The Unbearable Lightness of the Soap Bubble
A great love story between two paper clips and some bubble soaps running in the air. This stop motion animation made by Octavian Fedorovici is simply amazing and the music gives an extra plus to [...]
Good Examples of Body Acting
The body can convey character, emotion and environment. Then, the body itself can work in harmony with the dialog, or in contrast, the body itself can tell a story without any dialog at all. [...]
Thoughts on Non-verbal Communication
Communication is arguably the most required skill when inter-relating. However, effective communication only occurs when the meaning of a message is received as the sender intended to be. [...]
The 12 Principles of Animation
The 12 Principles of Animation The Twelve Basic Principles of Animation can be traced back to 1930s, however, Disney animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas gathered all of them in the booked [...]
What Is a Good Storyboard?
Generally, the storyboard is a further development of the script of the film in which, usually, the imperfections in the structure and format of the script are detected and corrected by the [...]
Bridging the Gap from University to Professional Animator
As you probably know last week was very busy here in Bradford. Why? Because Bradford hosted a big event called BAF (Bradford Animation Festival) which is the UK’s longest-running animation [...]
Too many dots ?
Miguel is an artist that uses Stippling procedure (for those that don’t know what it means check this) in his art. One of his latest projects was a drawing dedicated to his father [...]