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Animation FUNdamentals Is Now Live

Digicel Inc. and Larry Lauria's Toon Institute have partnered to present Animation FUNdamentals -- affordable online animation lessons for aspiring artists and animators.

The lessons are geared to meet the level of the participants.

Animator/director and instructor Lauria, said,"When Kent Braun and I brainstormed on this project -- our goal was to make animation lessons available to folks in junior high and high school. Then, as we developed our curriculum, we found that any age or ability could take these lessons."

Lauria, with more than 33 years in the industry, including a stint as the head of animation at the Disney Institute, is no stranger to varied levels of students. "We never knew who was going to come through the door -- it could be folks with no animation or drawing experience, or they could be pros The teaching was a challenge -- and it kept us sharp."

The Animation FUNdamentals lessons begin simply with a Shape Changing lesson and build from there. Subsequent lessons include standard exercises like the bouncing ball, jumps, a walk, etc. and then progress to custom lessons Lauria created such as the Tarzan exercise, the emotional sack and others. "I created the emotional sack exercise years ago- and based it on the drawings of sack poses from Ward Kimball, one of my teachers at school."

A basic lesson includes several lecture demos and several downloadable handouts and is priced around $20 a lesson. Private feedback is also available at an extra cost.

The basis for the lessons is the Flipbook software by Digicel Inc. which also includes several pricing options. Participants will be able to display their work and upload it into galleries.

For more information go to: http://www.digicelinc.com/fun/index.htm.

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