‘Frozen’ illustrator, Disney animators and character designers headline animation and illustration workshop hosted by Lipscomb University Oct. 25-26 Claire Keane, designer for ‘Frozen,’ ‘Tangled’ and granddaughter of ‘The Family Circus’ comic strip creator Bill Keane, among featured artists NASHVILLE (Sept. 30, 2014) – Animators, illustrators and character designers will have a unique opportunity to learn […]
Tom Bancroft, character designer and former Disney supervising animator, describes the tools of the trade in this short video clip brought to you by Taught By A Pro.
The Artists’ Balancing Act by Tom Bancroft I love guest speaking at an art school, comic or animation convention or some other event where there are young, eager artists “trying to make it” in the industry. There is so much passion, love, and STRESS in that crowd that you can cut it with a knife. […]
In the first Bancroft Brothers Animation podcast, Tom Bancroft and Tony Bancroft were asked if there were any all-time favorite art books that they would recommend. Outlined below are their recommendations. Bancroft Brothers’ Books While Tom and Tony joke about recommending their own great books, they don’t list them as their all-time favorites. While neither […]
Have you ever wanted to meet the artists who helped create some of your favorite Disney movies? Wouldn’t it be awesome to discover the how they do what they do? Here is your chance! Claire Keane joins other professional artists, character designers and animators for an exciting weekend of seminars, contests and networking! Claire and others will lecture on their […]
Ruben Aquino will be one of the featured lecturers at the ProWeekend! Ruben and other artists will be headlining the ProWeekend Seminars the weekend of October 24-26, 2014. Ruben and other Disney animators and comic artists will be converging on Nashville for seminars and networking. The event presented by TaughtByAPro.com, a Nashville online art and animation […]
In the first episode, the Bancroft Bros discuss their careers, Mom’s Sex Talk, Dreamwork’s Animation, the future of 2D animation, and Glen Keane’s “DUET” animated short for Google, and Q and A. In addition, they announce the exciting upcoming Taught By A Pro ProWeekend seminar. To learn more from Tom Bancroft and Tony Bancroft see their courses. In […]
Below Tom Bancroft shares a Robin Williams Memory… Since we’re all sharing… MY ROBIN WILLIAMS memory is when I was working at the Disney/MGM studios Animation (Tour/Studio) in Florida and he came down to take a personal tour of our studio. (He was there for an event/publicity/vacation, can’t remember). The tour part of our studio had […]
Do You Want to Improve Your Animated Dialogue? Is your dialogue over animated? Do you need some tips and tricks to make it stand out? John Pomeroy shares what he learned about animating dialogue from some of Disney’s Nine Old Men and tips and tricks learned during his 40 year career. In two new Taught By A Pro courses, John […]
One of the prizes from the recent character design contest was a design review of the winning submission by Tom Bancroft, President of Taught By A Pro. For more information on the character design contest, submissions and winners. Tom Bancroft’s Design Critique The image above shows the notes Tom made on the winning submissions. Below is the note to Piper […]