How Far Can They Flex? - The Amazing Flexibility of Animals for Animation / Russ Edmonds

We are taking a deep dive into the flexibility of a horse, a dog, and a cat. This video shows you how animals move and how far to exaggerate their flexibility for animation. This video is packed with in-the-field observation where I discuss their anatomy and how far they flex and move. I will also be drawing in the studio, anatomy, strong poses, twisting, and flexing. And then I will animate a cat with highly flexible poses. To see the full content of this video, please join my PATREON community, where you can explore more of my chalk talks and animation tutorials. These videos and chalk talks are the quality I taught at UCLA, CalArts, and Disney. Learn from a traditional Disney Animator how to observe, understand, sketch, and animate. Understand animal anatomy and then take an in-depth look at Russ’ animation process. ____________________ Subscribe to my channel for more animation and art videos: YOUTUBE:    / @russedmondsanimation   For more in-depth chalk talks, tutorials, and live webinars, please join me and my art community on PATREON:) PATREON:   / russedmondsanimation   If you would like to see my artwork, visit: INSTAGRAM:   / russ.edmonds   I animate with the animation app RoughAnimator: https://www.roughanimator.com/ I use Adobe Photoshop for storyboarding, drawing, and painting: https://www.adobe.com/ I use Wacom Cintiqs for digital drawing: https://www.wacom.com/ ____________________ Producer: Angela Edmonds Filmed at my ranch and studio. Russ Edmonds is a feature film animator and story artist. He is best known for his work as a Disney supervising animator on many classic films such as OLIVER AND COMPANY, THE LITTLE MERMAID, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER, ALADDIN, THE LION KING, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, TARZAN, ATLANTIS, THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, and WINNIE THE POOH. Russ contributed his work as a Story Artist on projects like WONDER PARK, and THE GARFIELD MOVIE, to name a few. Russ has worked on feature films for Alcon Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, Skydance Animation, Paramount Animation, and Disney Animation Studios. Russ instructed animation for leading film schools such as California Institute of the Arts and UCLA.