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#RubberOnionBattle December 2016 "Bad Gift"
Check out all the awesome submissions for December's RubberOnion Animation Battle!
#RubberOnionBattle November 2016 "Unmade Holiday Special"
Check out all the awesome submissions for November's RubberOnion Animation Battle!
#RubberOnionBattle October 2016 "Rejected Monsters"
Check out all the awesome submissions for October's RubberOnion Animation Battle!
#RubberOnionBattle September 2016 "Unqualified Substitute Teacher"
Check out all the awesome submissions for September's RubberOnion Animation Battle!
#RubberOnionBattle August 2016
Check out all the awesome submissions for August's RubberOnion Animation Battle!
#RubberOnionBattle July 2016
Check out all the awesome submissions for July's RubberOnion Animation Battle!
#RubberOnionBattle June 2016
Check out all the awesome submissions for June's RubberOnion Animation Battle!
Top 5 Animated Music Videos
As a child of the 80s and 90s, music videos were a huge part of my pop culture experience and the one thing that always stuck out at me were when these videos used animation. It was often experimental and boundary pushing but for my young mind it was worlds colliding. Here are my top 5!
#RubberOnionBattle May 2016
Check out all the awesome submissions for May's RubberOnion Animation Battle!
#RubberOnionBattle April 2016
Check out all the awesome submissions for April's RubberOnion Animation Battle!
Is Performance Capture "Live-Action" or "Animation?"
Actors in green suits with ping-pong balls. That’s the idea most people have when you say “motion capture” but we are way past that visual at this point. Technology moves (seemingly) so much faster now than it ever has… so much so that it’s hard to keep up with the terminology, let alone the techniques. I try to solve the question of where “performance capture” falls on the landscape of visual storytelling.
Tip in a Minute #5: “Animation Smears”
This 5th episode in the "Tip" series talks about Animation Smears, other versions of the technique, and how to use them!
#RubberOnionBattle March 2016
Check out all the awesome submissions for March's RubberOnion Animation Battle!
How to Animate Faster - 5 Efficiency Tips
My 5 efficiency tips on how to animate faster
#RubberOnionBattle Feb 2016
Check out all the awesome submissions for February's RubberOnion Animation Battle!
VLOG #9: Background Design
After 4 years of waiting, I'm back at the VLOGs! I'm giving you even more content than usual with a full 25 min video made possible by my awesome Patrons via Patreon.com (who got to see this first).
Review: "Anomalisa"
I just got to see Anomalisa. I phrase it that way because it does feel a little bit like I have been given some sort of exclusive golden ticket, and not just because the film has a limited theater run at the moment - it was special. Here's my review...
#RubberOnionBattle Jan 2016
Check out all the awesome submissions for the first ever RubberOnion Animation Battle!
How to Keep Your Freelance Animation Business Growing
The final entry in my 4-part series on how to start a Freelance Animation business. This week we talk about growing your business, hiring some help, setting up collaborations and putting it all together by adjusting quotes to allow for expansion.
Making More Money - Getting Through Your Freelance "Plateau"
Part 3 in my 4-part series on how to start a Freelance Animation business. This week we talk about making more money, why you might be hesitant to quote more, what a plateau is how to make lateral moves which benefit you!