animation expert Aaron Blaise takes you through an overview of how to get started using the latest version of TVPaint. It's interesting to note what is being described in this video is equally the 'ungrounding' of reality by adding to it a large yet logically progressive dose of pure fantasy. Watch as Aaron takes you through how to create shortcuts in TVPaint 11 along with creating removable under drawings. It fits but only when understood in proper context. As such evolution is a useful if not unfortunate term to me. General Disclaimer: I accept the term 'evolution' to mean living things adapting to a given environment although others don't differentiate in this same way.Īs creative creatures we evolve/adapt our creative concepts and ideas similarly. Note that these tips generally run about 15 minutes to include intro, plugs, summary etc.Īaron is excellent at covering a lot of material quickly and concisely. Sign up for Aaron's newsletter and get a PDF booklet: "How to Draw Elephants". Using Reference to ground the imaginary into realityĬurrent freebie offered (not mentioned in this tip but now available on site): pulling the real into your imaginary concepts/work to improve upon and ground those ideas) (TVPaint) Character Concept Art & Development Sketches. great gift for young artists especially! Concepts easily transferred to CG) Acting for Animation with Aaron Blaise CreatureArtTeacher Free download. as I'm just typing quickly from memory and filtering content through my brain):Ĭedric Hornsteadt's Pose Drawing Sparkbook (Note: I joined the kickstarter on this one and recieved it in the mail a few weeks back. During that time he worked as an animator or supervising animator on The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas, Mulan and more. You can learn a lot about animating and using the TVPaint interface just from watching his Livestreams of him animating scenes using TVPaint. Aaron Blaise About Aaron Blaise For 21 years Aaron worked with Disney helping to create some of the greatest animated films ever made. Summary (please pardon spelling mistakes etc. 28, 2021: definitely check out Aaron Blaises YouTube Channel for the many additional animation tutorials he has posted in the past six years since I first made this post.