Authors

Subscribe:.rss.atom.json.md

Publishes 1 feed

• Animation Field Notes

  Twice-weekly field notes on the craft of animation from the animation directors chair.

  20 posts · theirs

Lately

• Think Like a Pianist

  Animation Field Notes · 2026-04-06

• The Lost Art of Drawing Feet

  Animation Field Notes · 2026-03-25

• The Art of Hands

  Animation Field Notes · 2026-03-23

• The Character of the Artist

  Animation Field Notes · 2026-03-18

• The Power of Obstacles

  Animation Field Notes · 2026-03-16

• Find Your Inner Mad Hatter

  Animation Field Notes · 2026-03-11

• The Art of Economic Motion

  Animation Field Notes · 2026-03-09

• Emotional Memory

  Animation Field Notes · 2026-02-26

• Emotional Contrast

  Animation Field Notes · 2026-02-24

• To Play the Joke or Not Play the Joke?

  Animation Field Notes · 2026-02-04

• Fully Commit to Your Performance

  Animation Field Notes · 2026-02-02

• Blinks are Not Bird Seed

  Animation Field Notes · 2026-01-07

Everything on this page was read from markup Todd Shaffer published — a rel="me" link, an h-card, or the feed’s own author element. Nothing was inferred from anywhere else. To correct or remove it, get in touch. Machine-readable: JSON