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Ergonomics and Animators

There have been times in almost every animators’ life when they face acute pain in their wrists due to excessive usage of the not-so-friendly-after-all mouse. We face an injury that has the potential to become a career threatening one, if not taken action on time. I have at times faced such injuries but managed to [...]

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Creating a Walk Cycle by Kyle Balda

Kyle Balda, the co-director of the recent hit The Lorax has created a cool video tutorial on creating a walk cycle, the easy way. There honestly aren’t any shortcuts to learning animation, and I have seen students get lost between the keys given in The Animator’s Survival Kit and expect the walk to look just right. [...]

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Animation Podcast – AltAnimation

Sharing a wonderfully brilliant Podcast called AltAnimation. It features a guest speaker along with Josh Ryan and Robert Orndoff, the hosts. Alt Animation is a podcast that talks about the saltier side of the animation industry, and also includes interviews with some alternative animators. Hosted by Josh Ryan and Robert Orndoff. Featured here is my [...]

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Masterclass on using Constraints in Maya by David Latour

There has been widespread demand on the correct usage of constraints in Maya for animation. Mr. David Latour has created several video tutorials highlighting the same. Given below are the tutorials in the ascending order. Check them out for a load of awesome.

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[Making-Of] I thought spies drank Martinis !

A brand new animation I finished at home 2 days back. It was supposed to be an exercise in subtle character dialogue animation.Its about a spy and his assistant having a chat at the bar. Given below is the process about how I went about creating this piece of animation. First was the hunt for [...]

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