The Hoya

Creating Characters, Worlds: Amateur Animation at Georgetown

Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny and SpongeBob — imagine inserting your own iconic character into the list of the most recognizable animations in the world. No matter what initially draws students to the art ...
Onrec

Character Animation Reimagined: Multi-Modal References for Seamless Motion

One of the most valuable capabilities that Seedance 2.0 offers animators is the ability to generate character-specific reference footage. Rather than needing to find human reference footage and then ...
Yahoo

I work in animation – these are my tips for creating strong characters that tell a story

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Omar Gomet Character design in animation is a way to tell stories. That can be with an ...
Yahoo

I worked at Disney for 20 years – these are my tricks for creating characters for animation

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Aaron Blaise ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Animation Roundtable: Pros From ‘Soul,’ ‘The Croods 2’ and More Talk Creating Beloved Characters ‘From the Inside Out’ and Working Amid a Pandemic

During a virtual discussion, the industry’s most revered and relevant animation professionals — Pete Docter ('Soul'), Glen Keane ('Over the Moon'), Tomm Moore ...
VentureBeat

Character Animation: Skeletons and Inverse Kinematics

So you’ve built your Gothic castle-it’s time for your hero to dash into play and defend the battlements. Your gaming engine supports skeletons, an animation system called Inverse Kinematics (IK), and ...
Hosted on MSN

Create Talking AI Avatar Animation FREE (Text to AI Animated Video Generator)

In this video, we'll show you how to create your own talking AI avatar animation free, using this text to animated video method. And it's FREE! We'll do this starting with JUST a photo of you, then ...
Cartoon Brew

Step-By-Step: Creating Kid-Friendly Educational Animation

Cartoon Animator 5 is a powerful animation tool with features that are sophisticated enough for professional users, but intuitive and easy enough for new animators. As part of our ongoing series ...
Rochester Institute of Technology

RIT project addresses dearth of minority characters in 3D animations

A pair of RIT School of Film and Animation (SOFA) faculty are striving to bring more authenticity to animated films. Discouraged by an underrepresentation of minority characters in 3D-animated works, ...
Variety

‘ICO,’ ‘Shadow of the Colossus’ Animator Explains Challenges of Creating VR Characters

Convincing players to believe in a video game character that can only communicate through non-verbal actions is difficult. In virtual reality, it’s even more of a challenge. In a lecture titled ...
gematsu

RPG Maker Unite details character animations, asset graphical specifications

—Animation patterns will become variable! In previous RPG Maker titles at its default state, character animations were limited to a maximum of three patterns due to various design limitations. In RPG ...