First Bloom

First Bloom from Wintersweet Animation Studio on Vimeo.

Here's a lovely personal short about first love by Tingting Liu, former Pixar intern and animator at Laika. Check it out before it disappears!

Acting for Visual Artists workshop

Hi All,
I want to let you know about a great opportunity in the SF Bay Area: my friend and teacher Tracy Burns will be conducting a limited 4-class acting workshop, specifically aimed at animators and visual artists.  I've learned a ton from her and the classes are always fun and very interactive.  No prior acting experience necessary, though.  See flyer for more info:

 If you're in Southern California, her partner Alan will also be teaching a similar class.  He can be reached at allensimpsonacting [at] gmail [dot] com.

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TEDx Chula Vista

Hi Y'all, here (finally) is my TEDx talk from this spring in my home town of Chula Vista!

See you at IAMAG '18 in Paris!

I'll be teaching a master class on "Authentic Acting for Animation" next week at the IAMAG conference in beautiful Paris!  Come see me and many, many other artists at this extraordinary event.



IAMAC 18 Teaser from IAMAG on Vimeo.

New reels and thumbnails posted

I'm finally catching up on posting my animation reels for the last few films I worked on.  You can find them on my Vimeo page or just see embedded here:




"Cars 3" reel from Victor Navone on Vimeo.


"Lou" reel from Victor Navone on Vimeo.


"Coco" Reel from Victor Navone on Vimeo.

New thumbnail galleries on my Flickr page.

Good luck to Coco and Lou at tonight's Academy Awards!

Animation & Story Masterclass in San Jose

The weekend of November 4 I'll be joining a bunch of my talented peers to teach about story and animation at San Jose State.  Plenty of tickets still available!

I love this

The Story of Martin Luther from Tumblehead on Vimeo.

So appealing and fun to watch!  Oh yeah, educational too.

Upcoming animation events

Hi All, I will be speaking at a couple of Bay Area events in the next few weeks. 

First off, the Animation Collaborative's Bay Area Creative Connection (BACC), hosted at the fabulous Disney Family Museum in San Francisco.  The event is this Saturday, March 11, and is open to the public.  There will be many talented animators there giving lectures and workshops, and reviewing demo reels.  I'll be giving a talk on "Sincerity - the importance of truthful acting in animation"

The following weekend (March 18 & 19) I will be at the AOD Animation Festival in Santa Clara.  I'll be giving the same "Sincerity" talk from BACC on Saturday, and I'll be in a Q&A on Sunday.

Hope to see you there!

Scott Eaton's "Bodies In Motion" web site

This Monday the 16th will see the unveiling of the new Bodies In Motion, a web site providing human anatomy reference for artists, animators, and modelers.  The content has been created and curated by Scott Eaton, renowned artist and teacher of anatomy.  I've had the pleasure of beta-testing the site for a month or two now, and I can tell you that it's fun to explore and contains a wealth of reference material.  Check it out!

On a side note, I haven't been posting much to this blog, but I have been focusing more on my 2d artwork, and I'm posting to Instagram pretty regularly.  If you're interested, you can find me at @victornavone

Spots still open for Animation Collaborative Winter 2017 classes

The next session of Animation Collaborative starts in 3 weeks, and there are still some spots available in my Advanced Animation course.

There is also a new Animation Mini Film course, taught by my buddy Matt Majers, that has plenty of open spots.  It should be a fun curriculum, and will make a great addition to your reel!

You can register for classes here.

Happy New Year!

CTN Expo

Hello Readers, if you still exist!   I'll be in Burbank for the annual CTN Animation Expo this weekend.  I will be spending some time at the Pixar recruiting booth, and I plan to pop in on Michal Makarewicz's "What are you afraid of?" workshop on Friday night.  Hope to see you there!

Animation Collaborative Fall Session

There are still open spots for classes in the Fall session at The Animation Collaborative!  I'll be teaching Advanced Animation Critique, and there are other classes at all levels.  Sign up while you can!


Register here

Class overviews here

Hope you had a rad summer!
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Interview with me on Animated Views

Here is a new interview I gave about my experiences on "Inside Out" by Jeremie Noyer, proprietor of the web site Animated Views

CTN Time!

Hi All,
As usual I'll be attending the annual CTN Expo in Burbank next weekend, and this time I'll have the honor of representing Pixar.  I'll be giving a talk about our animation of "Inside Out" on Saturday morning, and I'll probably pop up at the Pixar recruiting booth and other places.  I'm looking forward to meeting up with old friends and students, and scoring some great art and books in the exhibit hall.  Hope to see you there!

Inside Out Animator Round Table!

Inside Out Animator Round Table!

Check out this interview with a bunch of the animators responsible for Inside Out, courtesy of SplineDoctors.com!

La Noria

 

Pitch in to help fund this animated short film by Carlos Baena, former Pixar Animator, founder of AnimationMentor.com, and all-around great hombre!

Animators Spotlight Series on The Pixar Podcast

The Pixar Podcast has released episode 122, which features some of the animation leadership behind "Inside Out".  Includes interviews with Directing Animator Jaime Roe, Animation Sketch Artist Tony Fucile, Supervising Animation Shawn Krause, and Supervising Animator Myself!

Seattle Masterclass - Story and Animation

If you happen to be in Seattle next weekend, check out this event I will be speaking at on behalf of VanArts.  Andrew Gordon and Rej Bourdages will be doing animation and story masterclasses (respectively) and I'll be doing a making-of lecture about Inside Out.  Should be a fun time!

Free demo reel and portfolio review event at The Animation Collaborative

Hi All,
I'll be reviewing demo reels along with fellow animators and artists from Pixar and ILM on Friday, August 28 at The Animation Collaborative.  More details here.

Cosmos Laundromat - First Cycle