT ACTING DYNAMIC SIMULATION ASYMMETRY …