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AnimSchool Student Animation 2020 Showcase
The 2020 Animschool Student Animation Showcase is here! We are so proud of the work that our amazing 3D animation students have produced this past year.Check it out!Apply to our accredited programs and...
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Student Spotlight: Adrien Liv
AnimSchool prides itself on providing quality 3D animation education for its students. It comes as no surprise that today, for many working animators looking to take their skills to the next level,...
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How to Animate 3D Eyes- Quick Eye Movement
Eye animation is considered to be the hardest part of facial animation. Considering how people pay most attention to the eyes of the character, it is absolutely necessary to sell the eye movements to...
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Introduction to Maya Keys I: Keyframes
Autodesk Maya is a powerful tool to animate in 3D. However, in order to animate, one has to understand how to set up keys in order to make the shot work. Animschool offers one of the best online...
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Introduction to Maya Keys II: Breakdowns
In this video from Maya Keys series, professional instructor Justin Barrett explains the second important Maya key in setting an animation setup called, Breakdowns. He explains the role of breakdowns...
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Make Your Eye Darts Look Alive
Making a 3D character look alive when the character is passive or is thinking about something without moving his or her body, is a tough thing to sell. Luckily, AnimSchool instructor Scott McWhinnie...
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Animate a Gun Reload
Game animation is an art with its own rules and limitations. You have to sell an animation in a limited number of frames without losing a beat or compromising the weight and efficiency of the action....
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Animation Fundamentals: Understanding Weight
In this clip, Animschool instructor Paul Pammesbergerexplains the three main elements of making a weight assignment work: balance, effort, and force. He explains how these three elements affect the...
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Posing Hands for Animation
In this clip AnimSchool instructor Kelly Vawter explains how to make appealing and organic poses for animation using contrast and grouping.To learn more about our animation program, visit...
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10 Books Every Animator Needs in their Collection
We’ve compiled a legendary list of 10 books that most in the animation industry would agree should be on every animator's shelf.ANIMATING CHARACTERSThe Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard WilliamsThis...
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Maya Tools 101: Retime Your Shot
As an animator, learning how to retime your keys in a shot is an absolute must. If the character is moving too fast, you need to add frames. If the character is moving slow, you need to remove frames....
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Top 10 Tools and Plug-Ins Essential for Maya Animators
We can all agree Maya is quite a remarkable program. From creating particle simulations to modeling a character, Maya can do just about anything in CG. Maya was clearly built for a lot of different...
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Instructor Interview: Koji Tsukamoto
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with AnimSchool instructor and CG modeler, Koji Tsukamoto. Koji is currently teaching Environment Modeling and Intermediate Modeling: Intro to ZBrush at...
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3 Ways to Take Your Animation Above and Beyond Your Reference
Shooting reference is an essential part of the planning phase when animating a shot. It gives the animator an opportunity to step into the character's shoes and fully explore their personality through...
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How I Became a Game Animator for AAA Games
We recently had the chance to interview AnimSchool instructor John Paul Rhinemiller and talk to him about his journey from being an animator for feature films to a game developer at Vicarious Visions...
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A Day in the Life with Pro Character Animator Scott McWhinnie
Watch on Youtube: A Day in the Life of a Pro Character AnimatorWe recently had the chance to sit down with AnimSchool instructor Scott McWhinnie and chat about his adventurous career as an animator and...
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Should I be a 3D Rigger? | Interview with AnimSchool Rigging Instructor Daria...
We recently had the chance to interview AnimSchool instructor, Daria Jerjomina. Daria has worked as a technical animator and rigger for video games, stop motion (Laika), VFX and is currently using her...
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Become a VFX Creature Animator | Interview with Tony Mecca
See How the Experts Animate Giant Monsters for Film & GamesJoin Us for a FREE AnimSchool VFX Animation Workshop with industry veteran and AnimSchool instructor Tony Mecca on Thursday, November 4th,...
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How to Be Specific with your Acting Choices
Character animation is a complex art form to master since it combines so many different skills. An animator needs to know body mechanics, the basic physics of motion, how to create visual appeal, be...
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When Should I Start Animating With Advanced 3D Character Rigs?
Animschool instructor Jean-Luc Delhougne gives us a key tip - give yourself time & space to explore & play with a new character rig before jumping into the animation portion It’s finally...
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