Hey remember when I said “wow!” about the eyes/blinks lecture? Well this is an even bigger WOW! This lecture opened my eyes! This was a lecture about Hands by Charles Alleneck. I really wished I had seen this sooner because I had no idea how to animate hands. I never put too much thought into my hand animation and then I wondered why my hands felt so lifeless. Charles teaches us it’s a really bad idea to just block out the body and then worry about the hands later on when the shot is more refined. Bad idea. We should make sure that while we are blocking the body, we pose the hands until they look right. Hands play a huge part in acting and they should never be glossed over. In fact, bad/lifeless hands can really kill a shot. Man, great stuff!

This week, the assignment was to begin polishing the shot. Enjoy