Special announcement to my European friends! I have been invited to speak at this year’s Pixel Vienna in the beautiful city of…well…Vienna, Austria. I am very excited to be able to present my talk “The Power of Pantomime: Creating unique characters through purposeful movement” during the weekend of Oct 30 – Nov 01…(Read More)
(Let me know what you think in the comments!) This October I will be teaching the “Advanced Sequence Work” workshop at iAnimate.net. More simply known as Feature Workshop 6. And while I have been teaching it since the inception of the school, I have always felt that it is the most mysterious and misunderstood…(Read More)
I think everyone who has ever decided to keep a blog has had this post – the one that reads “Oh man, it’s been SO long since my last post.” I’ve certainly written one or two of those in past incarnations of my blogging career. This one is thankfully for good reason, and…(Read More)
In this slightly longer AnimTip I talk about how I use detailed observation about body attitude, weight & balance, and body center to speculate on a persons emotional state, and then translate that to a drawing or pose. Feel free to leave any questions or comments below, or in the YouTube comment section. Thanks! /ken…(Read More)
Blocking your animation using the concept of “lead and follow” – using the iAnimate rig “Zoey” to create a face test that feels engaged and alive. A small nugget, but I hope a useful one. /ken  …(Read More)
How to use the squash and stretch principle in animation to create breakdowns and transitions between facial expressions. Helpful? Let me know! 🙂 /ken  …(Read More)
This week I signed a deal to have both the SplatFrog.com and Crackerbox YouTube Channels distributed through the Channel Frederator Network. That sounds much bigger than it is, but it will have some nice benefits. Frederator, as you may know, has been pioneering the indie cartoon world for a while now, discovering the likes…(Read More)
While doing a little test shot with the new iAnimate.net rig “Zoey” I figured I’d stop a couple times and record some ideas that are important to me as I animate. Brief and to the point! 🙂 /k  …(Read More)
A recent thought about using ever changing eye movement to create subtle or complex acting beats in your animation. Dig. /ken  …(Read More)
A quick explanation of how using still frames from your video reference can be a way to get better key poses and a stronger story. Hope you dig it 🙂 /ken  …(Read More)
