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The Gruffalo Magic
By Barbara Robertson
Berlin, 2009. A three room flat stuffed with six animators, two directors, various computers, desks, tables. Four of the animators were Animation Mentor alumni who signed on for Studio Soi's The Gruffalo, a BBC television special. The award-winning studio had rented the space in part to attract talented animators more interested in working in Berlin than in their Ludwigsburg studio. And they did, starting with Animation Mentor graduate Max Stohr.
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Be the First to Hear What's New!
Animation Mentor has an exciting announcement to make, and we want you to be the first to hear about it!
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Check out this month's short film:
Chili Bandit by Animation Mentor alumnus, Phil Barnard. Read further to discover Phil's process of his short film from conception to completion.
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Animation Mentor:
What inspired you to learn character animation?
Jeff Joe:
I think my desire to learn character animation was a combination of my love for movies and my love for drawing. Pop culture is very big in my life, and I have three main influences from my childhood: The Muppets, Looney Tunes, and Star Wars. Star Wars is important because it taught me how sophisticated storytelling can be and how it can appeal to and transcend all age groups. Looney Tunes first introduced me to the art of comic timing. And The Muppets, to me, have been the gold standard for characterization; how to take these static things and give them full, three-dimensional personalities and attitudes.
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Animation Mentor graduate Alison Sanders shares her story of breaking into the animation industry. The wheels were set in motion when Alison met Bobby Beck and Carlos Baena at SIGGRAPH. They told her about the program they were going to be launching, and she wanted in. After her first class at Animation Mentor, Alison was hooked and she continued through all the classes until graduation.
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Useful Tips for Animation
TIPS & TRICKS WITH Peter Kelly
Industrial Light & Magic animator Peter Kelly offers tips on how to improve your animation. He recommends animating in 3D space rather than just animating to one camera. By paying attention to how characters look from many angles, you'll have to add weight to the characters, which will also make the characters look more realistic.
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Geek Fact
In order to create realistic sea scapes in Finding Nemo, the animation team had to create the many elements of the ocean which exist in real life. They infused their sea scapes with particles of sand and miniscule matter which floats in the sea, patterns and shafts of light from above the ocean, the filtering of light as the water gets deeper and the reflections from above and below the surface.
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Movie & Games Preview
The Animation Mentor Newsletter is your inside guide to U.S. movie and game releases and the visual effect companies who make movie magic.
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