New animation training
A little update from the world of animation training. As you may know, I’ve been running the side project turned mega beast Toon Boom Trainer. I say mega beast as at times it takes over my life! But it IS fun and I get a huge kick from running the courses and seeing people come on with their learning.
What’s this new name about?
Toon Boom Trainer has been going for 3 years now (time flies!) and it’s now time for a change. So from the end of May, Toon Boom Trainer will become….
The new logo
To start with I’ll be running the same courses, but the idea is to allow for easier expansion and training over a much broader area of animation. It’s exciting! I’m really proud of the site that’s been created as the student experience is very friendly and easy to track progress in. I’ve also go a blog set up and plans for plenty of free content, so DO sign up for the email updates when you head over 🙂
You said new course, right?
Our newest course, Advanced Animation in Toon Boom Harmony opens for sign ups as of today! Sign up via the image link below. It’s going to be a fantastic ride through the world of character animation, resulting in a showreel-worthy piece of performance. Read more on the new site, but I think you’ll love it!
Lots of great exercises and tips to get your character animation SINGING!
New year, new animation course
It’s finally out into the wild…my brand new online course Animation in Toon Boom Harmony 16Â is open for sign ups!
Many, many hours of planning, research and preparation have gone into this, so I hope it’s useful to lots of people. It will be run through my online training business, Toon Boom Trainer and takes place over 5 weeks, part time.
It’s packed with all the great features of the previous courses: HD video lessons, easy-to-follow exercises, handy worksheets, 7 day a week support and our one-to-one, live tutorials. And the killer feature? A FREE copy of Toon Boom Harmony Premium for every participant!
Here’s a short video explaining all, filmed and edited by yours truly whilst trying to keep warm in this chilly English winter! If anyone is looking to improve their character animation skills whilst learning this fantastic software package, or even just want to read more (full curriculum on the website), head to toonboomtrainer.com
Toon Boom webinar on YouTube
- At June 13, 2018
- By Adam
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Hey all! The recent LIVE webinar I conducted for Toon Boom Animation is now available to view on YouTube. If you have any questions about the topics I’m covering or the software in general, feel free to drop me a line on my contact page.
I also recently updated the website to a new theme (I’d been using a generic WordPress set up for a while and have only just gotten around to fixing it up!). The blog is linked up to my Facebook and Twitter too, so subscribe, like, follow, stalk…you get the idea!
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- At June 05, 2018
- By Adam
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Recently I was in wonderful Dublin for Toon Boom’s new initiative, their Career Camps. These weekend sessions are aimed at helping animators and studios cross over into the software, with several useful lectures and workshops to dive into. Best of all, they’re FREE!
I was there to talk and teach the cut-out animation sessions. I have to say, the crowd was very nice (even when my laptop decided it didn’t want to play with the projector for a little while). It’s so inspiring to be around passionate creatives who are still hungry to learn. It reminds me how you have to keep learning and evolving otherwise the paralysis of choice seems to creep in and pin you down with power of artistic insecurities..!
There was some gorgeous weather whilst we were there (unfortunately we were inside!) so here’s a snap from the canal in the south side of the city.
I’ll be at the Toon Boom London Career Camp on 30th June – 1st July 2018. If you’re interested, you can sign up for FREE here.