azizk: blog

I'm Aziz. I live in San Francisco and I study character animation. These are my daily musings about my work, everyone else's work, and the stuff people do who don't work. You can reach my portfolio from here, if you want to that is.

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Aug 31

How to draw anything in 1 step

this is an amazing post for all of you out there who are not confident with their drawing skills.

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karenabad:

The new Mogwai is delicious.

“The Sun Smells Too Loud” from their album The Hawk is Howling, out September 23.

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Aug 26

confessions of a superhero. a really nice and interesting documentary. i’m starting to get into documentaries with all the variety out there that i had no idea about. it’s on instant watch on netflix. check it out

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Aug 23

“Animators beware! There’s a new collaborative animation project called Mass Animation that is asking animation artists (both pros and amateurs) to come together via a Facebook application to produce a 5-minute CG animated short destined for theatrical release.” via Cartoon Brew

This could be an interesting experiment! Click here to sign up on the official website.

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Aug 18

oktapodi

just in case you haven’t seen this masterpiece from the legendary school “gobelins” students, here it is. oktapodi click here for a better quality

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Aug 17

this seems to be the new trend eh? faceyourmanga

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Aug 15

How To Tell When Someone's Lying To You (Eye Movement and Detecting Lies)

karenabad:

(via brothersbloom)

good information for animation!

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Aug 9

current demoreel

here’s my current demo reel. a whole year of work, only 4 pieces that are worthy (not even sure if they are). sigh, animation is hard. click here for a better resolution version

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Aug 8

this is one of the many reasons why i love the internet so much! amy winfrey started a web cartoon series called making fiends that she did by herself, which was recently acquired by nickelodeon and will be produced for tv this year. make sure to check out the great webisodes and to read this LA weekly interview with amy winfrey

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Aug 7

Sewing Grandma Render Test

I’m trying to figure out how to render. I think this one turned out fine. (Thx Gogoerik!)

PS: Quicktime file doesn’t show up in rss readers. Check the site

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