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How Laika Does Stop Motion Animation
May 8, 2019

Laika Studios is one of my favorite studios ever. Their movies are simply amazing, both visually as well as in their story-telling. This is a nice little video about how they have created their films, most specifically the newest one, “The Missing Link.”

I really wish we had the equipment and the facilities to have you all do stop-motion animation, but we just don’t have the space. But it is something that is pretty easy for you to do at home, so if it is of interest to you, I highly recommend you look at some easy ways to get started.

“There is something about the imperfection of reality that is magical”
– Chris Butler

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How Using Blender Changed His Life at Marvel
April 30, 2019

This is that video I was telling you about – it is a little slow at first, but then he shows you some of the things that he has created in Blender for Marvel, and it’s pretty neat to see how a 2d artist can use Blender to add motion/depth to their artwork…

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General Information  /  Project Information
First Blender Project
April 23, 2019

So we are starting a basic Blender Project – Just moving a cube and a sphere on a table and having them collide. See below for the assignment details, as well as tutorial videos about the project.

Basic Blender AnimationDownload
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Run Cycle Character StoryBoard
February 15, 2019

So you have been working on making a character (that you designed last week) run or walk in place. Next it is time for you to figure out what is happening to your character. This is the time when you decide why your character is running/walking. If ideas are not coming easily, I find that it can help to think first of what kind of environment your character is in. Is it a forest? Mountains? The beach? If you can figure out where your character is, then you will probably be able to figure out the rest of the story pretty quickly. Just think about what could happen to your character in that place – what would they naturally be doing there? Once you have that idea down, you will be able to think of a story pretty easily, I hope.

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Character Sketches
February 9, 2019

This weekend you need to draw your character from the front, side, and back. Take your paper and turn it horizontally (landscape mode!), and then divide it into 3 portions (roughly). Draw your character, keeping in mind that this is your creation (no copying/plagiarism). I have some examples below, just to help you get creative!

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Handouts
Course Description
February 9, 2019

Below is a digital copy of the course description that I handed out on the first say of class. Just in case you lose yours!

Animation Syllabus 2018-2019Download
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Welcome
Welcome to Animation
September 5, 2017

Welcome to the Animation Class blog.  This blog will be where I will be posting handout, assignment information, as well as recordings of any demonstrations that I do in class.  It will be a very important resource for you during the class, and you will want to visit regularly.

On the right, you will see a link that says “Subscribe to This Blog.”   I want you to enter your email address so that the blog will automatically send you a notification whenever something important is posted.  Don’t worry too much – it won’t be emailing you every day.  ðŸ™‚

Once you enter your email address on that page, then go to your email and find an email from my website (it may be in your junk mail folder), and in that email there will be a link.  Click on that link to confirm the subscription.  This is basically just verifying that you are a real person, not a spam program.

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