Animate CC (previously Flash) and After Effects are the two biggest animation programs available from Adobe. If you’re new to animation software, it might be hard for you to figure out which one is right for you. In this post we’ll …
Animated Short Film Structure Guide (Breaking Down the 8 Genres of Animated Shorts)
Animated Short Film Structure GuideBreaking Down the 8 Genres of Animated ShortsThis guide was created as a result of a personal study I have done, watching and analyzing the difference and similarities of every Academy Award nominated animated short film …
2019: A Year in Review
And here we are with another yearly review. This marks the 5th year I’ve done these type of posts, and I always get a kick our of reading them before writing a new one. I get to see what we …
Stick Figure Animation Course – Official Announcement
Have you heard of Alan Becker? The guy who created this: He isn’t only one of the most popular animators on YouTube (if not THE most popular), but he’s also been creating viral animated videos before viral videos were a …
Why Our Next Project is an Animated Feature Film
We recently posted a teaser reveal for our next project – Snowlands. Here it is in case you missed it: Pretty cool, right? But before we get into the film, we need to go back a year or so. After …
Why You Should Teach Your Kids Animation (Even If You Have Zero Animation Experience)
Learning new skills isn’t something children should only do at school. There’s a lot of fun interesting topics that aren’t taught at traditional (and even more modern) schools, and it’s often the parent’s job to expose their kids to new …
Teaching Animation Course – Official Announcement
If you’re a teacher, or a parent interested in teaching animation to their kids, we have something special for you. A brand new course – Teaching Animation. So many educators already use our courses and free content in their classes, …
They Wanted Me to Buy bloop.com for a Quarter Million Dollars
This is why domain or brand names don’t really matter. If you ever started a new business/company, or thought about doing so, you probably spent a good amount of time coming up with the “perfect” name. Naming your brand is hard. …
5 Reasons You Should Learn Animation with Online Courses
Online courses have become insanely popular in recent years, and they keep getting better and better. We’ve come a long way since the days of random YouTube tutorials. Online video courses are now highly-produced, and a very effective alternative to …