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Free Workshop: Animating Subtle and Emotive Performances

by | Feb 4, 2025

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In this free workshop, DreamWorks Animator Drew Adams gives his top tips and tricks for crafting professional level character animation performances to help you create more emotive, subtle, and lifelike animation.

Drew also takes questions from attendees to the live-recorded event.

Watch the full workshop above.

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About Drew Adams

Drew Adams has been a professional animator since 2001 and is currently an animator at DreamWorks Animation. He started as an in-between 2D animator on Atlantis: The Lost Empire and transitioned to 3D animation on DreamWorks films including How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. Drew teaches Advanced Body Mechanics at Animation Mentor.

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