by Animation Mentor | Jul 30, 2013 | Animation Mentor News, Rigs and Assets
You are ready to animate and nothing should stand in your way. At Animation Mentor, we give you the tools and features to streamline your workflow. A feature that is extremely useful to animators is the use of gui pickers and pose libraries. Check out the video above...
by Animation Mentor | Jul 25, 2013 | Animation Mentor, Continual Learning
We heard you. You asked for affordable, lectures on-demand … and well, we aim to please. As of today, we have 7 incredible creature lectures from top-industry animators available to you. As we continue to add more lectures, the bundle-price will only increase, so be...
by Animation Mentor | Jul 23, 2013 | Animation, Entertainment News, Jobs and Internships
Manuel Menéndez and Mariano Lopez are both graduates of our classic Character Animation Program. And, like many Animation Mentor alumni, they found themselves working together on an animated feature. Their journey took them from Spain to campus to South America to...
by Animation Mentor | Jul 19, 2013 | Animation, Animation Mentor
Animation Mentor student Manar Al-Tawam once began in Day 1, Class 1 and since then, he has grown into a truly impressive animator. We applaud Manar, and encourage you to take a look at his work at each stage of Animation Mentor. To join Manar in the Animation Mentor...
by Theresa Adolph | Jul 18, 2013 | Animation Tips and Tricks
Animation Mentor graduates Steve Orsini (4 Challenges When Starting at a New Studio) and Louaye Moulayess (5 Things I Learned Animating at Blue Sky) set the stage for a fantastic Blue Sky series of blogs. And today, Animation Mentor alumnus Theresa Adolph shares...
by Animation Mentor | Jul 15, 2013 | Animation Events, Jobs and Internships
We’re going to Siggraph! Come check out our Birds of a Feather event with Reel FX. We’ve got some great talent who are going to be there to not only share their knowledge of animation and VFX, but we are also going to be reviewing reels live and talking...
by Barbara Robertson | Jul 11, 2013 | VFX, VFX Tips
Everything about Pacific Rim is big. Directed by Guillermo del Toro, the Warner Bros’ feature pits giant robots called Jaegars against even more monstrous alien creatures that arise from the Pacific Ocean. Gypsy Danger, the CG star of the film, stands 250 feet tall....
by Lukas Niklaus | Jul 10, 2013 | Jobs and Internships
From Pixomondo to Soho VFX to Framestore, animator and Animation Mentor graduate Lukas Niklaus has an impressive journey to share. Lukas shares his experiences working on feature films such as The Amazing Spiderman, Hugo, and Snow White and the Huntsman. You can...
by Randall Bender | Jul 9, 2013 | Animation Tips and Tricks
Randall Bender drops by the Animation Mentor blog today to share the five visual effects tips he learned while in our CG Basics class. Major props to Randall on his awesome work and for sharing the vfx knowledge. If you are ready to produce work like Randall: apply...
