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Sphere to Avengers – My 7 yr Animation Progress

by Lucas Ridley | Jun 15, 2021 | Animation, blog

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Reconnect Missing Textures In Maya

by Lucas Ridley | May 23, 2021 | Animation, blog, tutorial

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[New Course] Learn Adobe Premiere Pro

by Lucas Ridley | May 9, 2021 | blog, courses

https://youtu.be/2eZz6gK9bJc If you’ve touched a computer then you’ve probably had a relative or coworker ask you to make a video slideshow for them. Now you can, easily. (Or tell them to take this course and do it themselves.) Birthdays, anniversaries, holiday...

Real Camera Motion Library

by Lucas Ridley | Apr 29, 2021 | Animation, blog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nofSd6GDRDE I'm excited to announce the release of the Real Camera Motion Library! There are over 1,600 files in this package that is comprised of 40 main camera moves motion-captured at 60fps. The file variations include: 24/30/60fps...

Metahuman Live Link + Maya Tutorials

by Lucas Ridley | Apr 19, 2021 | Animation, blog, tutorial

This week I released another YouTube video featuring the latest well-earned craze in our industry: Metahumans! Learn how to set up your phone to record face capture data, and my favorite thing I've learned so far, how to use Maya with the face rig!! There's no...

How Much Can You Make Working In Video Games?

by Lucas Ridley | Apr 6, 2021 | blog, career advice

https://youtu.be/Lt_6gdn1npY This week I discuss salary survey results from the video games industry and my experience working and living abroad and some of the things you should consider when chasing that dough! Ready to get started? Create your account now, or join...

Spiderverse Shader Lesson [Maya + Arnold]

by Lucas Ridley | Mar 30, 2021 | blog, tutorial

https://youtu.be/Aifk93ILAOs Watch the first lesson free on how to create this spiderverse shader. If you are a DCS member, you already have access to the full course via your student dashboard. If you want to buy the shader by itself you can do so...

Develop Your Passion

by Lucas Ridley | Mar 24, 2021 | blog, career advice

https://youtu.be/iD5HmRmtChE This lesson discusses how to develop your passion and approach creating a creative career for yourself. You can take the entire course for free here: Ready to get started? Create your account now, or join our mailing list to be notified of...

Animate a Looping 3D Blob [New Course]

by Lucas Ridley | Mar 22, 2021 | blog, courses

https://youtu.be/dppZoJgfz8I In this short course, you will quickly learn some interesting techniques to create a floating and animating blob effect that can also be applied to other objects like text, which we will also cover in Lesson 5. This course moves fast so...

Beeple Animation Breakdown

by Lucas Ridley | Mar 20, 2021 | Animation, blog

https://youtu.be/GpiH43TzBn0 This week I give a behind-the-scenes look into how I quickly created a loopable animation featuring the artist Beeple inside Autodesk Maya. Enjoy! Ready to get started? Create your account now, or join our mailing list to be notified of...