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Webinar: Creating A Sci-Fi Series Alone

One-hour webinar where I talk about my workflow creating an independent animated series as a one-man operation, with Moho at the center. I talk about how I puts together scenes, show various character rigs I created over time, and what considerations went into...

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Vlog: Shadywoods – The Making Of

I'll be taking several scenes from the pilot and explain how I animated them. There might be spoilers. But then again you won't be able to see the pilot for another year or so anyway, so who cares? Pilot Complete – Rigs Updated...

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Vlog: My Updated Character Rig

After almost a year the Shadywoods pilot is finally complete! While I cannot show you the full pilot, I'll be talking about what I changed in my standard Moho character rig after creating a full 22-minute episode, and you'll get to see the trailer at the end. Pilot...

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Shadywoods Status October 2024

Done, done and done! Kinda. Well, the pilot is complete, I'm currently doing a final review with my script editor Greg Wong and other people, and after a few small tweaks (or not), Shadywoods will be off to various film festivals! https://vimeo.com/995656791...

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Shadywoods Status August 2024

About 9 1/2 minutes of the 22-minute pilot are in the can, but things are now accelerating since most assets I need are ready and I can churn out full scenes much faster than before. I have also been busy finishing my pitching materials for the series, which is now...

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Shadywoods Status July 2024

About 7 minutes of the 22-minute pilot are in the can, but currently I'm stuck again in background creation hell. I still have about 15 more backgrounds to complete, and 5 more characters to rig before I can go back to 100% animation and complete the episode. I...

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Oldie But Goldie: Squash & Stretch

Squash & stretch is as old as animation itself and I’ll show you how you can use it to free your puppet animation from the rigid shackles of a bone structure (or at least make it look like it was). Flipping Head Turns!...

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New Technique is Turning Heads

Head turns in animation aren’t such a big deal, unless you want to combine them with head tilts. Then you’re in a world of pain, unless you use my new way of doing head turns/tilts that mix well and save time! Flipping Head Turns!...

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The hardest scene is done!

I just completed a fairly complex action scene for the pilot of Shadywoods and thought I'd summarize some of my findings, pains and struggles in a YouTube video episode… Animating a Complex Scene in Moho Pro...