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Always Animated: Lessons

Here is My Favorite Lesson - Complete with Visuals

By Larry Lauria | Monday, November 15, 2010 at 3:16 pm | Blog: Always Animated
Posted In | Blog Categories: Student, Production Journal, News, Lessons, Animation Stories | Site Categories: 2D, 3D
Overlapping Action is another of the cornerstones of animation. By overlapping the actions of a characters' body, hair, tail, clothing, etc. your animation will feel more fluid and life-like.

Here I am hip deep in GACKS and MIMIS. The dark side of the force has tried to lure me to its side. “Go ahead…just start ..."

By Larry Lauria | Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 5:42 am | Blog: Always Animated
Posted In | Blog Categories: Daily Sketch, Animation Stories, Production Journal, News, Lessons, Student | Site Categories: 2D, Illustration, Short Films

THE ANIMATION PROCESS- WORKING WITH THUMBNAILS BEFORE THE ANIMATION BEGINS

Here I am hip deep in GACKS and MIMIS. The dark side of the force has tried to lure me to its side. “Go ahead…just start animating.” It whispers. “No one will know. Crank out that footage and just get it done.”

It takes tons of Images to Develop An Animated Film During Pre-production - Here is a Sampling

By Larry Lauria | Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 12:37 pm | Blog: Always Animated
Posted In | Blog Categories: Daily Sketch, Art, Production Journal, News, Lessons, Student, Pencil Test


As I sat at the abyss of the cyberland, I received the bad news. My computer’s hard drive was corrupted.

By Larry Lauria | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 7:26 am | Blog: Always Animated
Posted In | Blog Categories: Animation Stories, Production Journal, News, Lessons, Student

The Animation Winter Wonderland Tour was interrupted  by my crashed hard drive.

The animation masterclass I taught at Bloomfield was wonderful!

Next up the Savannah International Animation Festival.