Better late than never. Here is a collection of shots that I worked on for How To Train Your Dragon.
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Check out some sketches from the DW figure and gesture drawing classes.
We are now blogging our progress (or lack thereof).
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A group of animators from DreamWorks spoke with AnimationMentor about How To Train Your Dragon.
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Simon Otto Interview: HOCA on How To Train Your Dragon.
Simon Otto was the Head of Character Animation on How to Train Your Dragon. In this interview he delivers some insight into the film making process at DreamWorks.
In my opinion, the most important discussion in here is about the relationship between the directors and the artists working on an animated feature. When a level of trust exists, animators are able to create their best work. When that trust breaks down the artists become just another pair of hands and the work suffers.
Simon also takes on that inevitable question that seems to come up and is usually avoided in every DW artist interview. “How would you compare DreamWorks to Pixar?”
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hello there!, your short film is really amazing! I´m starting my short to improve on animation and I really appriciate some feedback if you could.... I have the online portfolio in www.cacao3d.com or in youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrQk_l1kZuQ
Hope to see some critiques!
Hope to see some critiques!
rosalesdaniel askedHey Daniel,
That is quite an ambitious dialog test that you have there. I really dig that line from the Hurt Locker. There are a lot of really nice beats in the read. My biggest concern with taking on the whole line as a short is that it is extremely complex.
If you are serious about leaning animation I would consider taking on less and doing more with it. To do quality animation you need to really take time and hit all of the details, especially if you are doing subtle animation, which is what this dialog would call for.
Start by animating your favorite section of the line and taking the section to a final polish. If you can do that and you still have interest in taking on more than pick up on another section.
You would be much better served to have fully animated two small sections of this dialog, than to have the entire line animated roughly.
Hope that helps.
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Hi! Your movies are awesome and I decided to learn how to do it. So, my question is with which program I should start and which programs do you use?
quattroricci askedI used Maya for my short film and DreamWorks proprietary software for the features that I have worked on.
Software will come and go. My suggestion would be to start by getting familiar with the principles of animation. A good first step would be to dig through The Illusion of Life and The Animator’s Survival Kit.
Mike Stern
