Welcome to Animation III (Acting)!

In this class we will be continuing our exploration and refinement of the art, processes, and techniques of animation. Specifically we will be moving away from a focus on the technical aspects of animation and more on the performance. We will cover some basic principles of acting and techniques of facial animation, but beyond that we will be working on honing our ability to really make our characters come alive and evoke emotions in our viewers.

This week we are going to be kicking off the semester with basic introductions to the course, professor, tools and format. To begin please review the syllabus and if you like a brief instructor bio.

Autodesk has changed the licensing process for educational institutions. I am unsure if your older licenses and installs of maya will continue to work or not. If so, you may continue using it as long as things still work for you. If it doesn't work or you want to upgrade to the latest version 2026. Follow the link to the instructions.

We are here. You made it. You've arrived at the culminating class for animation here at UNM and we will be taking everything learned in the 12 principles and body mechanics and now creating many full character performances! It's exciting, its fun, it's gonna be stressful and tiring. But! It doesn't have to be. If we keep our discipline set on considerations of the 12 principles of animation as well as our focus on body mechanics we will fair much better than just trying to wing it. Let's review these principles and mechanics by analyzing one of my favorite character intros in an animated movie and one that covers so much of all 12 principles and mechanics all in one scene.