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ANIMATION TIPS & TRICKS

Tutorial: Pushing Your Animation for Stronger Timing and Posing

https://youtu.be/kf5bb84-im0 DreamWorks animator and Animation Mentor alum Nicholas De Lotto explains how to take a shot from floaty blocking to something entertaining and appealing, by pushing timing and posing beyond what reference alone gives you. Using a simple...

Tutorial: Animating a Spinning Jump in Maya

https://youtu.be/fx1gKktzZvc In this lesson, Animation Mentor mentor and Rant Senior 3D Animator Gleb Sitnichenko shows how to build a convincing spinning jump for Stella based on ice skating axel reference. He focuses on why preparation and reference matter more than...

Tutorial: How to Polish Your Animation

https://youtu.be/CPLMqeCROQ0 DreamWorks animator and Animation Mentor alum Nicholas De Lotto walks through what “polish” actually means in a professional workflow and how to approach it without turning your shot into a floaty mess. He focuses on separating body and...

Tutorial: Animating Emotion Through Body Language

https://youtu.be/pm1aw5YkSI8?si=9WcrAkJ8fjN1zG5U In this tutorial, Animation Mentor Game Animation and Character Animation mentor Natasha Krinsky shows how to communicate emotion through posing, posture, and movement instead of relying on facial animation alone. Using...

A Conversation with Disney Legend Andreas Deja

https://youtu.be/HAiTpKcUOz8 We were honored to sit down with Disney Legend Andreas Deja as he reflected on decades animating some of Disney’s most beloved characters and the making of his hand‑drawn short film Mushka. He even took us behind the scenes to the initial...

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