Anatomy of a 30 second Short, vol. 2

Posted on September 11, 2012 by tonyteach

Hey Toon Boomers, Tony Ross from tonyteach.com here, letting you know our second Toon Boom Animate DVD is available now for pre-purchase:
Anatomy of a 30sec Short Vol.2, click here to purchase http://toonboomdvd2.weebly.com/

In this DVD we take you step by step on how each part of the animation was done, from animatics, to head turns and eye blinks, animating the time elements like the clock, calendar, and hour glass, and last but not least creating cut out puppets.

The DVD will release in October 2012 for $25, but we are now taking preorders, for just $15. We will keep this price until the DVDs release in October

BUT

For the first 100 orders, we have an instant bonus download of the 1st tutorial & puppet in our Toon Boom Animate Series, Animating Robots, featuring the artwork of illustrator Chris Cartledge.

So click below to pre-purchase the DVD, or download of Anatomy of a 30sec short, volume 2





Remember, Keep it simple, Make it perfect… If you don’t have the time to make it perfect, rethink the idea.

-Tony Ross, tonyteach.com

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Toon Boom Animate: Simple Bug/Insect Walk Cycle [PREMIUM]

Posted on June 8, 2012 by tonyteach


Hey Campers, Tony Ross here with a few new tutorials. In this tutorial we show a simple insect, or bug walk cycle. This is based on a tutorial of a beetle walk cycle in the book Tezuka School of Animation, Volume 2 Animals in Motion.

For the full tutorial, purchase now for $10 tonyteach.com/bugwalk

Topics include:
cycles
Pegs
leg hierarchy
animating the legs
symbols
drawing substitution
motion tweens
etc
Approx 1hour of instruction, & includes work files

This tutorial is based on the Insects section of one of my favorite animation books: Tezuka School of Animation, 2: Animals in Motion (as in Osamu Tezuka, Father of Manga).

Tony Ross, tonyteach.com

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A Paperless Pipeline for a Green Show Works Perfectly for Inspidea

Posted on November 23, 2009 by toonboom

Inspidea is a group of imaginative and colorful people – in more ways than one – who come together to create entertaining and inventive shows that tell compelling and unforgettable stories.
Inspidea is currently wrapping up the final weeks of Boo & Me. A co-production between Inspidea and KidsCo, the 13×2 minutes series is produced completely as digital animation, using frame-by-frame technique. The show is about Boo the baby orangutan and his two young caretakers who go on their daily adventure teaching him to respect and preserve his environment.
“Simply put, Animate gives animators and clean-up artists a higher degree of flexibility. The fusion of Flash and Toon Boom Studio functionalities makes their lives easier and ultimately speeds up the production. The brush function is much more advanced, giving animators more choices to create specific moods for certain scenes,” commenetd Jane Lee
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Proud to Co-Produce Brazilian IP using Toon Boom

Posted on October 2, 2009 by toonboom

2DLab is an award-winning animation studio based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Over the past few years 2DLab has won the Liv Ullman Peace Prize and the 1st prize/TV series award at the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival. They can offer financing as a co-production partner, adapting to any animation style or using their own trademark style and original content. 2DLab do character and background design that is, at the same time, highly emotional and very cost effective.

My Big Big Friend by 2DLab

My Big Big Friend by 2DLab


2DLab is currently working on two animated series: My Big Big Friend in co-production with Breakthrough Entertainment (Canada) and Jobi’s Room, using the Toon Boom pipeline to create digital cut-out and full animation.

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Creating ambiance in Animate

Posted on August 19, 2009 by toonboom

Creating mood and atmosphere in a project is simpler than you may think. Give your animation the warm glow of a sun beam or the funky flare of disco lights in a club. Either way, you will achieve the feeling you are looking to convey: happiness, warmth or excitement and energy.

Create an ambiance in Animate

Create an ambiance in Animate

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Rall Searches For Economic Answers on Google

Posted on August 2, 2009 by toonboom

Depending on where you sit, the US economy is either rebounding or falling deeper into the void. For the real truth, Google it. That’s the conceict of the latest Ted Rall cartoon, titled Googling While America Burns. David Essman animated this piece with Toon Boom.


Rall Searches For Economic Answers on Google

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Reaching Out to Game Creators

Posted on July 29, 2009 by toonboom

Have you ever dreamed of seeing your animation integrated into an Xbox 360 video game? Now is the time to bring your Toon Boom assets into XNA Game Studio to make it happen. Toon Boom has partnered with Microsoft XNA, the premier resource for game developers, offering tools, technology and solutions to help student, independent and professional game developers create games for Microsoft platforms. All you need to do is download for free the XNA Game Studio application, an easy-to-use and approachable tool set capable of producing great games to be shared with the world on Xbox 360 video game and entertainment systems, Windows-based PCs and Zune digital media players. These tools are available to download for free at the XNA Creators Club Online Web site. For those of you new to programming we recommend you begin here once you’ve installed XNA Game Studio.

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Looping a symbol on the main timeline with Toon Boom Animate

Posted on July 20, 2009 by toonboom

Basically if you wanted to have a looping symbol in Toon Boom Animate or Animate Pro and you wanted that constantly running on the main timeline, I’ll list out the best steps to take below. This is a little different from Flash, where you’d create a Movieclip (or the now buggy Graphic clip). Flash is simpler, but I’ll explain the advantages after all this…
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Spotlight Interview – Adam Phillips

Posted on July 20, 2009 by toonboom

Spotlight Interview – Adam Phillips

To herald the release of 4th Edition, animator Adam Phillips (of biteycastle.com) generated the “Making of 4th Edition” cartoons, featuring such celebrity spokesmonsters as the beholder, tiefling, troglodyte… and of course, the gnome.

With the release of the latest cartoon: Demogorgon and the Gnome, Adam took the time to answer a few questions regarding his process of animation.

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Derriman and Phillips Invade Kenny’s World

Posted on July 20, 2009 by toonboom

For the Australian mockumentary TV series Kenny’s World, Bernard Derriman was called upon to create a number of interstitial animated segments. His weapon of choice on this project was Toon Boom, and Derriman brought on his friend and countryman Adam Phillips to help with effects animation and backgrounds. A half-dozen of these are over on YouTube, and below are two of my favorites:

Kenny’s World – Bears


Kenny’s World – Japan


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