11 Second Club Animation Contest

Hey animation students looking for extra credit: the sound byte for November's 11 Second Club contest is great this year: http://www.11secondclub.com/

Feel free to participate and it will count as an extra credit project...

You Could Totally Win This

Very easy $250 up for grabs, but only if you are 18 or older. Deadline: November 30th.

http://www.holidayfoodsafety.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=305&Itemid=145

Animation Walk Cycle Resources

There are several tutorials available online to help you with the walk cycle exercise. The simplest tutorial, which you may want to start with, is here: 

  • http://animation.about.com/od/flashanimationtutorials/ss/flash29walkcycl.htm

Once you are comfortable with the technique, here are some others you may want to reference:

  • http://www.angryanimator.com/word/2008/11/01/animation-tutorial-2-walk-cycle/

  • http://flashtrick.blogspot.com/2007/10/walk-cycles-right-way.html

This is a great page with examples and tips on creating walk cycles:

  • http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_notes/04_walkcycle_project.html#

Here is a link to scans of the original Animation book by Preston Blair, which is an excellent resource for animators, and has many examples of poses and techniques:

  • http://www.animationarchive.org/2006/05/media-preston-blairs-animation-first.html

This is My Family Video Contest

http://www.pbs.org/pov/adoption/myfamily.php

Win an iPad or iPod Touch. Deadline November 15.

Allstate Contest

This contest seems like it would work for either video or animation, and there is also an opportunity to win just for writing. Three phases of the contest: idea, story, and video, that build upon each other. The idea phase closes tonight, but then the story phase begins based on the winning ideas. Yes, I know, it's about insurance, but the point is to be creative and make it interesting, AND there is lots of cash up for grabs! All for either a 500 character story or a 90 second video/animation. Easy money, people. Go get it.

http://tongal.com/project/allstate