Work - by Michael Rianda

So good! Part of CalArts' Character Animation Student Films of 2010. Thanks Vaughan!

Work from Michael Rianda on Vimeo.

Feelings - by Nathan Glemboski

Awesome! Thanks Vaughan for the tip!

Salesman Pete Trailer

Thanks Uri for the tip!

Great trailer by the students: Anthony Vivien, Marc Bouyer and Max Loubaresse.

Love the style! How about a movie like that???

Salesman Pete Trailer from Salesman Pete on Vimeo.

Clips from "L'illusionist"

Head over to cookedart to watch 6 clips of L'illusionist, the new movie by Silvain Chomet.

Interview at ILM: What Was the Interview Like?

Great post by Travis Tohill! Go read it here!

100 frame exercise - Fall 09

I know, I know, a bit late to post that one, SORRY! But here we go, the theme for that round was "Chase".

100x Exercise Animation - Fall 09 from Jean-Denis Haas on Vimeo.

Thomas Grummt - Animation Portfolio

Here's a really well done demo reel! Find out more about him at thomasgrummt.de

Thomas Grummt Animation Reel 2010 from Thomas Grummt on Vimeo.

Animation and Visual Effects 2010 Ten Second Reels

A lot of very talented animators are posting best-ofs of their reels for the AAU. Head over here to watch them and make sure to website the artist's website in order to see all of their work. Here a few samples of the strong work!

10 Second Reel - Lisa Allen - Animation from AAU ANM + VFX on Vimeo.

10 Second Reel - Joshua Slice - Animation from AAU ANM + VFX on Vimeo.

10 Second Reel - Stefan Schumacher - Animation from AAU ANM + VFX on Vimeo.

10 Second Reel - Chutinart Warunyuwong - Animation from AAU ANM + VFX on Vimeo.

10 Second Reel - Shaofu Zhang - Animation from AAU ANM + VFX on Vimeo.

All of CalArts' Character Animation Student Films of 2010

Thanks Louaye! Watch the clips here.

When The Time Is Ripe from Shion Takeuchi on Vimeo.

Crater Face

Fantastic short, so good! Found via Louaye's Twitter.

Key Lime Pie

This is an absolutely fantastic piece. I love the style, love the music, love the design, the voice, etc. it's so good! Found via @azizk

Animation Progression Reel

The Animation Progression Reel blog is fantastic! Found it via @atsbomb

Here's the latest post, head over there for more animation reels:



... like this one:

Animation Book compilation

Got this via the AM twitter feed:

AnimationMentor
To all you animation hopefuls out there, here's a great list of resource books for animators! http://bit.ly/agx20R (Thanks Albert!)

And yes, it's a great list! Check it out!

I watched "How to Train Your Dragon"...

... and I was blown away by it! It was so good! I loved it! It's my new all time favorite animated movie!

The story was so engaging, epic, funny, heartfelt and entertaining! Nothing took me out of the story, no silly jokes or pop culture references (although I laughed when the kids enter the arena the first time - that was straight out of "Gladiator"). The character design was fantastic! I love love love the look of the vikings and dragons. The renders were amazing! I loved the overall color tone and feeling of their world. The animation was really really well done and the acting choices were great! The voice acting was also fitting and I got used to Hiccup's voice right away (only thing that I wasn't too sure about from seeing the trailer).

One fantastic aspect I loved involves SPOILERS! so highlight the text below if you've seen the movie already or don't mind:

I was so happy to see that there are consequences to people's actions in their world. When you think that Hiccup is dead I was actually wishing that he was. When will an animated movie be so bold to kill off their main character (it would have been great for Shifu to die in Panda). But of course, Hiccup lives, hell hasn't frozen over yet. BUT BUT! He looses his foot! So people are NOT indestructible. LOVED IT! It would have been sweet to hint at real consequences at the beginning of the movie to set the tone, but that surprise was still great.

End of SPOILERS.

I bow down in awe and can't wait to see it again. Please go watch this movie! Give it the success it deserves!

How to Cheat in Maya 2010: Tools and Techniques for the Maya Animator

I highly recommend this book by Eric Luhta to every animator starting out in this field. There are nice little tips for seasoned animators as well. What's really great is that this is purely about animation in Maya. It's not a Maya book that covers the software and has one little chapter about animation, it's an animator's workflow in book form, covering everything you can imagine that has to do with animation in Maya. So go get it!

Movieclips

@azizk got another great find (thanks!), this time it's a site called movieclips.com. Not too sure how this works copyright wise, but either way, it's a great resource for quick little acting clips. Great for reference, great for inspiration, great for audio clips, etc. It lets you even embed the clips and all kinds of other options. It's also cool that they different categories, like "most popular" and "iconic lines", two sections you should avoid in terms of using them as audio clips for your reel. :)

Very sweet, I hope it gets out of beta soon. Go check it out!

The Lady and the Reaper

Great short with sweet character designs! Check out the official site www.theladyandthereaper.com and watch the movie there! Also, head over to the production blog for a behind-the-scenes look!

Marcelo Sakai - Animation Reel

Head over to www.marcelosakai.com and check out his demo reel! Great work!

Flipbooks and stuff by Rune Brandt Bennicke

Awesome site Flipbooks and stuff (thanks Saul for the tip!)! Lots of sweet 2D animation, go check it out!

Enchanted Reel from Rune Bennicke on Vimeo.

Three Days - by Allison Rutland

Head over to allisonrutland.com and watch the awesome clip Three Days. As @Aziz pointed out (he knows me so well :) ) I love it! The animation is great, the acting is nice and subtle, the audio clip is not the typical over the top delivery, it's nuanced and has moments of silence, etc. So good!