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animation tips tricks skip to main skip to sidebar welcome to animation tips tricks learn to animate from professional animators please enjoy these insider tips from professional animators we hope you ll join the conversation happy animating please download flash player to view download at http get adobe com flashplayer if you like learning from professional animators on the tips tricks blog you ll love our school learn how to animate and succeed in a production environment get professional critiques advice and feedback create your own demo reel brought to you by animationmentor com the online animation school blog archive previous posts 2012 33 2011 46 2010 54 2009 106 2008 62 subscribe to feed sign up for the animation mentor newsletter animation links animation mentor ebooks animationmentor com get more info about animationmentor com bobby beck s blog carlos baena s blog 11 second club we re social monday october 8 2012 check out the new blog reference animation tips tricks a few weeks ago we launched our new animation mentor blog at blog animationmentor com now even though we ve given our blog a whole new look you can be sure that it will still be the stop for all things animation think tips and tricks industry news general chatter and all things animation mentor new offerings updates events animation tips tricks is still a great reference we re also excited to announce that the animation tips tricks resource is still available that way you can check out the great posts and fantastic animation references think of it as the best of both worlds we look forward to sharing our new blog and our ongoing love of animation with all of you the animation mentor crew posted at 12 32 pm 1512 comments thursday september 13 2012 upcoming newsletter feature takes a visit to hotel transylvania there are a lot things that we love about animation we love how it makes us laugh and takes us through these wild adventures and even the intimate stories and boy do we ever love a good story that s why we are so excited for our upcoming newsletter and feature on sony pictures animation s hotel transylvania the film brings together an all star animation cast of count dracula and his daughter mavis frankenstein and his wife eunice quasimodo the mummy and dozens of other characters our newsletter feature takes us on a visit to hotel transylvania through the eyes of mentor patrick danaher and alumnus jason malinowsky and the technology rigs and talent required to tell the story of count dracula seeking a little rest and relaxation away from those pesky humans but we re not going to give away the entire story check your inbox next week for the october november issue of the animation mentor newsletter if you re not already a subscriber checkout a past newsletter then visit our home page and subscribe today keep the conversation going like us share us and chat with thousands of others about us in the global animation mentor community posted at 7 51 am 240 comments tuesday september 11 2012 lighting your shot workshop make your work stand out lighting plays an important role in the overall filmmaking process lighting helps to tell a story evoke an emotion and capture that moment in time if you seek proof of the value of lighting just check out our recent and inspirational student showcase and now with our six week lighting your shot workshop you can add a new level and depth to your project to make your work stand out the workshop includes aesthetic technical and cinematic discussions and teaches autodesk maya mental ray composite and the foundry nuke techniques here s a quick summary of our workshop session 1 overview of the maya lighting and rendering user interface session 2 the five principles of lighting session 3 devising a lighting shot plan session 4 advanced lighting topics in maya session 5 the rendering process using mental ray session 6 final renders compositing and finishing touches and did we mention that you ll enjoy the same animation mentor experience with live instruction from industry professionals we re excited about our lighting your shot workshop and we know that you are too after all it s always exciting to make your work stand out learn more and sign up today posted at 7 14 am 232 comments thursday august 30 2012 our graduation speakers truly awesome amazing inspiring here at animation mentor we ve been doing the graduation thing for awhile 24 amazing classes and counting we ve been incredibly fortunate to have some of our industry friends join us for our big event truth be known when we think back starting with eric darnell at our very first grad wow what a collection of truly awesome amazing inspiring grad speakers simon otto head of character animation dreamworks animation dean deblois introduced by glen mcintosh director dreamworks animation dennis muren visual effects supervisor industrial light magic lee unkrich director writer and editor pixar animation studios charles alleneck digital artist and lead animator industrial light magic dave burgess head of character animation dreamworks animation tim johnson director and executive producer dreamworks animation glen mcintosh character animator industrial light magic pete docter director and writer pixar animation studios david schaub animation supervisor sr supervising animator sony pictures imageworks eric darnell director and writer dreamworks animation and today we are excited and proud and humbled too to add andrew stanton executive producer and writer from pixar animation studios to our esteemed list of graduation speakers if you ever wanted to see inspiration in action be sure to check out andrew s speech andrew s speech the animation mentor crew posted at 7 21 am 290 comments tuesday august 28 2012 11 second club check out the new look and enter now for many of our long time followers the 11 second club has been the monthly stop to gain an inside view at animation mentor you see the 11 second club is a monthly character animation competition open to everyone aspiring animators submit their work and one of our esteemed mentors rewards the winner with an animation mentor ecritique yup it s pretty cool and we ve been busy giving the 11 second club a whole new look we re also excited to now host this great animation resource directly on www animationmentor com so be sure to check it out then get your animation shot ready and enter remember you ve still got a few days to submit your shot for the august competition thanks and good luck the animation mentor crew posted at 7 01 am 198 comments friday august 24 2012 flat frog short hopes to make a great leap margherita premuroso graduated from animation mentor and went straight to work today she owns and operates inkymind a studio with locations in the uk and italy inkymind focuses on storytelling character animation vfx postproduction and titles the same interests she shared with her classmates in fact margherita is still very much a part of the online animation mentor campus with the help of classmates frank spalteholz jonas manke and rodrigo huerta not to mention mentor dana boadway masson inkymind has proudly produced the pilot episode of flat frog margherita and crew hope to get flat frog into production as a full series the initial rave reviews included a feature in the daytime selects portion of siggraph 2012 margherita directed the pilot from italy with her classmates and mentor contributing from germany and the united states it was a great example of animators putting their brains together remotely and creatively to produce an amazing short so here is a big animation mentor woot to margherita frank jonas rodrigo and dana we are all so super proud of you the animation mentor crew posted at 7 16 am 208 comments wednesday august 22 2012 shawn kelly shares the value of his animation mentor animation mentor s shawn kelly left and becca romeo right straight from siggraph 2012 our very own shawn kelly shares an exciting tale about his very own animation mentor experience listen as he takes us on a journey of how an animation legend inspired him to pursue his dream and to ultimately unite with friends bobby beck and carlos baena to create animation mentor then sit back and watch shawn do what he does best as he lectures on how blinks can bring life and emotion to an animated character big animation mentor thanks to our friends at autodesk for inviting shawn to their autodesk student experience 2012 check it out posted at 7 26 am 476 comments older posts subscribe to posts atom