Friday, March 6, 2009

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Do you use archived posts? Feedback needed!


Yesterday Dr. Makarewicz mentioned a great resource site for graph editor scripts by Aaron Koressel. Go check it out, you'll like it.

I was curious to see if I posted about that and I found a link to it on my pre-Spungella site Academy Animation. It was part of two-post heads-up to check out Mr. Blake's Art Diary. Here's part 1 and here's part 2.

This made me think about the older site.

Should I re-post useful posts from the AAU site?
Should I just post quick reminders to a few older posts?

Or is that not needed because you check out the "Post Archives" and "Best-of Spungella" links?

This might sound mean (but it's not intended to be), but I'm always assuming that people are lazy (me included). That's why I created the AAU blog, Spungella and Animation Buffet in the first place. So people don't have to spend/waste time looking for things all over the web, they can just come to a centralized spot that redirects them, a spot that does the looking for them.

But since people are lazy, are they actually going through older posts? What do you guys do and think? Please leave a comment. I'd like to make this site as streamlined and useful as possible.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Tony White - 'Endangered Species'

Thanks Masa!




The Norman Rig went public - again



Alright, after a few hiccups it seems like the creators of Norman uploaded the rig for good.

Norman is a Maya puppet built unofficially for the Academy of Art University Pixar classes. Since those classes disbanded, we decided he should finally be set loose. Anyone should feel free to use the rig for non-commercial purposes, to edit him and pass him along to your heart's content.


You can find all the info and files here. And a how-to-modify-Norman @ Animation Buffet.

Monday, March 2, 2009

Animation Tips & Tricks


Just a reminder to check out the Animation Mentor Tips & Tricks site.

There have been plenty of updates and they are worth your attention. The last ones were:

- Do Animator Enthusiasts Need to Attend Animation School?
- What's a Beat? Do You Have Any Tips on the Best Way to Find Beats in a Shot?
- How Do You Include Anticipation in Your First Blocking Pass?
- What Is the Best Piece of Animation Advice You Have Received?
- What Are Some Tips on Putting Force into Your Poses?
- What Is Locomotion? Could You Provide some Tips on Locomotion?
- Can You Provide Some Tips on Showing Characters Thought Process?

etc. etc.

So head over there!