Award winning animator Shawn Kelly has written a 90-page eBook called Animation Tips and Tricks. It's hot off the presses, so to speak, and chock full of advice for aspiring animators. Best of all, it's free! It's being offered as a PDF download from the folks at Animation Mentor. Just sign up to download the book. Here's a neat little bonus:...
Hollywood screenwriter William Goldman famously wrote that "in Hollywood, nobody knows anything". What he meant was that nobody really understands how to make a successful film. Despite all the money and effort poured into every movie, it's a total mystery why some films rake in mega bucks and others flop big time. If there was a secret formula to making...
To any art directors and creative directors who read my blog, this post is just for you. It's a list of resources I found online geared towards art directors. I'm not an AD myself so I'm not too familiar with most of them, but at first glance they seem like they would be helpful: Art Director's ToolKit - Software with tools...
I'm slowly working on a post (or series of posts) about digital inking. In my research and in talking to other artists I've been hearing a lot of great things about a drawing program called Sketchbook Pro. Apparently it's super fantastically awesome, rivaling Photoshop and Painter at a significantly lower price. When it comes to inking with a Cintiq, Sketchbook...
Another crazy day in the studio. Still trying to get my finances put together for my accountant. Gotta love tax season. As always, please check out the great art blogs listed over in the left-hand column....
Since I started the "As Mr. Artist Guy" feature a couple of weeks ago, two people have written me asking for a follow-up review of the new portable "sketchbook" Cintiq 12wx. I wrote my first review after having played around with the Cintiq for only a day or two. Overall I'm still very happy with it, but now that I've logged a few dozen hours with it I've got some additional thoughts.
