Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Spend your Saturday morning with us! We are proudly hosting a Master Lecture with James Lopez with a new time and date! 

Register here to attend the online meeting!http://conta.cc/15wlzrJ



Saturday, June 22, 2013; was a great day, we had an amazing lecture about acting, research and video referencing to get an animated scene in top performance with disney animator David Block. Experience and the guidance of an expert truly makes a huge difference in your career path. Congratulations to those who had the privilege to attend. Highlights of the session coming up, and a link to the entire session to those who were in attendance.

Thank you David Block...you made Virtual Animators rock!


Friday, June 21, 2013

Registration closes tonight at 12AM PST for our Master Lecture with David Block! He is an animator who has worked on many animated features. David has refined his acting skills and will show you how to do your preliminary homework before you start animating a scene!

He has presented this lecture at many established art schools and just recently at Disney Feature Animation!

Learn from the best! Be sure to sign up and register soon!

http://t.co/8Blt4bJJzE



Tuesday, June 18, 2013


Fellow Animator, Nik Ranieri, shared a wonderful photo of how live action reference was used during the making of Disney’s beloved film “The Little Mermaid” with the help of a very familiar face!

Take a look!
One of the things they used to do on these films was to shoot live action reference for the animators to study. This video was not rotoscoped. It was merely used to help with certain movement and drawing problems. Because it wasn’t meant to be traced, some of the crew were used as stand-ins for characters not deemed necessary for live action reference. Here’s Sherri Stoner as Ariel with Glen Keane helping out.

Monday, June 17, 2013


Next up! We have Animation Director, DAVID BLOCK who will be stopping by to give us a Master Lecture on “Acting and Live Action Reference for Animation”.

Coming Saturday, June 22nd at 11AM PST!

His long list of credits can be found here! http://www.davidblockart.com/resume.php
Coming Saturday, June 22nd at 6PM PST.

Mark your calendars! Registration w
ill open soon for this online event!

Thursday, June 13, 2013

We are dedicated to bring you quality instruction and Master Lectures to help inspire and bring you to the next level in the your artistic skills! 

Registration is still OPEN for our Master Lecture with JAMES LOPEZ Saturday, June 15 @ 2PM! Register here!http://conta.cc/ZjKUbg


Friday, June 7, 2013

Who remembers this little guy? That fiesty little “pain” to the miser of the underworld?

We welcome the Supervising Animator for “Pain” JAMES LOPEZ, to our Master Lectures tomorrow night! His lecture on "Pitching a film project" is well organized with visual material and plenty of inspiration! 

Who knows? We may even see YOUR work up here someday! 

(James Lopez-Supervising Animator of Pain from Disney’s “Hercules”)