Helicopter Airship Animation Tutorial

Airship Animation

We've uploaded a new tutorial on animating a helicopter airship in motion. 

The videos are the latest addition to our rapidly expanding Vimeo channel.

In this step-by-step tutorial, we explain how to approach the challenge of animating a helicopter/airship in motion. The airship has a flexible caboose, which must be animated so that it overlaps the main action and settles in a naturalistic and believable way.

The purpose of the tutorial is to learn the principle of flexibility and overlapping action, one of the original 12 Principles of Animation.

Foxy Tail Overlap Tutorial

We've uploaded a new tutorial on animating overlapping action to our exanding Vimeo channel.

In this 12 minute video, I explain how to approach the challenge of animating overlapping action, using a simple bouncing ball character with  a flexible tail.

The trick is to break the process down into simple steps so that the principles can be applied easily.