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Page: Exaggeration Exaggeration is much more than a fundamental. It is an attitude. It is the most logical and productive approach to your animation, and it's about time to hear why.   more info > > > Page: Snappy Dialogue Part 2 This month we finish the dialogue shot we started in October. I walk through all of the major polish notes that take this shot from blocking plus to the polish phase.   more info > > > Page: Snappy Dialogue Part 1 This month we return to the workflow walthroughs, with a dialogue shot to test our animation skills. On top of the good practices that we've already established in the previous walk-throughs, we're adding an extra element of difficulty in this shot; "snappy" animation.   more info > > > Page: The Quick Quad Walk Animators around the world are tasked with creating life-like quadruped performances. From dinos to dingos, quads present a whole new series of challenges to animators, and should be researched and practiced if you want to get a job in visual effects.   more info > > > Page: New Animation Ideas Since the birth of animation, artists have refined and honed the techniques of the trade. But are we too married to old methodologies?   more info > > > Page: Dancing Animating a dance is a tough job. Where do you start? Try out this 90 minute lecture!   more info > > > Page: Rig Testing I've said many times in my lectures to "thoroughly test your rigs", especially at moments when I encounter a technical problem with the rig I am using. But what sort of things should you be looking out for?   more info > > > Page: Intermediate Cartoony Just getting the hang of beginning Cartoony Animation? Well too bad! Time to turn it up a HUGE NOTCH with this Lecture on Intermediate Cartoony concepts. Elevate your cartoony style, now!   more info > > > Page: Workflow Walkthrough 3 The end of an era! In this lecture, the final part of my three part workflow-walkthrough series, I polish the flour-sack shot started in the last two lectures.   more info > > > Page: Workflow Walkthrough 2 The saga continues! In this lecture, I continue into blocking plus of the Flour-Sack pantomime shot started in the February 2011 lecture.   more info > > > Page: Workflow Walkthrough 1 This month, we dive back into Workflow! For any animator that doesn't have a SET way of animating, now is the time to start. In this lecture I show you some of the beginning stages of a shot, and how I begin my animation.   more info > > > Page: Pantomime Acting without dialogue makes up a large portion of the work you will do in production! Watch this lecture for some tried-and-true methods of creating believable, natural pantomime.   more info > > > Page: Lipsync Learn my tried-and-true workflow for creating great Lipsync in this video lecture. Speed up your process and produce more accurate results!   more info > > > Page: Constraints This month, the lecture once and for all obliterates any problems you have with constraints!   more info > > > Page: Workflow Learn about advanced workflow in this video lecture!   more info > > > Page: Contact Animating good contact is a simple but extremely important concept for all good animators to know!   more info > > > Page: Cartoony My most requested lecture! Learn how to break the barriers of your mind and enter the world of cartoony animation!   more info > > > Page: Secondary Secondary action is your gateway to subtext and subtlety! If you have never heard an in-depth discussion on secondary, this lecture will blow your mind! Check it out.   more info > > >