We Need More Eye Squash!

Why have one pair of eyes when you can have 5?!
I have always been a sucker for the Key frames. The main keys that drive the animation, but I've grown into a complete sucker for the frames you are never really meant to see. Those lovely in-betweens.
I'm working on a really squashy and stretchy piece of animation at the moment and I have just fallen in love with body dynamics and what you can get away with in the in-betweens. We need more CG project's that have a rig you could do these kind of quirky things to...or just more Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett's in the world.
Here is a great little compilation of zany squash and stretch animation: 



We need more Cowbell........I mean smear frames!

Inspiration for your morning

Today I have fallen in love with a serious of videos posted by the wonderful guys over at Spine doctors. 
Every now and again I'll go through a animation slump where I love every second of the work, but I'm quite happy working on other peoples stuff....then I read something or hear something and inspiration smacks me upside the head.

These video's have had the desired effect:





Charm and comedy are two of my favourite parts of story. Creating the illusion of life is just another way of saying 'creating charm' to me. It will come as no coinsidence that the second video talks about the master of putting charm on the big screen (and my personal favourite) , Brad Bird.

Enjoy and happy animating x

Punny Doodle - Keyhole Surgery

Punny doodle of the day.
I have to wrap up and send my wacom to Australia today to make sure it arrives when we do and i'm already sad to say goodbye to it. It may be almost 8 years old and laggy but I love it. Also future Tania, you put the wacom pen in your pencil case...that should save me months of searching.

A New Look for a New Year

You may have noticed a few changes around these parts.

Over the last few weeks I've been putting my animation ducks in a row and now I can unveil my new website, blog and showreel...tada...ok So it's nothing special but everyone things needs a little sprucing now and again.

The website name has changed from marshmallowpenguin to my name 'Tania Vincent'. Why have I done this? Well I wrestled with the decision a lot and finally I came to the conclusion that although marshmallow penguin is fun and close to my heart, my name would help people in the industry find me. That's the plan anyway.

So without further ado here is my new little corner of the Internet:www.taniavincent.co.uk

Pun Sketches

Here are some drawings I managed to color today.