Short films need posters (also known as "One Sheets"), and posters need taglines. A great tagline encapsulates what the film is ab...

Perfection may not be attainable From time to time animation students studying on our MA in Animation , delivered in partnership with Buckin...

Animation by Lee Caller Our Spring/Summer Animation Class begins  on Monday 7 July 2025 . It's not too late to book a place; all you n...

The Road To El Dorado was a Dreamworks picture that I worked on back in the late 1990s. I was assigned to animate Tulio, one of the two lea...

It is no secret that the animation and visual effects industry is in a downturn.  After many years of boom, business has recently turned to ...

Peter Sellers While doing some research recently on a project I stumbled across a quote from the late great Peter Sellers, on how he approac...

Yibi Hu , founder of  Future Power Station At yesterday's University of Hertfordshire annual student show, animator Yibi Hu , founder o...

Eyeline problem from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" Studios love animators who are also problem solvers. An animator who helps to solve...

Fans of the " Alex " Cartoon in the Daily Telegraph  will be disappointed to learn that the long-running daily strip has today bee...

My first job in 3D animation was with Blue Sky Studios in New York. I was working in Los Angeles on "Looney Tunes - Back in Action ...

For newcomers to the animation industry, and especially for our students starting with us in our next scheduled class, it's important ...

Seven Things I Learned From My Father. This is a recording of a slideshow I did for the animators at DNEG Redefine in Hyderabad last week o...

Lately I've been working on a new animated feature film, and going over some material from past movies to refresh my memory of the anima...

Here at Animation Apprentice we were recently asked by a student overseas (we're based in the UK) if we can offer tutorials with caption...

  For anyone who missed the  EscapeVerse Live  Festival at the end of February, Escape Studios has now uploaded the full schedule of talks, ...

In the short video above (just 5 minutes long) I describe my experience working on the Disney live action feature film " Beverly Hills ...

Many of our students at Animation Apprentice will never have opened Maya before.  Or, at least, they won't be very familiar with it.  Ma...

Animation by Lee Caller Our Spring/Summer Animation Class begins  on Monday 5th May 2025 . It's not too late to book a place; all you ...

Original music composition helps to lift our students' films to a professional level, as our students learn to collaborate with composer...

Copyright Law - Stop Worrying If you’re studying animation at Animation Apprentice you may have heard other students talk about copyright—ho...

The UK Animation Industry is Thriving Breaking into the animation industry can feel daunting for recent graduates, but there are more ways t...