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📖💡 Writing tip: Go beyond a background story by asking your character questions. 😐❓ Professor Craig Caldwell recommends using such a questionnaire instead of a backstory to really get to know a character's personality.
📖💡 Writing tip: Go beyond a background story by asking your character questions. 😐❓ Professor Craig Caldwell recommends using such a questionnaire instead of a backstory to really get to know a character's personality.
![[Live] 11SecondClub May 2022 Critiques + Animating wizard kitty!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/seGIMBzGYgA/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] 11SecondClub May 2022 Critiques + Animating wizard kitty!
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Some live 2D character animation. With wizard kitty!
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![[Live] Eyes for Art and Illustration](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u_NP6Yk6f-M/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Eyes for Art and Illustration
Heres the recording of the recent Live Stream all about EYES! Join JK as he does some in-depth analysis of what you need to know to draw eyes well, plus what he wants to keep in mind as he continues to try to intentionally change his own default Art Style.
Links from the video: Making Eyes That See series - https://www.animatorisland.com/making-eyes-that-see/
Full Quest for Art Style playlist - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnf5AcU_9T9rGvQYH1hxXtsIuJmVD4mHy
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![[Live] Animation Analysis - The Bad Guys trailer](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uc-LXYMc5E0/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Animation Analysis - The Bad Guys trailer
In this video JK and Ferdinand go frame by frame through some amazing character animation in the trailer for Dreamworks The Bad Guys.
We expect to find out more about snappy animation timing, awesome posing and design and some fun acting moments.
Like what we do? Want us to critique your animation? Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/animatorisland
FREE 2D animation class: https://animatorisland.com/2d")
![[Live] Character Design Prompts and Live Animating](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/un5OcH3Fw_E/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Character Design Prompts and Live Animating
We are doing some fun character design prompts and continue the wizard kitty animation.
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![[Live] Working on 2D animations part 5](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vNjJMEtnjgg/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Working on 2D animations part 5
Our griddy detective has entered the typical detective movie bar. Today we work on another animation shot for the game MS Salmon. This is another character animation artist live stream
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![[live] Making a 3D character animation - part 6](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/viKZYX99Dhg/mqdefault.jpg "[live] Making a 3D character animation - part 6
Today we continue animating a dialog character animation shot in 3D in blender. A great watch for anyone who wants to figure out how to animate. I will talk about the principles of animation and the best animation workflow to create animation going from an animatic, to blocking, to splining to a finished acting shot.
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More streams coming up:
to be announced")
![[Live] Wizard kitty summoning milk pt 3](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/waAU8hndcFA/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Wizard kitty summoning milk pt 3
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Working on a fun character animation. With wizard kitty!
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Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland
Group Mentoring: https://animatorisland.com/group-mentoring")
![The best way to learn animation - How to animate 2D animation course [#001]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xCUc5Jfj03g/mqdefault.jpg "The best way to learn animation - How to animate 2D animation course [#001]
Sign up for class and get the bonus video: https://animatorisland.com/2d
NEW: 😍 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland
Just starting to learn animation? The tips in this video will help you to understand and master this magical skill quicker.
This is the beginning of a complete course that will show you how to animate step by step.
Tip #1: Deliberately practice single aspects of animation.
Instead of creating an animation where you have to get everything right at once, you should do many small exercises that tackle only one problem at a time.
Tip #2: Get feedback from mentors and other artists.
More experienced people have a good eye for mistakes. But you can also learn quite well from people who are just learning too.
Tip #3: Increase the difficulty step by step.")
![[Live] Gesture Drawing for Animation](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xOmuysB092g/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Gesture Drawing for Animation
JK does an experiment where he takes a photo reference, does a gesture drawing from it, and then attempts to create a 2D animation based on that single image! Does he succeed? Does he fail? Check out the recording and find out!
If you want more Gesture Drawing in video form, you can find a lot via the Animator Island TV channel, like this: https://www.youtube.com/live/6pJrFFPL_UU?feature=share
Want to get some mentoring and feedback? Ferdinand has you covered! Just head over to https://www.patreon.com/animatorisland and make this month the one where you take your skills to a whole new level.")
