Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Acting teacher Ed Hooks joined me at the FMX 2018 for a nice conversation about the animation industry, copyright, acting in games, storytelling in VR and more.
Acting teacher Ed Hooks joined me at the FMX 2018 for a nice conversation about the animation industry, copyright, acting in games, storytelling in VR and more.
![[Live] Animating a head turn with eye blink](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_Ed6Xe6uAhw/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Animating a head turn with eye blink
A character turning their head is one of the 51 animation exercises for beginners. In this live stream we will go through the animation workflow step by step showing you how to animate a head turn.
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![What animation software should I use? How to animate 2D class [#002]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a5JlNC16P_w/mqdefault.jpg "What animation software should I use? How to animate 2D class [#002]
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This is the first thing many people ask me when they start learning animation: What is the best animation software they should use?
But like with many things in life, the answer is: It depends...
The animation software mentioned in the video:
OpentToonz
Krita
Pencil2d")
![[live] 3D character animation step by step workflow](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/awtwNY9eA5o/mqdefault.jpg "[live] 3D character animation step by step workflow
Yay! I actually have some live stream dates for you that I really, really plan to stick to. 😊 Lets hang out together, we got some awesome stuff on the agenda while we talk all about art, creativity and animation.
- Animating a dialog character animation shot in 3D in blender
- coding a timing assistant tool that will be released as open-source
- maybe some games to wind down? I got Tiny Glade and really want to play it
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Hope to see you then!
Today, October 6th, 18:30 CEST, 9:30am PDT, 12:30 EDT
Monday, October 7th, 18:00 CEST, 9:00am PDT, noon EDT
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![[Live] Super Mario Trailer - Character Animation Analysis](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bAgRydaSY30/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Super Mario Trailer - Character Animation Analysis
The Super Mario trailer has so many amazing character animation moments. Lets take a closer look of the wonderful work that the animatiors at Illumination have been doing and learn how we can improve our own animations.
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![[Live] Wizard kitty summoning milk](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bcoq83RxMhw/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Wizard kitty summoning milk
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Working on a fun character animation. With wizard kitty!
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![[Live] Animation Critiques 11SecondClub July 2022](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bt2oHvnl_XY/mqdefault.jpg "[Live] Animation Critiques 11SecondClub July 2022
Lets have a look at some character animation submitted to the 11SecondClub of July 2022
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