Lucas Ridley
@lucasridley
Animation Supe @ Automatik VFX. Past: Jellyfish Pictures, Framestore, Rocksteady, Naughty Dog, Method, ILM, Psyop, Moonbot, Sony. Free Animator Career Webinar:
Adorable animation reference
White mountain ermine hopping in the snow
Anyone I know could tutor me quickly on a few Substance Painter explorations? Basically opening someone else's file and trying to figure out how to make tweaks.
Animation reference
The balance of this gorilla reaching leaves
Free animation course on YouTube premiering right now: youtu.be/6XBq8_iNlxY?si…
Tuesday I'm releasing a 2hr free animation course: youtu.be/6XBq8_iNlxY
Animation reference
I thought that shit only worked in films
Nick passed away yesterday. Not surprising if you knew Nick, he wanted no funeral or ceremony and just wanted people to live in the moment and enjoy it. I will forever be grateful for the positive impact he had on my life.
Nicks dying of cancer soon. Hospice is coming in the next hour. His son’s last request of him was to see if he could get @VancityReynolds and @RealHughJackman to see this picture of them. Thanks for retweets, hug your family.
Did they get rid of the monthly free assets in the marketplace when they switched to FAB!? @EpicGames @UnrealEngine
I'm moving over to the other place, I hope to see you there!
Make your first animation free course here: youtu.be/KPKXO-QW_O0
I did this 3D Animation of a bouncing tennisball, Thanks to @lucasridley for the free YouTube tutorial I also got the model and rig from him.
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Americans... if you need cheering up, here's a Puffin going for a little walk. 😁🐦😍
Animation students: humans are lazy, we only want to pick our feet up the exact amount needed. If there’s a slight interruption to the pattern we expect, we trip… don’t animate feet walking with big gaps to the ground.
This is an inch of variation can disrupt our muscle memory and balance
Animation students: reference for what happens when things go into the air. You can’t change direction once you leave the ground* (*Unless some external force is acting on you)
Playing with the Coriolis force. A rotating merry-go-round is a helpful demonstration of the fictitious force that appears to act on objects moving within a rotating reference frame, such as the Earth.
Nick is a real life superhero. An amazing human being who always thinks of others even when he is suffering. Let's try and make his son's wish a reality. Pls pls Retweet! @RealHughJackman @VancityReynolds #gamedev
Nicks dying of cancer soon. Hospice is coming in the next hour. His son’s last request of him was to see if he could get @VancityReynolds and @RealHughJackman to see this picture of them. Thanks for retweets, hug your family.
We were nominated for an Annie Award together. One of my fondest animation career memories, he and I were the only animators on a short of The Raven by Poe and it was up against Glenn Keane, Disney, and The Simpsons that year (and also a second short called Silent we also…
Nicks dying of cancer soon. Hospice is coming in the next hour. His son’s last request of him was to see if he could get @VancityReynolds and @RealHughJackman to see this picture of them. Thanks for retweets, hug your family.