Many of us watched Bob Ross make beautiful landscapes with a technique he claimed anyone could replicate. I imagine those that picked up a canvas to follow along would find it harder than he made it seem. Countless folks pursue…
Figure 1. The Animated Tea-towel by St Paul’s Animation Club (2024) I once had a rather memorable conversation with a colleague at a wrap party for a production I had worked on. This took place some years ago now, though…
Animation education today often begins not with pencils or paper, but with software. Many students arrive expecting that animation should be produced seamlessly by machine, efficient, polished, and screen-ready from the start. Manuals like Richard Williams’ The Animator’s Survival Kit…
