I created a short new min-course on how to create a common transition effect in After Effects but with an added twist, the warp zoom transition. Check it out here. (If you want to learn how to create the medical animation, click...
https://youtu.be/vy61pGqvqWQ This week’s video we get a sneak peak into the Break Into The Animation Industry course with this dense informational snippet of my interview with creative director Ryan Summers. Learn what he looks for in a motion designer’s...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6U6U2XcCYI&t=11s Click Here to go to the course. Learn how you can break into this competitive and rewarding industry. I give you insights I’ve gained from working as a professional animator for 10 years on major movies...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF-Q4pZAABk This months new class is all about creating a custom shading network using Arnold nodes in Maya to re-create the look of the comic book style 3d animated movie “Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse.” You can learn...
In the Maya for Beginners class I teach how to hand paint textures, but in this free lesson I show you how to make them procedurally to add some worn areas to the edges of your 3D model. DCS members can download this shader from the resource...
The top mistakes I see beginners make are with: Extrusions Edge Loops Mentality I’ve taught thousands of students and and answered hundreds of questions and these three issues keep popping up with total beginners to modeling and to Maya so I wanted to make a...