Pixar's Anthony Wong shares his experience of working on Anamalia's new animation, Wildlife Crossing, revealing the skills needed to start your own short film. Mortiz Schneider shares his 10 tips to designing heroes and villains for an animated short, using his award-winning movie Harald as an example.
There's more insights and inspiration from DreamWorks talent scout Shelley Page who reveals her 15 best animations of 2014. Plus! Ed Hooks reveals the importance of performance for animators as he argues a great artist should be a good actor.
Tutorials this issue cover modo modelling, sculpting a Catwoman figure for 3D printing, creating a photo-real arch-viz scene in Blender and much more!
Features this issue include:
Life in the Fast Lane – Pixar's Anthony Wong reveals what it takes to make a great animated short
Short and Sweet – Discover the 10 tips to creating unique heroes and villains for animation
The Eyecandy Show – DreamWorks' Shelley Page picks the 15 best animated shorts for 2014
Creating fire and water – Discover the VFX studios solutions to creating realistic fire and water visual effects
Acting for animators – Ed Hooks shares his views on how to get more from an animated performance
Training this issue includes:
ZBrush – How to model a curvy cartoon female character
ZBrush – Learn to sculpt a toy figure for 3D printing
Modo 801 – Improve your essential Modo modelling skills
LightWave 3D – Create abstract animations using Hypervoxel Blending
Google Earth/Maya/Photoshop – Learn how to use satellite data in your terrain modelling
Blender – Create a photo-real arch-viz scene using Blender
Ian Dean is Editor, Digital Arts & 3D at Creative Bloq, and the former editor of many leading magazines. These titles included ImagineFX, 3D World and video game titles Play and Official PlayStation Magazine. Ian launched Xbox magazine X360 and edited PlayStation World. For Creative Bloq, Ian combines his experiences to bring the latest news on digital art, VFX and video games and tech, and in his spare time he doodles in Procreate, ArtRage, and Rebelle while finding time to play Xbox and PS5.
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