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Want to Work on the Next Short from Bloop Animation? Apply now!

The application process for working on Bloop’s next animated short has officially started! Here are the details. Who are we looking for? Concept artists Character designers 3D Modelers Riggers What will you get out of it? Full credit on the film …

The Next Animated Short from Bloop Animation!

Exciting news – I’ve officially started the production on the next animated short film from Bloop Animation. For those of you who have been around here for a while, you remember the “Making an Animated Movie” series in which I …

Blender Animation Tutorial

It celebration of our new Blender Animation course I’ve decided to share some cool Blender animation tutorials with you. From Maya to Blender The first one is a tutorial from David Andrade (of Theory Animation), where he goes over the …

Blender Animation is Available

This week we’ve finally launched the long expected Blender Animation course! What Will You Learn in the Course? In this course I will take you step by step through all the tools and methods for animation in Blender. Interface We’ll …

Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts 2015 – An Overview

I’m a big fan of short films, and specifically animated shorts. This blog in itself was founded on the concept of making animated shorts and documenting the process, so you can assume it’s something I’m passionate about. Making shorts, however, is …

Blender Animation Course – Coming Soon!

I’ve recently announced that I will be releasing a course teaching how to get started animating with Blender, called Blender Animation. The decision to make this course came after SO many emails and requests to make some videos or tutorials …

#AskBloop is Live!

I recently wrote about a new Q&A show for the Bloop YouTube channel called #AskBloop. The show is now live, so start submitting your questions! The rules are simple, tweet your questions using the hashtag #AskBloop and get you question answered …

My Plans for 2015 (A New Short, Ask Bloop and More)

This year has been incredibly eventful. Both in my personal life and at Bloop. In a quick overview, in 2014: I got married. I released an animated short. I published an ebook. I’d say that’s pretty damn busy, but 2015 is here …

Animator’s Holiday Shopping Guide

With the holidays around the corner I know everyone is looking for stuff to buy! So here’s our list of awesome stuff for animators. Enjoy! Books The Animator’s Survival Kit / Richard Williams This book is an animator’s bible. It …