Online Fall Session
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 6th 2021
SESSION STARTS: September 20th 2021
ANIMATION: Animating Quadrupeds

Kevin O'Hara
Animator, Pixar Animation Studios
Length of Workshop: 12 weeks. Once a week.
Days: Mondays starting April 19th, 2021
Time: 7pm – 10pm pacific time
Tuition: $1.900 (Includes a $200 non-refundable registration fee)
Prerequisite: reel review required
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
I will do live animation draw overs on the students mov.files. This gives great clarity as the notes will be given as moving drawings. Exporting the .mov for students to keep.
Quadrupeds can be a daunting task for any animator. The goal of this class is to give a solid foundation to students that can be applied to the task of animating Quads.
CURRICULUM:
- Horse movement
- walk cycle
- gallop/ run cycle
- physicality test 1
- physicality test 2
- physicality acting test
- draw-over of students personal shots if interested
- Quad rigs supplied by AnimC
PREREQUISITE:
We recommend that students take Fundamentals of Animation before taking Animating Quadrupeds.
A link to your demo reel is required with your registration.
*Animating Quadrupeds is limited to 8 students to allow for maximum individualized focus. We encourage a comfortable, collaborative environment so that students can learn from their own assignments, the critiques of others’, instructor demos, lectures, and guest speakers.