Anzovin Studio is now offering “Animate! With Cristin McKee, Volume I: Animation Fundamentals”, the first volume in a new multi-disc series on character animation with Animation:Master:
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Animate! With Cristin McKee is essentially a complete course on character animation for beginning to advanced-intermediate animators. Future volumes will be released as each disc is completed over the next few months.
In this initial disc, Anzovin Studio animator Cristin McKee thoroughly explores the techniques and theory of basic character animation. Cristin takes you step-by-step through the fundamental principles of animation, while also calling attention to many beginners’ mistakes and explaining how to avoid them. Numerous examples are animated “live” to give viewers a detailed look at the animation process of a professional animator. All of the animation examples include “right” and “wrong” versions which are analyzed in depth to provide a framework for distinguishing between good and poor animation. A complete and detailed lesson plan supplements the training materials, making Animate! With Cristin McKee an excellent text for any animation curriculum.
"My goal, says Cristin, who has been developing this series for more than a year, “is to show new animators practical ways to apply the established rules and tricks of animation–approaches that I always wished someone had taught me while I was in the early stages of learning to animate.” Cristin has worked on many high-profile projects, including GI Joe: Valor vs. Venom, Halo 2, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the game), John McCain: Faith of My Fathers, and Anzovin Studios short film Duel.
Included topics: Getting Started * Keyframes * Squash & Stretch * Anticipation * Follow Through * Overlapping Action * Secondary Action * Animating a Simple Character.
The disc contains approximately 1.5 hours of hi-res video and more than 20MB of supporting materials. Hash models, Hash project files, tip sheets, transcribed lessons, and sample movies, among other extras, are included on the disc.
UPCOMING DISCS:
We plan to release one disc per month through the fall of 2005. Upcoming discs in the series will include more intermediate and advanced topics such as: Arcs * IK vs. FK * Timing * Silhouette * Pose * Holds * Exaggeration * Weight * Walk Cycles * Straight Ahead Walks * Run Cycles * Jumps * Personality * Thought Process * Acting * Animating to Dialogue * Final Details
Happy animating!
Raf Anzovin
Cristin McKee
Steve Anzovin
Anzovin Studio
http://www.anzovin.com
