Interested in switching departments or levelling up your animation and character rigging skills? Don't miss your chance to register for our next session of online training courses:
Curious about the production process behind Klaus? We sat down with
@TheSPAStudios
' Sergio Pablos to discuss his experience directing
@Netflix
's first original animated feature film and the future of 2D animation:
Character rigs are built by artists and are operated by artists. If you don't understand perspective, anatomy and timing, character rigs aren't going to do the work for you. -Mike
Spencer Wan gave us insight on the trailer that
@StudioGrackle
animated for Hades from
@SupergiantGames
. It features Zagreus, slayer of hydras, first of his name.
"It’s worth noting that while watching the film is magical, the reality of working on movies is less glamorous. The day-to-day involves a lot of hard work and problem solving."
Interested in starting your adventure with hand-drawn scenes? Register today for our remote training sessions on Paperless Animation in Toon Boom Harmony:
Interested in producing your own animated pilot episode? We will be speaking with
@AshNicholsArt
tomorrow about her experience on
@FarFetchedShow
’s upcoming pilot.
Details:
Tune in live:
Want to know what the story is behind Umbert Actually and Misterman Guyfella? We spoke with
@genegoldstein
and
@starghettis
at Jellybox Studio, which produced the Animation Workers Ignited shorts.
Working towards a new role at an animation studio? Don’t miss the registration for our upcoming cut-out animation, paperless animation and rigging courses.
ICYMI: “As a rigging artist, you need to be a good artist. You will most likely draw hundreds of original hands and feet that are not included in the character designs or turnarounds.”
"For The Duke’s Game, we basically had a blank check to do whatever we wanted." – Collin Tsandilis, co-director on The Duke's Game at
@mercuryfilmwrks
.
Read our full interview:
Did you know that you can skip forward frame-by-frame on YouTube videos by pressing the “.” key? This can be useful for studying the construction of animated scenes.
To demonstrate the features and capabilities of Storyboard Pro 22 and Harmony 22, we hired artists at
@mercuryfilmwrks
to produce a short. Introducing... The Duke's Game. 🛹
Interested in hitting the ground running in Harmony? Learn how to animate with layers, masks, deformers and multiplane camera moves in this 18-part tutorial series:
During production on LEGO Monkie Kid, Flying Bark Productions had to answer the question: “How do we get c-snap hands to convey gestures when they don’t have fingers?”
ICYMI: We interviewed
#KnightsOfTheLightTable
about how they collaborate as a virtual studio, as well as the music video they produced for TWRP’s Starlight Brigade.
Need to quickly paint an animated scene? The model view and the paint unpainted tool in Harmony can speed up the process so you can focus on the details that matter:
An important, though not always fun part of being a creative professional: dealing with copyrights and other legal issues.
We spoke with Mark Edwards, principal of Edwards PC, Creative Law, about how artists can protect themselves and their work.
#toonboom
How often do you think about improving your animation skills? Toon Boom Animation offers instructor-led training on paperless animation, 2D rigging, cutout animation and compositing:
“I wanted to create a space where artists could focus mainly on the art, and be able to pursue ideas without being concerned about these hurdles, or about failing.”
“The pitch received some great feedback, but there was a lot of reluctance to invest in an animated series that didn’t fit the usual sitcom mold and was adult in nature.” -
@fablepaint
“You are learning some of the most efficient ways of actually working, with how to name your layers, importing elements, working with your brushes and different tools.”
Have you ever wondered how Finn the Human and Jake the Dog are constructed? This is the guide that
@buenothebear
made for animators on
#AdventureTime
.
The latest update to
#ToonBoomHarmony
includes refinements to master controllers on 2D rigs, modifier keys on our stamp tool, and enhancements to stability and performance. Find our release notes here: