Robyne Powell
Senior Animator
DreamWorks Animation
Robyne Powell has been a professional animator since 1994 and is currently a senior animator at DreamWorks Animation. She previously worked at Blue Sky Studios on Rio and the Ice Age franchise, to name a few. Robyne is a classically trained 2D animator, but originally wanted to become a zoologist before finding her passion in animation. She currently teaches Animation Basics, the first Core Character Animation Course at Animation Mentor.
Robyne’s Credits
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
The Boss Baby: Family Business
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The Croods: A New Age
Films
- Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
- The Boss Baby: Family Business
- The Croods: A New Age
- Trolls World Tour
- Abominable
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
- The Boss Baby
- Mr Peabody & Sherman
- Turbo
- Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
- Megamind
- Rio
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
- Horton Hears a Who!
- Ice Age: The Meltdown
What Robyne’s Students are Saying
Robyne is a Great MEntor
Robyne is a great mentor! She is very passionate about helping and answering every single one of our questions. She provides very helpful feedback and always tries to keep us on the same page about the topic being discussed. I definitely hope to have her as my mentor again in one of my future courses!
Really In-depth and Super Helpful Feedback
Robyne has been a great mentor! She always takes the time to give really in depth and super helpful feedback, making sure that all our questions get answered and that we get all the help that we need! I wish she would go into our actual Maya files more often to see if we’re technically doing things right and not forming any bad habits, but she does pay attention to all the little details in the work that we upload for critique.
Cares About Our Success
Robyne is awesome! Her feedback is always super helpful and she makes animation concepts really easy to understand with her analogies. It’s also clear that she cares a lot about our success because she always provides us with tons of resources, draws out examples to illustrate concepts, and always encourages us to reach out to her for help.
Best Mentor I've Had so Far
For me Robyne is the best mentor I had so far, each Q&A makes me regain my desire and inspiration for animation, she always worries that we learn and does not complete any important topic until everyone understands it. In addition to the Q&A, he is also aware of all the doubts that arise during the week, sometimes she sends resources and tutorials to solve problems with the assignment.
Impressive How Much We Cover
Robyne’s eCrits are always extremely thorough and helpful. Q+A sessions with her are always interesting and varied, and it’s impressive how much we can cover in one hour. She makes sure we understand everything from the previous week and our critiques and discusses the upcoming assignment. She always has real-world stories handy to supplement her advice and tips, and the hour always seems to fly by. I truly value hearing her insights.
Great Job of Explaining the Fundamentals
Robyne does a great job of explaining each of the fundamentals in each class. She gives us examples of where the content is applied in real life so that we can visualize it better and make it easier to apply. She also draws the differences in frames to make it easier to understand. Her reviews are very clear and to the point.
Robyne is a Great MEntor
Robyne is a great mentor! She is very passionate about helping and answering every single one of our questions. She provides very helpful feedback and always tries to keep us on the same page about the topic being discussed. I definitely hope to have her as my mentor again in one of my future courses!
Really In-depth and Super Helpful Feedback
Robyne has been a great mentor! She always takes the time to give really in depth and super helpful feedback, making sure that all our questions get answered and that we get all the help that we need! I wish she would go into our actual Maya files more often to see if we’re technically doing things right and not forming any bad habits, but she does pay attention to all the little details in the work that we upload for critique.
Cares About Our Success
Robyne is awesome! Her feedback is always super helpful and she makes animation concepts really easy to understand with her analogies. It’s also clear that she cares a lot about our success because she always provides us with tons of resources, draws out examples to illustrate concepts, and always encourages us to reach out to her for help.
Best Mentor I've Had so Far
For me Robyne is the best mentor I had so far, each Q&A makes me regain my desire and inspiration for animation, she always worries that we learn and does not complete any important topic until everyone understands it. In addition to the Q&A, he is also aware of all the doubts that arise during the week, sometimes she sends resources and tutorials to solve problems with the assignment.
Impressive How Much We Cover
Robyne’s eCrits are always extremely thorough and helpful. Q+A sessions with her are always interesting and varied, and it’s impressive how much we can cover in one hour. She makes sure we understand everything from the previous week and our critiques and discusses the upcoming assignment. She always has real-world stories handy to supplement her advice and tips, and the hour always seems to fly by. I truly value hearing her insights.
Great Job of Explaining the Fundamentals
Robyne does a great job of explaining each of the fundamentals in each class. She gives us examples of where the content is applied in real life so that we can visualize it better and make it easier to apply. She also draws the differences in frames to make it easier to understand. Her reviews are very clear and to the point.
Courses Taught By Robyne
Courses may vary from term to term.
Animation
Basics
12-Week Course
Begin your character animation journey and master the basics.