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Joe Summerhays
January 20, 2018

Instructor Guide PDF & Overview Video

Joe Summerhays
January 20, 2018
Instructor Guide PDF & Overview Video

To understand the Animating Kids recipes, you need to know they are not all alike. The instructions change from lesson to lesson depending on the difficulty of the idea being demonstrated.

Joe Summerhays
January 10, 2018

Recipe 1 - Set Up

Joe Summerhays
January 10, 2018
Recipe 1 - Set Up

Setting up a mobile device is easy, especially if you are resourceful! This video shows 8 different ways to get a mobile device in position to start animating.

Joe Summerhays
December 31, 2017

Recipe 2 - Frames Per Second

Joe Summerhays
December 31, 2017
Recipe 2 - Frames Per Second

You will learn how many pictures to take in order to create basic animation effects.

Joe Summerhays
December 18, 2017

Recipe 3 - Sound Design

Joe Summerhays
December 18, 2017
Recipe 3 - Sound Design

Use your mouth for the fastest and easiest SFX. Most stop motion apps have a sound button. You will learn to look for this button. 

Joe Summerhays
December 8, 2017

Recipe 4 - Spacing is Speed

Joe Summerhays
December 8, 2017
Recipe 4 - Spacing is Speed

You will learn how to animate fast, medium, or slow motion speeds. Spacing determines speed.

Joe Summerhays
December 1, 2017

Recipe 5 - Speeding Up and Slowing Down

Joe Summerhays
December 1, 2017
Recipe 5 - Speeding Up and Slowing Down

The transition from fast to slow, or from slow to fast is everywhere in animation.

Joe Summerhays
November 29, 2017

Recipe 6 - Bouncing Ball

Joe Summerhays
November 29, 2017
Recipe 6 - Bouncing Ball

Impacts and showing motion along a curve is common in all animation. The bouncing ball is a classic in animation instruction.

Joe Summerhays
November 23, 2017

Recipe 7 - Squash

Joe Summerhays
November 23, 2017
Recipe 7 - Squash

An animator must have the idea of squash as part of the vocabulary and skill of animation.

Joe Summerhays
November 18, 2017

Recipe 8 - Stretch

Joe Summerhays
November 18, 2017
Recipe 8 - Stretch

Understanding this basic concept will be one of the main reasons your characters and animations will seem real to your audience. 

Joe Summerhays
November 8, 2017

Recipe 9 - Bouncing Ball with Squash and Stretch

Joe Summerhays
November 8, 2017
Recipe 9 - Bouncing Ball with Squash and Stretch

This exercise combines two ideas happening at the same time. Moving the ball along a curve with speed-up and slow-down spacing, while at the same time squashing and stretching requires concentration. 

Joe Summerhays
October 31, 2017

Recipe 10 - Wind-up

Joe Summerhays
October 31, 2017
Recipe 10 - Wind-up

Winding up before any action is a great way to take your animation skills to the next level. Almost all motion has some form of wind-up or follow-through, and sometimes both!

Joe Summerhays
October 26, 2017

Recipe 11 - Follow-through

Joe Summerhays
October 26, 2017
Recipe 11 -                    Follow-through

Follow-through is important because it shows what effects happen after the basic animation. You will learn to watch for opportunities to show a follow-through.

Joe Summerhays
October 17, 2017

Recipe 12 - Squash & Stretch / Wind-Up and Follow-Through

Joe Summerhays
October 17, 2017
Recipe 12 - Squash & Stretch / Wind-Up and Follow-Through

Knowing and using wind-up and follow-through put you on the road to animation mastery.

Joe Summerhays
October 7, 2017

Recipe 13 - Throw

Joe Summerhays
October 7, 2017
Recipe 13 - Throw

Wind-up and follow-through are explored as a part of creating a throwing motion. An animator can make almost any motion more interesting by adding some wind-up and follow-through.

Joe Summerhays
September 30, 2017

Recipe 14 - Sneeze

Joe Summerhays
September 30, 2017
Recipe 14 - Sneeze

You will use the windup, speeding-up, follow-through and slowing-down. The sneeze recipe is a great example of keeping track of three or four things at the same time.

Joe Summerhays
September 20, 2017

Recipe 15 - Shake

Joe Summerhays
September 20, 2017
Recipe 15 - Shake

Adding shakes whenever you see the opportunity means you are starting to think like an animator. You want to have an impact on the emotions of your audience. So it’s time to get shaking.

Joe Summerhays
September 10, 2017

Recipe 16 - Quiver

Joe Summerhays
September 10, 2017
Recipe 16 - Quiver

You will also use a quiver when a hammer rings a bell, when a ball hits a head, when someone steps on a rake, when an arrow hits a target, etc.

Joe Summerhays
September 1, 2017

Recipe 17 - Toggle

Joe Summerhays
September 1, 2017
Recipe 17 - Toggle

A quick and easy technique for creating flickering flames, waterfalls, rocket fuel, electric shocks, and many other effects. A new tool in the arsenal of the animator's vocabulary and skill. 

Joe Summerhays
August 30, 2017

Recipe 18 - Loops & Cycles

Joe Summerhays
August 30, 2017
Recipe 18 - Loops & Cycles

A basic concept used by all the animation greats. Loops & Cycles save an animator time and create a simple solution for running, walking, flying, bouncing balls, and many other repetitive animation bits. A fundamental formula and skill for any animation.

Joe Summerhays
August 20, 2017

Recipe 19 - Loops on a Path: Flying a Bat

Joe Summerhays
August 20, 2017
Recipe 19 - Loops on a Path: Flying a Bat

Running a cycle or a loop along a path requires the animator to manage two or three poses and positions at once. Keeping track of spacing while posing a character from frame to frame is foundational for all animation. 

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Instructor Guide PDF & Overview Video
Recipe 1 - Set Up
Recipe 2 - Frames Per Second
Recipe 3 - Sound Design
Recipe 4 - Spacing is Speed
Recipe 5 - Speeding Up and Slowing Down
Recipe 6 - Bouncing Ball
Recipe 7 - Squash
Recipe 8 - Stretch
Recipe 9 - Bouncing Ball with Squash and Stretch
Recipe 10 - Wind-up
Recipe 11 - Follow-through
Recipe 12 - Squash & Stretch / Wind-Up and Follow-Through
Recipe 13 - Throw
Recipe 14 - Sneeze
Recipe 15 - Shake
Recipe 16 - Quiver
Recipe 17 - Toggle
Recipe 18 - Loops & Cycles
Recipe 19 - Loops on a Path: Flying a Bat
Recipe 20 - Inbetween Blur
Recipe 21 - Walk & Run
Recipe 22 - Swing
Recipe 23a - Swing with Overlapping Action
Recipe 23b - Swing With Overlapping Action
Recipe 24 - Blinking is Thinking
Recipe 25 - Talking
Recipe 26 - Review
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