Category Archives: Animation

New Year’s Resolution

Posted on December 31, 2012 by margoburns

I have not spent time with this blog since last July, but not because I have been idle on the short.  With the New Year, I will start a series of posts to try to do some catch-up to where … Continue reading →

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the Fleischer Studios’ “Standard Production Reference”

Posted on June 11, 2012 by margoburns

I have been looking back at the work I’ve done on my film over the previous three months, and I am struck by two things: the chaos and the order. When I started out committing to make this film, I … Continue reading →

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The pig flip

Posted on May 23, 2012 by margoburns

My work yesterday evening was to try to work out the timing for the pig flip with five main positions: start, up, rotate to 90°, rotate to 180°, down. Very brief – two seconds max. In the first attempt I … Continue reading →

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Milt Kahl

Posted on May 22, 2012 by margoburns

It’s totally wrong to even presume to compare myself to Milt Kahl, but so often in recent weeks, I’ve been reminded of the bit in Richard Williams’ book when he describes asking Kahl if he ever listened to music while … Continue reading →

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Another Pencil Test

Posted on May 10, 2012 by margoburns

For all the drawing I’ve been doing this past week, when it’s come to doing my first pencil test of a character, I feel like I’ve seized right up again!  Arrgh!  But I still have something, as a place to … Continue reading →

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More sketching of the Deacon

Posted on May 6, 2012 by margoburns

To do my pencil test of the Deacon (Isaac Sr.) contemplating what to do, I really need to work more on what kind of expressive acting range I can give him, and what I want to communicate about his inner … Continue reading →

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Giving dimension to my characters

Posted on May 4, 2012 by margoburns

I worked for a while this evening on Isaac Sr., trying to take the drawing of him from the very two dimension comic face looking straight on, to be able to move him around in space to seem three-dimensional while … Continue reading →

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First Pencil Test

Posted on May 2, 2012 by margoburns

On my quest to sidestep my writer’s block on how to iron out the story, I have managed to get my first actual pencil test done tonight – just nine drawings of Isaac Sr. turning the pipe around in his … Continue reading →

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My animation paper arrives!

Posted on April 27, 2012 by margoburns

I am finally back at my job after four days of being sick, and I’m behind where I want to be on the film, but chest colds just knock all the energy out of me. Two cartons with my animation … Continue reading →

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Software options

Posted on April 21, 2012 by margoburns

As I’ve been working on my animatics, I’ve been using the software Frames 4 from Tech4Learning, the first animation software I encountered about 5 years ago, and which inspired me on this path.  Frames 5 has just been released, and … Continue reading →

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