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Animation Studios: A Detailed Guide to the Best Animated Film Production Studios

This in-depth report lists the 9 most influential and prominent animation studios in the world. This report will give you a detailed look at each of the animation studios: The history of the studio, its founders, the size and number …

Toon Boom Animation Coming April 19

As we’re finalizing the lessons for our brand new course Toon Boom Animation, I wanted to officially announce its release date. The course will come out on April 19. This is a big one. This course is jam packed with so …

Designing the poster for Tasteful

In this meeting I talk with Angela about the vision for designing the poster for the film. In the video you can see me sketch the concept of what I want the poster to look like, and also the finished …

Figuring out the Main Musical Theme for Tasteful

In this fun conversation Galo and I go over different musical themes for Tasteful, trying to find the right one. Watch as we listen to some tests Galo recorded, and see how we respond to the different options.

Toon Boom Animation Course is Coming Soon

After many requests from readers, I’m happy to announce that we are currently in the production of a brand new course – Toon Boom Animation! In the course, much like our other animation courses, we will teach you everything you …

Getting to the Specifics of the Food Truck Design

In this conversation I get down to the nitty gritty of the design of the food trucks. There a 4 different food trucks in the movie, one of them has 3 variations. That’s a lot of trucks to discuss. The …

Maya Animation is Available for Purchase

Today we’ve launched our new course Maya Animation, and I wanted to tell you what is this course all about. This course was made specifically for aspiring animators. It includes 28 HD video lessons, exercise files and a rig you …

Sound and Music – First Meeting with the Sound Team

In this meeting, Muriel (the producer), Ben (the sound designer), Galo (the composer) and myself sit down to discuss the workflow for working together and setting up all the pieces to create an awesome soundtrack for Tasteful.

Maya Animation Course Coming Soon!

Out of all the animation programs out there, Autodesk Maya is by far the most requested one by readers. In a survey I conducted a while ago asking people what software they wanted to learn (surveying over 1500 people), 19% of …