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Making Your Animation Reel Stand out – A Detailed Guide

This is a guest contribution by Rusty Gray. When you drool over someone’s AMAZING demo reel – what are your first thoughts? “Man! How could I ever make a reel that good…” “I wish I had animations that everyone was blown …

Bloop on YouTube 2.0 – Our New Video Plan

As many of you who follow us on YouTube saw, this week we introduced our new video schedule, including 3 new weekly shows, as well as a visual makeover. Here’s a little about what went behind this new video initiative. A …

What I Did After Graduation (and How I Picked Myself)

Upon graduation there were a few things I wanted: I wanted to be hired by Pixar. I wanted to win awards. I wanted to get hired as a director. I wanted to make movies. I wanted a lot of things that required …

5 Reasons You Won’t Be an Animator

This is a guest contribution by Rusty Gray. It’s 2015 and You Won’t be an Animator Another year is coming to a close. You’ve spent your life fascinated by movies (Jurassic Park, Toy Story, Lion King). You’ve captivated yourself for hours …

What Ratatouille and Monsters University Taught Me About Being an Artist

This is a guest post by Dean Movshovitz, the author of our new book Pixar Storytelling. One of the joys of writing Pixar Storytelling was simply re-watching all of Pixar’s magnificent films. And while all of Pixar’s films are very …

Why Most Animation Student Films Suck and how to Make Sure Yours Won’t

We’ve all been to student films screenings, let’s face it – most of them suck. That’s not exclusive to animation student films, the same goes for classic film students as well. A majority of them aren’t good. You can say that …

Why Make a Second Film

Here’s a fact: every person that graduated from animation/film school has a short film. Here’s another fact: very few people have ever made another one. The second film The film/animation industry is intense. When you get a job or a project, the hours …

Start Animating Now with Less than a $100

A few weeks ago I wrote a beginners guide for new animators who are just starting out. The guide breaks down many of the steps of becoming an animator, but I wanted to push our readers even further and challenge them …

Why You Don’t Need to Know How to Draw to Be a 3D Animator

I wrote about the differences between 2D and 3D animation in the past, and one of the main points I made in that post is that while drawing skills are a must for 2D animation, you don’t need to know …