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12 Principals of Animation

Here are the 12 principals of Animation as developed by Disney animators in the 1930s.

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Storyboarding Ideas

Storybaord image from Gone with the Wind
What is a storyboard?
Once a concept or script is written for a film or animation, the next step is to make a storyboard. A storyboard visually tells the story of an animation panel by panel, kind of like a comic book. Your storyboard will should convey some of the following information:

  • What charaters are in the frame, and how are they moving?
  • What are the characters saying to each other,…

Roughing in an Animation

This video shows the process of building a complete animation, and shows how sometimes lots of motion is not needed to convey emotion, or build empathy with a character.

Zine Inspiration

So what is a Zine?

Here’s what Wikipedia has to say:

A zine (play/ˈziːn/zeen; an abbreviation of fanzine, or magazine) is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier.

Since…

The Evolution of the Font

Moscow British Higher School of Art and Design students’ course work  - Typography research / Masha Minina, Dasha Bazan, Andrey Vasiliev, Sema Kirilin.

 

 

Thinking with type

Here is great resource for you to learn about type

http://www.thinkingwithtype.com/contents/

About Sketching

Some people are afraid of showing their drawing to others. They think they’ll be ridiculed if their sketch looks like it was drawn by a five-year old.

In truth, it doesn’t matter if you are good at sketching. The less formal the sketch, the better. In fact, avoid the urge to use a pencil as it leaves too much room for you to ponder, erase, re-draw, second-guess…

But a permanent marker, now you’re talking. A nice big, fat Sharpie is the perfect…

Choose the right font

A graphic guide to choosing the right font. Click on the picture to see a bigger version.

 

Type Anatomy

Here is a collection of type anatomy pictures for you to learn.

Click on each picture to see bigger version.