Now that we’ve discussed tidal volume (the low volume of air in the lungs required to support most...

Animators and artists spend significant amounts of time studying physiology, human emotions, body...

One of the cardinal rules of animation is that good poses make for good performances. An animator...

There’s a reason good actors make astronomical sums of money — they can make or break a show....

What’s wrong with this picture? Something is wrong with the woman in the center. Can you tell?...

The camera is your audience. Actors always know where the camera is because it’s big, black,...

In classic animation terms this would be called “successive breaking of joints.” However I find...

Lip sync is an art in and of itself, and a difficult skill to gain proficiency at. I remember as a...

Imagine walking into the storage rooms of instruments of a symphony.  One room holds percussion,...

Howard Pyle was to the world of early 19th century publishing and magazines what Spielberg is to...

We talk so much about making our characters blink and breathe that it can easily seem like were...