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Get expert animation advice from Pixar’s directing animators Andrew Gordon and Robb Denovan as they reveal 10 tips and tricks.

The team at Pixar are behind some of the best 3D movies to ever hit the screen. Here, directing animators Andrew Gordon and Robb Denovan share their expertise on what it takes to be a great animator.

01. Do your research

If you're just jumping into a shot, you’re taking a risk. Actors do research and so should animators. Prepare yourself for your work in whatever way suits you. Some prefer drawing, while others do video research. Do whatever works for you and make it a habit.

02. On locomotion

If you have to animate something that you haven’t animated before, break it down into its simple components. For example, on Monsters University, animating the tentacles on Terry-Terri was challenging. We tried to colour-code all his different tentacles to make them easier to see.

The PIxar team had to colour-code Terry-Terri's tentacles in order to see them better and make them easier to animate

03. On workflow

Try to keep your animation playback in real time. The faster you can work, the better you will be able see changes happen. Work with a light model, and use a primitive base to stand in for your complex sets. Leave aside all the complicated stuff that would slow down your scene until the shot is close to completion, then add it in.

04. Use those tools

There are a lot of things that computers and CG software do well.
Make sure that you put your work into the acting and performance, and then let the computer tools help you polish the work to a fine level.

05. Know what to polish

Assess the parts of the scene that really need a high level of finish and spend the time on that aspect of the scene. Prioritise the areas that really need the time and work around that.

Assess the parts of the scene that really need a high level of finish and spend the time on that aspect of the scene

06. Show often and early

It’s better to get your work out there rather than hide away animating until you think it’s a perfect time to show it. You really need to put your ego away and be open to an honest critique. It’s very rare that scenes fly under the radar without notes. Animation is a collaboration. You and the director are trying to find the best possible performance for that point in the story, and that process takes time.

07. When in doubt, throw it out

Sometimes a scene can get so confused and complicated that I save a recording of my work and the scene file and then start again from the beginning.

Try to use as few controls as possible so you can move from pose to pose with relative ease

I try to use as few controls as possible so I can move from pose to pose with relative ease. Often, animators have overly complicated setups for how they animate. Try to keep things simple.

08. Don't think there is a right way to block

Step key, layering, keyframing, straight ahead - the list goes on. Everyone works differently and, depending on the scene, a shot might be blocked in using different methods. Some scenes require a complex pose; others might just be a pogo stick bouncing around. The point is to not think that there’s a magic bullet for blocking. The trick to remember is that the blocking should be clear.

When you are working on a production and footage needs to flow, grab anything that might help

09. Beg, borrow and steal

When you are working on a production and footage needs to flow, grab anything that might help: walk cycles, face shapes, hand shapes and so on. If you see someone that did a great piece of work, go and talk to them about it, find out what made that scene so great. Some animators will open up other animators’ shots and see how they are doing things. People want to understand how they got to that place.

10. Live life

Let's face it: animation is an acting profession. It’s important to have some life experience to imbue your characters with. Travel, go to see shows, watch people, write down your ideas and record memorable moments. In order to animate well you need to be a great observer.

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It's hard, it's painful and most of us who animate would do it for free

You also need to have a certain sense of what makes a scene entertaining. Some animators excel at the funny, others hit the physicality and others are great at the subtle acting; and then you have the guys that can do it all.

But remember this: it’s hard, it’s painful and most of us who animate would do it for free. Seeing that character come to life is still magic.

Words: Andrew Gordon and Robb Denovan

Andrew Gordon joined Pixar in 1997, where he has been an animator on A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc, The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Finding Nemo. He also teaches at California College of The Arts in Oakland.

Robb Denovan is a character animator at Pixar Animation Studios, whose most recent projects include the Academy Award-winning Brave and Pixar’s most recent animated feature film, Monsters University.

This article originally appeared in 3D World magazine.

When She Loved Me

그녀가 날 사랑했을 때..


When somebody loved me 
Everything was beautiful 
Every hour spent together 
Lives within my heart 

누군가가 나를 사랑했을 땐...
모든 것이 아름다웠지.
함께 했던 순간순간이 
내 마음 속에 남아 있어...


And when she was sad 
I was there to dry her tears 
And when she was happy 
So was I
When she loved me 

그리고, 그녀가 슬퍼할 때
난 그녀의 눈물을 닦아주었지. 
그리고, 그녀가 행복해 할때는
나 또한 행복했었어.
그녀가 나를 사랑했을때...

Through the summer and the fall 
We had each other that was all 
Just she and I together 
Like it was meant to be 

여름이 지나 가을이 가도
우린 서로의 곁에 있었어... 
마치 그렇게 운명지어졌던 것 처럼 
그녀와 난 함께... 
그게 전부였어.


And when she was lonely 
I was there to comfort her 
And I knew that she loved me 

그리고 그녀가 외로워할 때...
난 그녀를 위로해주었지.
그리고 난 그녀가 날 사랑한다는 걸 알았어.


So the years went by 
I stayed the same 
But she began to drift away 
I was left alone 
Still i waited for the day 
When she'd say "I will always love you" 

시간이 지나도
내 사랑엔 변함이 없었어.
(직역: 난 그와 똑같은 상태로 머물렀다. 또웃기져?__* 그래서 또 의역)
하지만, 그녀는 방황하기 시작했고,
난 홀로남겨졌어.
"당신을 영원히 사랑할거에요"라고 그녀가 말할 
그 날을 난 여전히 기다리고 있었지. 

Lonely and forgotten 
Never thought she'd look my way 
She smiled at me and held me just like she use to do 
Like she loved me 
When she loved me 

외롭게 잊혀졌을 거라 생각했고,
난 그녀가 다시 내게 돌아올거라 생각하지 못했어...
그녀는 마치 언제나 그랬었던 것 처럼 
나를 향해 미소 지어주었고, 날 안아 주었어.
그녀가 날 사랑했던 것 처럼...
그녀가 날 사랑했을 때...


When somebody loved me 
Everything was beautiful 
Every hour spent together 
Lives wintin my heart 
When she loved me.

누군가가 나를 사랑했을 땐...
모든 것이 아름다웠지.
함께 했던 순간순간이 
내 마음 속에 남아 있어...
그녀가 나를 사랑했을 때.

스킨은 어려운 분야는 아니지만 경험치네요... 안해본것도 아닌데 다까먹어보려요. 

신입때조차 스튜디오 선생님이 마야리깅 다 시켰는데 저만 안하겠다고 선언했었는데... 이나이에 스킨을 다시배우고있을줄이야..

5를 주면 3이나 2로 받아들이지말고 최소 5에서10은 받아들여야겠습니다. 싫어도하자요 스킨~

다 피가되고 살이될거에요~

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q1>한번 버택스 단위로 조절된 부분이 왜 엔빌롭 단위로 조절이 안되는건지 궁금합니다. 
안되네요 안됩니다 최대한 엔빌롭에서 마무리를 끝까지하고 마지목해 넘어갑니다. 

q2>추가로 입술이랑 눈 깜박임 본 하고싶어요 
가능합니다 가능해요 
 
Q3>모발이나 스커트본 위치설정  
위치는 항상 대칭이 좋고 균일한것이 좋고 그렇다