Animation Lessons & Art of Aaron Blaise

S2 Episode 16 – How to Create Reflections in Photoshop

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In this episode, Aaron takes you through his process in creating convincing reflections in Photoshop.

Art Story Production Poster Released

Well, it’s hard to believe that it’s been a full year since our “Art Story” Kickstarter campaign was successfully funded. This is the first of many milestones as we slowly bring the film to the big screen. To celebrate I create a new poster image which we are using for inspiration at this stage of the production. I hope you like it!

Aaron’s Art Tips S2 E15 – Working on a Mid tone Background

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In this episode, Aaron talks about how creating images on a mid tone background will allow you to judge your value structure (lights and darks) more accurately.

Aaron’s Art Tips Season2 E14 – How to Animate Dialogue, Lip Sync

In this episode Aaron shows you his techniques for animating dialogue and getting good lip sync. These are the very same methods he employed at Disney on films such as Mulan, Brother Bear and more.

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Michael Jackson Illusion by Pulse

Some of you may not be aware but I am currently collaborating with an incredible team while developing ART STORY. The guys over at PULSE represent some of the finest visual effects artists and business minds in the world. John Textor , Frank Patterson and Jim Berney have been amazing. I was fortunate to work with some of these guys while developing “The Legend of Tembo” and and glad to be doing so again.

You may have seen their work recently at the Billboard Music Awards. They created an “illusion” at the show of a 3D projected Michael Jackson performing “Slave To The Rhythm” off his new album Xscape – To date the video has already been viewed by more than 20 Million people world wide.

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Creating textures with Photoshop Texture Brushes

In this episode, Aaron shows you his method for creating textured skin surfaces in his character and concept digital art. He will take you through using textured brushes, fitting the textures to the contours of your character and adding lighting details.

Check out this link to the brushes on his site: http://creatureartteacher.com/product/custom-photoshop-brushes-set-2-elephant-texture/

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