I also used to visit the following websites back in the days I was into graphic design. I haven’t checked them for a while, I am not sure if they are still being updated. Kaliber10000 designiskinky.com surfstation.lu
If you know some interesting photoshop or graphic design related websites, please add them in the comments
We normally refer to AAU when we talk about the Pixar Character animation class from AAU. You probably know them through the rig above, Norman or “the virgin voyage” or “Creampuff”. The Pixar class doesn’t exist anymore as most Pixar animator/teacher are now teaching in other school or working on personal projects.
Check the following links to see how good the work was .
Last year my ex girlfriend introduced me to the work of Uta Hagen.
I won’t go into much length about who she is tonight and will only recommend the purchase of her DVD “Acting class” and her book “Respect for acting”, both available at Amazon
Watching her videos, the lecture with Doug Sweetland we had at Animation Mentor finally made sense, especially the concept of Endowment.
For the past few years, I have noticed a shift in my interests. In the past, I used to spend a lot of time reading technical books or browsing websites dealing with the technics behind digital art but for the past few years I have shifted my interest from CG to the real stuff.
“Lines and colors” is one of those websites I discovered lately. As the author puts it: “lines and colors is a blog about drawing, sketching, painting, comics, (…) and anything else I find visually interesting. If it has lines and/or colors, it’s fair game.”
What I like about this blog is that you can easily select your favourite mediums in the category section on the right and browse hundreds of post about pastel, ink, watercolours…
Desmond Morris is regularly referred by top character animator for his zoology studies applied to the human: “Manwatching” as he called his 1977 book.
He wrote few book but as a start you could already check his first video from a series of 6 called “the language of the body”. Consider yourself lucky I think they are all available on Google video.
The first one is probably the most interesting as he quickly goes through a classification of gestures.
If you want to know more about the man. Check that fascinating 58 minutes video about his life.
