Ms Marvel animator talks fierce women, Y2K aesthetics and creating for Highrise

Salla Lehmus is a Finnish 2D animator whose work has taken her from animating Libresse/Bodyform's groundbreaking Womb Stories campaign to creating a series of IDs for Adult Swim and designing and ...
The Hoya

Creating Characters, Worlds: Amateur Animation at Georgetown

Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny and SpongeBob — imagine inserting your own iconic character into the list of the most recognizable animations in the world. No matter what initially draws students to the art ...
Yahoo

I work in animation – these are my tips for creating strong characters that tell a story

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Omar Gomet Character design in animation is a way to tell stories. That can be with an ...
Onrec

Character Animation Reimagined: Multi-Modal References for Seamless Motion

One of the most valuable capabilities that Seedance 2.0 offers animators is the ability to generate character-specific reference footage. Rather than needing to find human reference footage and then ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Animation Roundtable: Pros From ‘Soul,’ ‘The Croods 2’ and More Talk Creating Beloved Characters ‘From the Inside Out’ and Working Amid a Pandemic

During a virtual discussion, the industry’s most revered and relevant animation professionals — Pete Docter ('Soul'), Glen Keane ('Over the Moon'), Tomm Moore ...
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Create Talking AI Avatar Animation FREE (Text to AI Animated Video Generator)

In this video, we'll show you how to create your own talking AI avatar animation free, using this text to animated video method. And it's FREE! We'll do this starting with JUST a photo of you, then ...
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How to design characters for animation that fit a story

Character design in animation is a way to tell stories. That can be with an expressive and fun viewpoint, taking us out of reality, and there are so many styles and aesthetics to explore. But the ...
Cartoon Brew

Step-By-Step: Creating Kid-Friendly Educational Animation

Cartoon Animator 5 is a powerful animation tool with features that are sophisticated enough for professional users, but intuitive and easy enough for new animators. As part of our ongoing series ...
gematsu

LUNAR Remastered Collection interview with character designer Toshiyuki Kubooka – classic designs, animation, and modern perspectives

Gematsu recently sat down with Toshiyuki Kubooka, the character designer and animation director behind the LUNAR series, to discuss the remastered editions of LUNAR: Silver Star Story and LUNAR: ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

RIT project addresses dearth of minority characters in 3D animations

A pair of RIT School of Film and Animation (SOFA) faculty are striving to bring more authenticity to animated films. Discouraged by an underrepresentation of minority characters in 3D-animated works, ...
gematsu

RPG Maker Unite details character animations, asset graphical specifications

—Animation patterns will become variable! In previous RPG Maker titles at its default state, character animations were limited to a maximum of three patterns due to various design limitations. In RPG ...