3 Animation Styles and When to Use Them

3 Animation Styles and When to Use Them "So you’ve decided you want to have an explainer video made for your company. Maybe you’ve even convinced all the right people that it’s a wise investment and secured the funds to begin. You may have even found an animation studio that you can trust with your baby. Things are moving forward at breakneck speed, until the video producer asks you that first question. “What type of video are you looking for?”

WestJet doesn't want to let it go

An amazing piece of artistry that uses a 737 plane as a canvas to portrait the bigger than life characters of #Frozen #Disney #Orlando

2D Animation meets high tech - Microsoft's Autocomplete For Animation, And It’s Incredible

2D Animation meets high tech - Microsoft's Autocomplete For Animation, And It’s Incredible "Unveiled at the Siggraph Asia conference, it doesn’t appear that a formal white paper has been released, but there is this illustrative video of the tech. You can watch as someone draws a fish once, then, upon drawing a single line for the next frame, the software suggests a skeleton to trace. It’s responsive, too, shaping its wireframes around your sketches in real time. And it also features a few other neat tricks, like if you begin filling in a pattern, it can sense that and suggest more of the pattern—or if you add color or detail to the first frame of your animation, it can duplicate it across the entire work."

How to design a set for an animated film

How to design a set for an animated film by Creative Bloq "One of the most important aspects of any set in animation is the fact that it should work as a stage for the characters and story, as well as any action that takes place within it. When you look back at some of the classic feature film animations, you'll notice that each frame is designed so that it contains the best composition to tell the story. Your set design should be no different: it should first and foremost be designed for the camera and story."

College Humor on Back to the Future about the year 2015

"College Humor does a reality check on what Back to the Future II missed about 2015" #BTTF

Terry Gilliam's deleted animations from Monty Python & The Holy Grail

Terry Gilliam's deleted animations from Monty Python & The Holy Grail straight from the ministry of silly walks! "To celebrate the 40th anniversary theatrical re-release of ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ and the release of the 40th anniversary Blu-Ray, DVD & limited edition castle gift set we've put together this video of Terry Gilliam's lost animations from the film."

DIY Jack Skellington in a Bottle - Nightmare Before Christmas

DIY Jack Skellington in a Bottle - Nightmare Before Christmas - A cool craft for your desk this #Halloween