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!

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!

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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.