How to Build a PC for Premiere & After Effects

How to Build a PC for Premiere & After Effects

Building a PC for Adobe Premiere Pro & After Effects In the video world, professional editors are often slowed down by their computer. Many professional …
How to Learn Animation – Outside the Classroom

How to Learn Animation – Outside the Classroom

How to Learn Animation – 3 Tips for the Self-Taught Animator Learn animation with the NOT back to school approach I didn’t study animation in …
Posting Animations to Instagram

Posting Animations to Instagram

Get GIFs on Instagram So, you’ve followed the steps on making the perfect animated GIF in my previous blog. Great! Can’t you just not wait to …
3 Steps To Create Pixel Bit Characters In Adobe Illustrator

3 Steps To Create Pixel Bit Characters In Adobe Illustrator

For a while now, Sparksight’s Lead Animator, Ryan Austin, and I have been trying to find a way to do an animation with a retro, pixel-art …
Top 5 Animation Education Books

Top 5 Animation Education Books

When I was first starting out as an animator, I was eager to learn the best methods for executing the illusion of movement. At first, …
Quick Tip for Motion Graphics Artists

Quick Tip for Motion Graphics Artists

As a motion graphics artist, I can’t believe I passed this feature up for so long. So in case you’re like me, let me direct …