Step-by-step pro tips on blocking poses, timing, arcs, and energy for dynamic body mechanics animation with Animation Supervisor Jason Martinsen.
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Tutorial: Animating a Bouncing Ball with Personality
Learn how to animate a bouncing ball with personality in this step-by-step tutorial from Animation Mentor’s Dan Segarra. Discover tips for timing, squash and stretch, arcs, and adding character to your animation.
Tutorial: Animating a Basic Human Walk Cycle
Learn how to animate a walk cycle for a basic human character in Maya with Jason Martinsen. Follow a step-by-step workflow for key poses, breakdowns, arm swings, and polishing your animation.
Tutorial: How to Master the 12 Principles of Animation
Learn the 12 Principles of Animation with Don Kim. Discover essential tips for squash and stretch, anticipation, staging, timing, and more to create believable, dynamic animation.
Tutorial: How to Animate Convincing Character Reactions
https://youtu.be/A2bhVR_gXM8 Animating character reactions is at the heart of believable...
Tutorial: How to Animate Believable Lip Sync for Dialogue Scenes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yqfpQ_G65c Animating convincing lip sync is one of the most...
Tutorial: How to Animate a Quadruped Walk Cycle
Learn how to animate a realistic quadruped walk cycle in Maya. Follow step-by-step tips for blocking, refining, and polishing four-legged animation, from research to splining.
Tutorial: Animating Dynamic Run Cycles
In this tutorial, veteran animator and Animation Mentor instructor Jason Martinsen walks us through his process for animating a dynamic run cycle in Maya.
Free Workshop: Creating a Standout Animation Demo Reel
https://youtu.be/Hh_rgOsFMwM You’ve spent countless hours animating your best shots but...
Free Workshop: Storyboarding for Animators
https://youtu.be/25sVDgl-Jug?si=mHoL4g8-nzSUHbdi Great animation starts with great planning. Join...
Free Workshop: Maya for Blender Animators
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHxxBtXEXpo Know how to animate in Blender but don’t know where to...
Free Workshop: Unreal Engine for Animators
https://youtu.be/xAw89vFvY10 Unreal Engine is a powerful tool for animators well beyond games. In...
Free Workshop: Cameras and Cinematography for Animators
https://youtu.be/IJUnzk6ORtE?si=faBmXdYQr94IRJMt Animators often forget about the last character...
How a Pixar Animator Uses 2D Animation
Pixar Character Animator Youri Dekker shares the 2D techniques he uses to animate beloved Pixar characters from films like Inside Out 2, Coco, Soul, Luca, and Lightyear.
Free Workshop: Animating Facial Expressions
https://youtu.be/BQ1EDWtENVg Push your facial animation skills to the next level in this free...
Free Workshop: Mastering Lip Sync in Animation
https://youtu.be/S1MRs3XJVPI Take your dialogue animation to the next level in this free workshop...
7 Things You Should Know About Previsualization
Professional previs artist Bao Er Ho shares highlights from her career as well as key things you should know about previsualization.
10 Advanced Acting Performance Tips for Animators
Advanced Animation Acting tips by veteran mentor, Dana Boadway-Masson, to help take animators to the next level.
What NOT to Do as a New Animator
Fun Fact: Before Kevin was an animator he was a doctor and a neuroscientist! Since becoming an...
8 Things Maya Noobs Must Know
So, you’ve always wanted to learn animation. You’ve heard of this software package called “Maya”...
Beginner Tips: Why You Should Master the Bouncing Ball Animation with Ray Chase
Animation Mentor Co-Founder Shawn Kelly shares why you need more creature animation in YOUR demo reel, regardless of the studios you are applying to. Read along and then go polish your demo reel!
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