Posts by Manamations

Character Design Basics for 2D Animation

NEW! Character Design Basics for 2D Animation Class available!

Drawing characters can be tough. It can be even more challenging designing characters for animation. With many different styles of...

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

Review by Shirhan Manan Terminator: Dark Fate (or as I like to call it ‘T3’) is packed with action, stunning...

The Lion King Still Reigns

Review by Shirhan Manan with intro by Peter W. Allen I was unable to attend the advance screening of The...

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Dear Basketball

Directed by award winning Disney animator, Glen Keane, and scored by Oscar Award winning composer, John Williams, this animated short...

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A Festive Celebration of Joy

A beautiful piece for the festive season. Forestias by MQDC has partnered with ITEC Entertainment, the leader of worldwide entertainment...

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The SPA Studios. Character Design Tips from Sergio Pablos

Some great tips from Sergio Pablos of The SPA Studios about character design.

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The Inspector and the Umbrella by Maël Gourmelen

Check out this beautiful  animated short film created by Maël Gourmelen. Great to see there are still folks out there...

Background Character Designs

Background Character Designs

Here is the first rough sketch of one of the male background characters for the short film titled “Robbery”.

Animation Tests

Animation Tests – Frame by frame

Welcome to 2016! This is our first post for the year and today we have some animation tests to share...

Toon Boom Harmony – Drawing Tools Tutorial

Welcome to these introductory tutorials about using the drawing tools in Toon Boom Harmony 12. This Tutorial is broken up...

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