Wednesday, May 13, 2015

A Lecture on Animating Hercules


That photo was taken years ago after we had just finished work on the 1997 film Hercules. I had fun animating this character, even though it was a challenging assignment. Though stylized in appearance, his acting needed to be pretty realistic in order to communicate subtle emotions like self doubt, shyness and falling in love.
I will talk more about Hercules and share original never before shown pencil tests this coming Saturday, May 16, at 11 am PDT. My friends at Virtual Animators will make this event possible. If you are interested in joining me, here is the link:





7 comments:

  1. would these pencil tests be available to watch them online after the lesson takes place?

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  2. As far as draftsmanship, I think Hercules was one of your most succesful characters. You handled him beautifully :)

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  4. I'm really excited for this event! I remember being in high school and first hearing of you through your work on Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin! I even dressed up as Jafar for Halloween.

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  5. Just signed up for the event and I am ridiculously excited for it! I really enjoyed your talk at CTN Expo. I am always fascinated with your insight, which is why you are one of my top favorite animators (right next to Frank and Ollie).

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  6. Someone has to say it Andreas. You are so incredibly sexy in that photo. WOW!!!!

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  7. It's hard for me to make it to the live lecture so I just finished up watching it. This time I focused on things that don't move in your tests like a planted foot or a bending knee. Its so hard to adequately animate that type of stuff to give the impression of not only weight but a solidly moving form. Good stuff as usual, Andreas.

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