Friday, May 29, 2020

Summer Online Animation Sckool

For years I have been teaching Animation classes during the Fall and Spring semesters, but I've always wanted to have an Animation Summer class. 


And so, this June, I'm offer an online animation class teaching the hidden secrets of 2D animation and how to use Toon Boom Harmony to anyone interested in signing up. 

Click here to receive more infomation. 

Any questions? Please leave a comment below!

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

The Art of Matte Painting

Before CG compositing, there was the Art of Matte Painting and one of the best was Albert Whitlock. Here is an interview from the late 1970's from a magazine I use to look forward to getting every month, Super 8 Filmmaker...










This is ancient film history which if you have enjoyed, please click let me know with a a comment below.

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

New Animateducated Interviews

Here's the most recent interview with Amber Aviles who explains how she became a voice actor and gives a lot of advice to anyone interested in becoming one.
https://youtu.be/paV2lBN86fM

While we have all been staying at home these days, I have had to learn how to teach a few online animation classes which has required me to create various tutorials for the students. These include:

Animating a Head Turn using Toon Boom Harmony.
https://youtu.be/SoBRf72Dk8c

Animating an animation "Take" using Toon Boom Harmony.
https://youtu.be/owQ8ATezyI4

Setting up different layers and adding a camera to create depth and motion in Harmony.
https://youtu.be/pi_Cq3IjaXQ

In addition, I have managed to post a few new interviews to the Animateducated channel on Youtube.

David Brain Interview 
https://youtu.be/RrWIg4NIlDg

Take a look at the new interviews on the YouTube channel and let me know you enjoyed it.