What's the single most important thing that animation graduates need to do when applying for work? Of course, the main thing a professio...

Constantin Stanislavski Constantin Stanislavski was a Russian actor and theatre director who was one of the first to set down in writing the...

Tip Number 6 - stay low poly One of the most common problems students encounter, especially when working from home, is their Maya scene ...

Eyes - Window to the Soul "Eye darts" are fast moving micro-changes of eye direction. Eyes are the window to the soul - it...

Animators need rhino hide Why should animators be like a rhinoceros? Because rhinos have thick hides, and animators need thick hides t...

Part of the secret of having a successful career as an animator is learning how to be good and fast at the same time. Directors want qua...

"Ultimate" Tail Here at Bucks we're r ecommending this free "Ultimate Tail" Rig for all our students, available ...

Here at Bucks New Uni we are recommending t he Eleven Rig to all our student animators. "Eleven" is available for free download...

50 Ways to Sit by Kevin Parry follows on from 100 Ways to Walk , an inventive and clever imagining on the many different ways in which ...

Hard Drive - full of moving parts There are few things more depressing than being told by a student that their hard drive has died, and ...

New look Graph Editor Not everyone is a fan of the Maya 2017 interface. In particular, the new-look Graph Editor isn't necessarily a...

How do you stop the feet sliding when you animate a walk cycle? It's a question often asked by animation students and, since the ans...

Animation Methods by David Rodriguez is a very, very good book on learning animation in Maya.  It's a book that focuses primarily on...

Above is an excellent video on how to animate lipsync, showing how to break the process down into easy sections. The idea is to make su...

How do we make beautiful renders in Maya? "Utah teapot" - Wikimedia Commons How do you make a Batch Render of your frames in M...

Horse in Motion by Edward Muybridge How can animators use live action reference to create believable animation?  Back in the old 2D d...

The Iron Giant Many years ago I worked on The Iron Giant, a wonderful film and a priceless opportunity to work with one of the very bes...

Autodesk Maya is a big and complex piece of software, full of traps and pitfalls for the unwary. The "Unknown Nodes" ...

Dr Leonhard Euler by Jakob Emanuel Handmann.  Image: Wikipedia Look under the Curves menu in the Graph Editor in Maya and you will see a...

Mental Ray by Nvidia Mental Ray is a renderer that comes free with Maya - but sometimes it goes missing. One of the most common question...