Links, enlaces et liens - GDC 2017 Edition

www.animstate.com/free-gdc-2017-animation-talks/
A list of all animation talks from GDC2017.

http://www.animstate.com/animation-exchange-2017-recording-feedback/
The link above contains links to each section of the excellent #ANIMX talk that was held during the latest GDC. Below is the full stream (8+ hours!) in case you want to watch the whole thing (as I did).


Watch live video from TwitchOffice on www.twitch.tv

Animation tips from Twitter and the GDC Tricks of the Trade talk

Rigging Dojo Animation Tips from Twitter and GDC Tricks of the Trade from Rigging Dojo on Vimeo.

Below is the link for the Trick of the Trade talk that happened on the last GDC (2016):

http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023479/Animation-Bootcamp-Tricks-of-the

 Enjoy! Tons of info in this post :)

Skull Chaser - Behind the Scenes

What I find impressive of this "Behind the Scenes" is that it was all done in Blender!

GP -"Skull Chaser" Fan art, character by Jake Parker, based on a Anthony Holden anim) by Daniel M. Lara (Pepeland) from psl on Vimeo.

50 Game Camera Mistakes

Cuts & Transitions 101

Links, enlaces et liens

https://www.toolchefs.com/?page_id=225
Some really good tools for Maya.

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/creating-the-illusion-of-speed/
Cool read with some tips about motion blur and how to create the illusion of speed.


http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1021791/Animation-Bootcamp-The-Animation-Process
The animation process behind Ori and the Blind Forest video game.

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/making-of-uncharted-4-a-thiefs-end/
A brief behind the scenes look at Uncharted 4 video game.

http://ow.ly/Wbjrd
DreamWorks pipeline explained by Skipper

http://www.twitch.tv/finespline/profile
Ben Sanders Twitch channel. He has A TON of hours of content about animation. Worth to check it out.

https://www.patreon.com/morganloomis?ty=p
Morgan Loomis has created a Patreon page to support him create tools!  
 

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag from Tony Zhou on Vimeo.

Every frame of Painting

I have recently discovered a great Youtube channel called "Every frame of Painting", hosted by Tony Zhou.

I has some AMAZING information about films are constructed and what the directors are trying to achieve in their films by using camera movements and staging.

I strongly recommend everyone to subscribe to this channel and watch those videos. Below are just a couple of them, to give you a taste of what you can find:

Robocoaster animation demo- Inventor workflow to 3ds Max Design 2012

This tutorial has a little bit of everything, I believe. Technical and artistical. Worth watching.

How to do visual comedy by Edgar Wright

Previously, I posted a video on how to do close-ups based on Edgar Wright films. This one is a great tutorial on visual comedy, also taking as example Mr. Wright's movies.



Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy from Tony Zhou on Vimeo.

11 Second Club - December 2013 review

This video review is full of awesome tips on camera work, so be sure to have a look at it.


http://content.animationmentor.com/movies/products/11secondclub/2013/december-2013.mp4

Here's the link to the 11 second club video review site. I couldn't find a link to the video from the site itself, so in case my first link stops working, you can always go and look it up yourself.

Cheers!

Ricardo.