How a Bear Walks - Quadruped Locomotion

Bear Walk by Amanda Costa

How does a bear walk? All animators need to learn how to animate a quadruped walk cycle.  All quadrupeds walk in more or less the same way, allowing for anatomy (herbivores have less flexible spines than do carnivores). 

To the left is a bear walk cycle animated by Amanda Costa, showing the live action reference used to create the animation.  

Escape Studios No 1 at The Rookies

No 1: Production Excellence in Immersive Media

The Rookies, the international competition for aspiring VFX artists, this year ranked Escape Studios No 1 in the world for Production Excellence in Immersive Media - a huge achievement for all our students. 

In other categories, The Rookies ranked Escape Studios No 3 in the UK for 3D Animation, 4th in the UK for Game Design, and 3rd in the UK for VFX Production Excellence. 

Entry into The Rookies helps to prepare students for industry, most importantly by focusing on the preparation of a professional-quality Demo Reel. 

"X-Terminate" Wins "Best VFX" at FoF Awards

Congratulations to the makers of X-Terminate, the short film created by our third year animation students and VFX students at Escape Studios, which has won "Best VFX" at the Future of Film Awards.

Directed by Maria Freitas and produced by Emmanuel Rahman,  X-Terminate was a collaboration between undergraduate animation students and VFX students at Escape Studios, working together to create an original story.   This is its fourth festival award.