http://www.awn.com/ Blog Listing. xx http://www.awn.com/blogs/always-animated/here-my-favorite-lesson-complete-visuals <!--paging_filter--><!--paging_filter-->My favorite lesson is one of the hardest for newbies to understand - and it is one of the most fun.<p><a href="http://www.awn.com/blogs/always-animated/here-my-favorite-lesson-complete-visuals">read more</a></p> http://www.awn.com/blogs/always-animated/here-my-favorite-lesson-complete-visuals#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:16:14 -0800 llauria 94414 at http://www.awn.com http://www.awn.com/blogs/always-animated/here-i-am-hip-deep-gacks-and-mimis-dark-side-force-has-tried-lure-me-its-side- <!--paging_filter--><!--paging_filter-->Larry Lauria highlights the thumbnail process that precedes the animation process.<p><a href="http://www.awn.com/blogs/always-animated/here-i-am-hip-deep-gacks-and-mimis-dark-side-force-has-tried-lure-me-its-side-">read more</a></p> http://www.awn.com/blogs/always-animated/here-i-am-hip-deep-gacks-and-mimis-dark-side-force-has-tried-lure-me-its-side-#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 05:42:00 -0700 llauria 88171 at http://www.awn.com http://www.awn.com/blogs/always-animated/it-takes-tons-images-develop-animated-film-during-pre-production-here-sampling <!--paging_filter--><!--paging_filter-->As with all animated films, tons of images are created during the pre-production process. Color keys, layouts (the camera angles for the eventual backgrounds or environments, animation tests, etc. Here is a smattering of the images created for MIMI AND GACK. PRODUCTION HASN'T EVEN BEGUN YET! Just to give you an idea, PETE'S ODYSSEY, a 6 minute film - generated over 6,000 drawings! <p><a href="http://www.awn.com/blogs/always-animated/it-takes-tons-images-develop-animated-film-during-pre-production-here-sampling">read more</a></p> http://www.awn.com/blogs/always-animated/it-takes-tons-images-develop-animated-film-during-pre-production-here-sampling#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:37:30 -0700 llauria 87360 at http://www.awn.com http://www.awn.com/blogs/always-animated/i-sat-abyss-cyberland-i-received-bad-news-my-computer-s-hard-drive-was-corrupt <!--paging_filter--><!--paging_filter--><!--paging_filter--><!--paging_filter--><!--paging_filter--><!--paging_filter--><!--paging_filter--><div class="inlineimageItself inlineimageCenter" style="width: 460px;"><div class="inlineimageCaption"><span style="line-height: normal;">My computer was a goner!!! As I sat at the abyss of the cyberland, I received the bad news. My computer’s hard drive was corrupted. Gone were my Flipbook files, Christmas pictures, drawings and movies and itunes (third party entries – meaning my CD’s).<p><a href="http://www.awn.com/blogs/always-animated/i-sat-abyss-cyberland-i-received-bad-news-my-computer-s-hard-drive-was-corrupt">read more</a></p> http://www.awn.com/blogs/always-animated/i-sat-abyss-cyberland-i-received-bad-news-my-computer-s-hard-drive-was-corrupt#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:26:30 -0800 llauria 85914 at http://www.awn.com