Category: Videos

Corridor Crew: Animators React + Behind the Scenes

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Recently I got to sit down with the Corridor Crew as a guest on their “Animators React” series. It was a lot of fun!

Click above to watch the first episode. I say “first” because we shot a lot of stuff that and I believe the plan is to release more at a later date.

I also thought it might be fun to share some “behind the scenes” video and pictures. Enjoy!

– Aaron

 

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Friday The 13th LIVE Stream

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I had a lot of fun on today’s live stream. This image was inspired by the fact that is Friday, October 13th. 

While it might seem a little “dark” for the world of Snow Bear, it’s all meant to be in Good Fun! Enjoy!

– Aaron

 

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Lesson Previews:

The videos below are selected lessons from various courses.
These represent just a small portion of the 700+ hours of animation lessons, art tutorials and more available with our membership plans.

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“I was trained by Aaron Blaise. Aaron is Awesome!”

– Byron Howard (Director: “Zootopia”, “Tangled”, “Bolt”)

New Animation Made in Procreate Dreams

NEW Animated Short!

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I am so exited to finally be able to share this secret project that I have been working on. The fine folks over at Procreate asked me to try a very early version of their BRAND NEW Animation software to see what I could do with it.

It’s called Procreate Dreams and all I can say is: WOW! – For portable software on an iPad it is incredibly robust and the price point is a game changer! Be sure to watch their reveal keynote below. It will be available to everyone on November 22nd. 

Speaking of the keynote I had NO IDEA that my little short was going to be included as the climax of the event. They kept that a complete surprise and I found out in the audience just like everyone else. So a HUGE Thank You to James, Georgie, Nate, LJ & all of the amazing crew over at Procreate.

In just a few weeks I was able to create the animation above. This is actually the first piece of animation that I’ve been involved with that has gone all the way through to color since “The Bear & The Hare” and this is the first fully colored & finished animation that I’ve produced entirely in house. (Don’t worry though I am also still hard at work on “Snow Bear” and that is coming ASAP).

I also want to give an extra special shout out to Max Mueller who did the amazing job on the score! Max is a wonderful young composer and working with him on this project was a total joy! He has a great future ahead of him in the film world. Watching him record the score with a live orchestra was breath taking! Be sure to check out his website: HERE

I’ll have a full reaction video to the news later this week. Plus, I am pleased to announce that I will have a FULL Course on Animating In Procreate Dreams available the day the software drops! (or very soon thereafter).

Of course, as always you will be able to purchase that class a la carté. OR if you become an Annual Member it will be included FREE with your membership.

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Scroll down to see  the Keynote Presentation by Procreate:

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Procreate Dreams Keynote:

 

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Lesson Previews:

The videos below are selected lessons from various courses.
These represent just a small portion of the 700+ hours of animation lessons, art tutorials and more available with our membership plans.

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“I was trained by Aaron Blaise. Aaron is Awesome!”

– Byron Howard (Director: “Zootopia”, “Tangled”, “Bolt”)

Disney Character – Mash Up

Disney Character Mash-Up: LIVE STREAM!

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On This week’s LIVE STREAM, I decided to do a MASH-UP of Elsa from “Frozen” &  Maleficent from “Sleeping Beauty”.

Let me know in the comments below if you like this sort of content. If so, I might do some more!

Scroll down to see  the final image if you want to check it out:

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We offer 3 Great Ways to Learn! First, you can purchase any ART LESSONS a la carte. Or you can become a Monthly Streaming Member and get immediate access to over 650 hours of art lessons that you can stream on your computer, phone, tablet or SmartTV. Finally, you can become an ANNUAL MEMBER and get hundreds of hours of video lessons to keep and download.

Lesson Previews:

The videos below are selected lessons from various courses.
These represent just a small portion of the 650+ hours of animation lessons, art tutorials and more available with our membership plans.

Get Immediate Access to All this Great Content + More!

“I was trained by Aaron Blaise. Aaron is Awesome!”

– Byron Howard (Director: “Zootopia”, “Tangled”, “Bolt”)

Miss Violet Hand Drawn Animation

This is a little bit of animation that I did a little while back. Miss Violet is based on my old dog. She was such a sweetheart and so much fun. This story was developed by myself along with the incredible Vedanta Sproston and my business partner, Nick Burch. I had so much fun putting this together. I hope you enjoy it.

The plan is to fo more of these in the near future.
Continue reading Miss Violet Hand Drawn Animation

Hippo Dance!!

Well due to my busy workshop and speaking schedule lately this has been a while coming but, I am glad to report that my “Hippo Funk” Animation is now complete. This was great fun to put together and work on over the past few weeks.

I’m going to be breaking this animation down for an upcoming “How to Animate to Music” video lesson. Also, this hippo guy will be return in my Character Design Course that I’ll be releasing soon.

I also have plans to release this animation for other uses so that artists and musicians can set it to their own music… But more on that soon. In the meantime, ENJOY!

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Legend of Tembo Pencil Test

Here is a pencil test I did early in the development of “The Legend of Tembo”. I wanted the riggers and animators to see what I had in my head as far as movement and personality for young Tembo: