Working method with reference

Since Humphrey posted about the 11secondclub, here's the winner of the January competition, and his working method with reference:

A Symposium on Popular Songs

With Ludwig von Drake. Good stuff.

11 Second Club

Last one, don't mean to spam!

11 second club is pretty much what we are doing, animators getting a short voicetrack and creating a character and scenario for it.  Mix of both 2D and CG, and great examples of how to accentuate the beats of the dialog to the body language.

John K on lip sync

Three posts by John K about lip sync.  Now he is a bit eccentric and all that, but because of his extreme nature it could be helpful to observe.  The second post especially since he goes through an old Looney Tunes shot.  Click the picture for the link!

Lip Sync

Thought it was relevant for our current assignment :)

Coolest style ever :)

It's long time sinc I got this on my vimeo likes and I just think this is one of the most original and cool aproaches I seen in 3D animation :) Enjoy! (plus I think the music band it's not bad! :))

Child animation

Since we're doing dialogue animation, here's a cool animation of a child talking. It's the first part of the reel.