“The Sandwich” Final
It took me about a day to calm down after Ed’s brilliant master class. It was one of those overwhelming experiences that make you feel so hyped! There was so much to take in. Sitting there was definitely some sort of an adrenalin moment according to one of the things we learned. Although there are still various things that need to be fixed with my animation I will have to leave it at that for the time being. There are other projects aligned so I have to get started. Just wanted to say thanks...
Read MoreWOW!
Attending the Ed Hooks master class was an amazing experience. It was like watching an iron chef preparing his most famous dish. His passion about his craft is so captivating, it makes you feel mesmerised. The breakdown of the acting component in animation was fascinating, inspiring and very “flavoursome”. It’s one of those dishes that leaves you with the most incredible after taste. The “recipe” consisted of some important acting principles followed by examples...
Read More3D animated head
For the course I am doing at school we had to model, texture, rig and animate a 3D head. It’s still work in progress but here is what I handed in.
Read MoreAnother polishing pass
In this pass, I looked into energy and appeal. There were few inconsistencies that weren’t working for me quite right. Some of the gestures were a little bit off time and sluggish or others were little bit too fast and different to the realistic style I had at the beginning of the animation. As a result I changed few poses and tweaked the timing once again to push it a little bit more. There are still few things I’d like to fix but I suppose I will have to put it on hold until...
Read MoreFirst pop art experiment
Couple of days ago a friend of mine introduced me Stumble Upon. It’s a plugin you install into firefox and it chooses random websites based on your interests. I came across this wicked pop art tutorial in photoshop and here is the result.
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Hi, my name is Avner, and I am addicted to animation!
Welcome to my work in progress animation workbook. Feel free to share ideas, thoughts, feedback or anything else that can help me evolve and further my learning. 
