Dancing in the Movies (21st Century)

KLAUS | Walk Cycle Mash-up

Some great walks here! Nice reference!

LAIKA's Missing Link | Animating Action in Missing Link

Hands in Movies: Grabbing Your Attention

Reference: NASA Image and Video Library

// NASA Image and Video Library



Great reference material here! More about the collection below:

// From the stars to the cloud—NASA image and video library comes home

Thinking, Indecision, Emotion Reference: Ten Meter Tower

There is some great performance reference in the is short film. The fear, indecision and waves of emotion that the jumpers deal with is very genuine. The focused thinking, gestures and micro expressions are fantastic. 

// Ten Meter Tower: Would you jump? Or would you chicken out?

Star Wars Archaeology Panel 2016

John Knoll, Chief Creative Officer, Doug Chiang, Vice President Executive Creative Director and Kevin Jenkins, Supervising Art Director take attendees on a journey through amazing stories and rarely seen imagery from the Star Wars films.

Aaron Blaise: Horse Run Cycle Breakdown

Aaron Blaise posted this excellent horse run cycle cheat sheet today on his Twitter feed. Great reference! Also, checkout the animated cycle below.

You can follow him on Twitter here: @AaronBlaiseArt

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— Aaron Blaise (@AaronBlaiseArt) August 17, 2016

It’s All About Story And Nothing Else

Also check out this great list of screenwriting blogs via NYFA:

// The Best Screenwriting Blogs

Creature Reference: Gorillas Brawl at Nebraska Zoo

// Gorilla breaks glass at Nebraska Zoo

animGESTURE: New Figure Drawing Website

A friend of mine Jimmy Almeida has started this new figure drawing website animGESTURE! It should be a great tool for animators and artists. Check out the website below:

// animGESTURE

Reference Of The Day: The Sochi Olympics, Frame by Frame

Check out these fantastic images from the Sochi Olympics! Great motion reference! More over on the NY Times website here:

// The Sochi Olympics, Frame by Frame

Isolated Flight Paths of Birds Part 2

Reference of the day: Isolated Flight Paths of Birds

This is one of the coolest things I've seen all day! More over on COLOSSAL 








Water Spiders

Reference Galore! The British Library Adds One Million Public Domain Images to Flickr

Here's an amazing collection of public domain images recently uploaded to Flickr by The British Library! via petapixel

// The British Library Adds One Million Public Domain Images to Flickr

Reference of the day: The Serengeti Lions

Here's some amazing footage of lions on the Serengeti. Really gorgeous closeup shots. Beautiful to watch! Great reference!




// The Serengeti Lion via National Geographic 

The History Channel : Secrets of Body Language

Reference of the day: Francis Prior's Macro Photography

If you need some awesome reference material for that alien or creature design you're working on then  check out Francis Prior's macro photography! It's real treasure trove of hires macro images!

// Francis Prior Macro Photography

Performance Reference: World Champion Magician Yann Frisch

This is a fantastic  performance by new magician Yann Frisch! The character he has created for this piece is great! The timing, pacing, and body language is superb!

'FISM award winner and French magic champion Yann Frisch is one of magic’s freshest talents. Yann has been creating a sensation wherever he goes with his unique take on classic magic, an absurdist take on the cups and balls. Cool, clever, stylish and oh so artful. We are proud to have one of France’s top performers at EMC.' via Essential Magic Conference

Stuff bouncing off Gelatin in slow motion

some fun reference here!