Computer Animation Arts

"Drawing Hands Detached from the Body" by Aaron Blaise Sometimes coming up with a clear character pose is difficult. Here is a trick to help you find your poses more quickly. Leave the arms off! Taken from his Youtube profile ( The Art of Aaron Blaise ) - "Aaron Blaise is an animation feature film director and wildlife artist. For 21 years Aaron worked with Disney helping to create some of the greatest animated films ever made. During that time he worked as an animator or supervising animator on "The Rescuers Down Under", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "The Lion King", "Pocahontas", "Mulan" and more. In 2003 he was co-director of "Brother Bear" for which he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. After "Brother Bear" he helped to develop several projects but ultimately left Disney to pursue an opportunity back home in Florida. Aaron recently served as 2D Anim...

"Animator vs Cartoonist - Draw Off!" Join the gang of Animators and Cartoonists as they go head-to-head in a series of 'draw off'' challenges and as they attempt to draw cartoon characters from memory. Including, drawing the same characte, different characters, or creating mash-ups, often using their own styles. "Animator Vs. Cartoonist Draw Marvel Characters From Memory - Draw Off!" "Animator Vs. Cartoonist Draw More Famous Cartoons - Draw Off" "Animator Vs. Cartoonist Try Character Mashups - Draw Off" "Animator Vs. Cartoonist  - Draw Off Playlist"

The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast taughtbyapro.com/category/podcasts/ Twin animators Tom and Tony Bancroft get together and talk about their Disney Animation past, the present animation business, and the future of animation. Interviews with talented artists, inspirational words, and wild speculation will help you grow as a person – or not. Presented by TaughtByAPro.com – your destination for the art instruction you need. See http://taughtbyapro.com for online animation, character design, illustration, comic arts, cartoon creation and more. Tony Bancroft: Animator for both The Lion King and The Emperor’s New Groove. Memorable characters such as Pumbaa, the lovable warthog and spinach puff specialist, Kronk were two of the comedic creations that Tony brought to those Disney classics. He capped a successful 12-year career at Disney, being named co-director of the award-winning feature Mulan; adding to his list of credits, “youngest director in Disney’s his...

Why Do Disney Princesses All Look Like Babies? by Its Okay To Be Smart "We noticed something weird about Disney Princesses lately. Naturally, I had to examine it through the lens of science. The answer led me to new knowledge about human development, the domestication and taming of animals, and why we find things cute in the first place. You’ll never look at cartoons the same way again"

Well this is nice.  Usually it's my job to give our loyal readers a flavour of life on on Planet CAA at the outset of a new edition of the Computer Animation Arts ' Post With The Most, but current year one student, Vincent Lange, does a much better job in this rather handy little video.... After that lightening-quick tour of a day in the life of a CAA first year, let's find out what they're up to right now... Short version is they're all super-busy with their Fantastic Voyage project, a collaboration with science education consultant, Claire Saunders, who has challenged them to produce engaging and dynamic animations in response to a series of science-based scenarios - including the problem with plastic, the ten energy types, and evolution.  A few days back, the students pitched their ideas and subsequent days have seen them responding to Claire's feedback and refining their proposals accordingly.  The first years are required to accomplish a hu...