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animation reference – lamp post being wrenched out of the ground

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I found some really interesting animation reference of a lamp post being hoisted out of the ground.  An industrial sized wrench pulls the lamp post out of the ground.  Really interesting points to note how the lamp portion of the post instantly swings down how to post reacts to a new pivot point (previously being […]

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fish animation reference – fish in pond

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As part of my collecting animation reference I filmed myself and my boy feeding fish at a local pond.  It’s hard to know how to class this, initially I had thought this would be a good crowd simulation reference, but when the food landed in the water I instantly thought water FX but then the […]

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Fish animation reference – in a tank

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As part of my collecting animation reference I filmed a gold fish in a fish tank diving low and swimming back up, the fish’s tail is really wonderful the way in which it flows in the water.  There’s some very interesting bubbles coming out of the deep sea diver’s helmet, buy I couldn’t get a […]

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seagull landing on sloped roof – animation reference

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seagull landing on sloped roof animation reference

As part of my collecting animation reference I filmed a seagull landing and then lifting off on a sloped roof of our hotel in close up and in slow motion.   Animation reference highlights include landing and breaking at great speed seeing its wings flay around folding its wings sliding and adjusting as it slipped […]

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seagull pecking – animation reference

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As part of my collecting animation, FX and Crowd sim reference I managed to film animation reference for a seagull on the roof of our hotel.  I had a low angle tight angle and captured its movements (pecking, scratching itself, ambient looking around, fluffing feathers) in slow motion too – which is really fascinating to […]

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Fowl eating seeds – animation reference

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As part of my collecting animation, FX and Crowd sim reference I filmed some flamingo animation reference but the fowl was actually more interesting to film. The start point of any good piece of FX or animation is to get good reference footage, study the FX or animation reference and understand what it is you […]

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