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Animation Career Paths: Alumnus Niek Neervens on Game Animation and Horizon Zero Dawn
Woohoo! This is the second post in our series about the wide world of career paths for animators!...
How I Got My Dream Job: A Q&A with Alumnus and Framestore Animator Usman Olomu
We caught up with Usman Olomu, Summer 2016 Animation Mentor graduate and now Framestore London...
Animation Career Paths: Jose Alejandro Garcia Muñoz on Creating Legend Quest, the First Animated Netflix Series from Latin America
We’re excited to kick off the first of our series on animation career paths for animators!...
Introducing the Shaman, A Mystical Animation Mentor Character Rig
Meet Aristotle—also known as the Shaman! He’s the third and final character in our Horde lineup...
Alvise Avati Talks Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Essential Creature Animation Advice for Students
At age 32, Alvise Avati decided to switch careers and become an animator. Now he has films like...
ILM London's Chris Hurtt On Animating for Live Action vs. Animated Films
Ahoy! We wanted to get a better sense of the difference between working on fully animated films...
OSCAR WATCH: An In-depth Q&A with Kubo and the Two Strings Animator Jeff Riley
While stop motion animation is, in many ways, a completely different world, there are actually...
5 Tips for Shooting Video Reference Without Injuring Yourself
You may remember alumnus, animator, and expert video-reference-director Erin Natal from her...
How Zootopia Animator Philip To Went from Animation Mentor to Disney
It's Oscar season! What better time than now to catch up with Animation Mentor alumnus Philip To,...
Movies Coming Out in 2017: What to Watch
Everyone knows that 2016 was an AMAZING year for the movies. Just in case you need a refresher,...
The Best Animation of 2016: Animation Mentor Staff Picks
For all the trials and tribulations that 2016 brought us (RIP Princess Leia) it’s important to...
The Top 10 Animation Blog Posts of 2016
Happy New Year! To help you stay inspired in 2017, we rounded up the cream of the crop of our...
Introducing Viktor and Moya, Two New Animation Mentor Character Rigs
We’re excited to introduce two of our new character rigs, Viktor and Moya, available to our...
5 Animated Movies to Watch on Netflix Over the Holidays
When the weather is colder and the days are shorter, nothing feels better than curling up with a...
Frank Abney: From Animation Mentor to Variety’s 10 Animators to Watch in 2016
We love checking in with Animation Mentor alumni to see what they’re up to. This time we chatted...
Facial Animation 101
Hello animators! Dana Boadway-Masson, veteran mentor and animator, shows us how to approach facial...
5 Tips to Make the Perfect Creature Animation Locomotion Recipe
Get inside the mind of one of our veteran animators and mentor, Leigh Rens. Leigh Rens is...
'The Little Prince' Premieres on Netflix Today
Netflix has become a staple in all our lives and with their amazing original content such as the...
Why I Learned Cartoony Animation
Today we have a special post from one of our awesome students, Felipe Almeida! Felipe shares with...
Meet Dan Segarra: Blue Sky Studio's Character Animator and Animation Mentor Graduate
Dan Segarra, Animation Mentor Graduate turned Blue Sky Animator We're so excited to introduce our...
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