Reuben Aquino - Center of Gravity

[Rodney]

The folks over at 'Taught by a Pro' have a new video lesson by Reuben Aquino that focuses on use of Center of Gravity in animation.

At $10 I'd say it's well worth the prince of admission.

 

http://taughtbyapro.com/course/animation-fundamentals-center-gravity/

 

Some of his credits include:

“Mickey’s Christmas Carol” 1982 (clean-up inbetweener)
“Black Cauldron” 1985 (animator)
“Great Mouse Detective” 1986 (animator)
“Oilspot & Lipstick” 1987 (CG short, animator)
“Oliver & Company” 1988 (supervising animator, worked mostly on Francis the Bulldog)
“The Little Mermaid” (1989; supervising animator, Ursula the Seawitch)
“Rescuers Down Under” (1990; supervising animator, Jake the Kangaroo Mouse)
“Beauty & the Beast” (1991; supervising animator, Maurice (Belle’s dad))
“Lion King” (1994; supervising animator, adult Simba)
“Pocahontas” (1995; supervising animator, Chief Powhatan)
“Mulan” (1998; supervising animator, Captain Li Shang; won 1998 Annie Award for character animation– Captain Shang)
“Lilo & Stitch” (2002; supervising animator, Pleakley & David)
“Brother Bear” (2003; supervising animator, Denahi)
“Meet the Robinsons” (2007; supervising animator, Mildred and Mr. Willerstein; his first CG feature credit)
“The Princess & the Frog” (2009; supervising animator, Eudora & James)
“Winnie the Pooh” (2011; animator, Winnie the Pooh & Eeyore)