by Animation Mentor | Sep 22, 2026 | Animation, Animation Tips and Tricks, Continual Learning, Games, Mentors, VFX
Natasha Krinsky, an Animation Mentor mentor and CG animator who has worked on games including Life is Strange: True Colors, Madden NFL 23, Madden NFL 24, Clockwork Revolution, and Six Days in Fallujah, sits down with senior animator Mike York to walk through how...
by Animation Mentor | Sep 15, 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 chooses and prepares dialogue audio for a shot for an acting test. In this tutorial, Nick covers what makes a piece of dialogue worth animating, what to avoid,...
by Animation Mentor | Sep 14, 2026 | Characters, Continual Learning, Interviews
AI is one of the biggest topics animators are talking about right now. In this free webinar, Senior CG Generalist Charlie Frail shares her perspective on what’s real, what’s hype, and what AI means for artists building a career in animation. Charlie has...
by Animation Mentor | Sep 9, 2026 | Animation, Animation Tips and Tricks, Continual Learning
Animator Nathaniel Seymour walks through animating a character gripping and releasing a prop using parent constraints and constraint keyframing in this recorded video tutorial. He builds a shot where a character pulls a giant match out of a bucket, accidentally...
by Animation Mentor | Sep 1, 2026 | Animation, Animation Tips and Tricks, Continual Learning
Jason Martinsen, a senior animator at Naughty Dog and an Animation Mentor mentor, walks through how to plan an acting test that stands out instead of blending into every other demo reel. He breaks down how to pick the right audio, find an angle that feels real, and...
