by Animation Mentor | Aug 25, 2026 | Characters, Continual Learning, Interviews
Learn how stronger character development and drawing starts with truly observing the world around you in this free live-recorded workshop with character designer Stephen Silver. Stephen breaks down what artists should actually be looking for when they observe people...
by Animation Mentor | Aug 25, 2026 | Animation, Animation Tips and Tricks, Continual Learning
Animator Nathaniel Seymour walks through a full character and environment interaction using a personal short film project. He shows how a character reaches for a flower that’s just out of reach, then decides to pull down the entire plant it’s growing on...
by Animation Mentor | Aug 18, 2026 | Continual Learning, Games
In this recorded video tutorial, animator and Animation Mentor mentor Nicole Gregory breaks down MetaHuman Creator, Epic’s tool for building realistic digital characters, and shows the full path from a blank character template to a rigged, animated game...
by Animation Mentor | Aug 11, 2026 | Animation, Animation Tips and Tricks, Continual Learning
Nicholas De Lotto, an animator at DreamWorks Animation currently working on Shrek 5, walks through how he uses his own video reference to block out a shot. In this tutorial, Nick shows why shooting yourself acting out a scene removes a lot of the guesswork from...
by Animation Mentor | Aug 4, 2026 | Animation, Animation Tips and Tricks, Continual Learning, Games, Mentors
Natasha Krinsky, an Animation Mentor mentor who teaches in the Game Animation and Character Animation programs, walks through how camera placement works in video games and why modern game cameras have started to feel more like film cameras. She covers the history of...
