Larry's Toon Institute

	WHAT'S NEW -- A Character Walk can be a challenge for any animator. Once you break it down into it's simplest ingredients it becomes second nature. What's In this Section: THE TOON INSTITUTE'S FREE ANIMATION COURSE 1. Bouncing Ball -- shows you step by step how to create your first bit of animation using "squash and stretch" techniques. 2. Further Adventures from the Bouncing Ball -- offers intermediate techniques using "squash and stretch" to help your animation appear more realistic. 3. Character Construction -- basic figure construction using cylinders, circles and lines of action. 4. Basic Head Construction Part 1 -- is very simple. Like all character design it is based on simplified anatomy and construction. 5. Basic Head Construction Part 2 -- we will explore how to create more complex character head construction. 6. Timing-- is the essence of everything we do in animation. How slow or how fast an object or character moves helps define that object or character. 7. Anticipation -- is another important cornerstone of animation; learn how and when to use it. 8. How to "Thumbnail" a scene -- learn how to visually research before you animate. 9. Time to Animate -- shows you how to animate a simple action of a character jump. 10. Posing -- it is through posing that our charcters express their emotions to the audience. 11. Character Model Sheets -- here is the process to develop your own Character Model Sheets with some tips on other simple shape character designs you might want to experiment with... 12. Overlapping Action -- will help make your animation more fluid, less stiff and a bit more “life” to your work. 13. Character Walk -- can be a challenge for any animator. Once you break it down into it's simplest ingredients it becomes second nature.   Pencil test -- see the Time to Animate lesson brought to life in the Animation section.   RÉSUMÉ: about larry -- Larry Lauria's résumé, including radio, television, and movie credits. [ TOP ] All images copyright © Larry Lauria, 1999 Web site design and programming by Robyn Urcuyo-Siani