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Acting Reference : Key & Peele Jazz Fit Championship
April 28th, 2016I absolutely love this fun little piece of reference! Created by Key & Peele, its about the 1987 Jazz Fit Championships, which, surprisingly, were actually a thing. First of all, their entrance dance is incredibly fun for animation. But perhaps what is most interesting is that if you tried to re-create their dances starting at […]
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Mosquito Test
March 29th, 2016Mosquito from clement Vaucelle on Vimeo.
The eyes! While the added simulation might feel a tad floaty, this test does an awesome job at showing us some fun timing on a cartoony eye bulge. Check out how the overlap on the expansion, the scale, and the timing change between the two eyes plays a fun role in this! Created by Celement […]
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Gangsters V Gators
March 29th, 2016Gangsters V Gators Intro from Remus & Kiki on Vimeo.
There’s something particularly cool about old school 90’s animation. Maybe its a mix of held frames, making snappy timing stand out even more during such extensively held frames. It might also be the complete freedom of experimentation with designs, much of which would look awkward in 3D. Either way, Gangsters V Gators has a cool […]
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2D Animation Goodness
September 30th, 2015Student Natalya Malgin posted a while back a great little 2D exercise she did. There are some great weight shifts, great timing, and a really good sense of weight. The stumble that starts at 0:12 is worth a frame by frame view 😉
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ANL : Aardman Nathan Love
September 30th, 2015ANL #2 from Aardman Nathan Love on Vimeo.
This great little short preview to Nathan Love’s acquisition from Aardman is a frame by frame joy. The clay shader plays well with the stylistic animation choices that hybrid between the styles of the two studios. Overall some amazing eye animation to look out for and some crazy in-betweens!
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