Shark Vs Rabbit #6: Sharkler

In the U.S., the 4th of July means fireworks. Millions of young children light sparklers and run around, waving them in the air.

Beautiful blossoms of fire explode in the sky above. 

Splashes of color fill the sky. 

On a lonely island, Rabbit makes due with one firework. 

Shark makes due too. 

Until next week, 

Bon Animate! 

Animation Chefs

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Shark Vs Rabbit #5: Bubble Head

This week on Shark Vs Rabbit, Shark must have watched one too many Spongebob episodes. Will a water-filled glass bubble enable Shark to chase Rabbit around the island and still be able to breath salt water?

Clever Shark.

Shark hasn't thought this grand plan through all the way to the end.

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Stay tuned on Monday, we have another Animating Kids Tutorial! 

Until next week, 

Bon Animate! 

Animation Chefs

To learn the rules, tricks, and techniques we use to make Shark Vs Rabbit, go to our Animation Starter Kit and learn stop motion secret recipes.

Shark vs Rabbit #4: Finding Dorsal

Take a deep dive for dinner with Shark this week! How low will Shark go?

We made this before we knew Finding Dory would be released the same day.

What a coinkydink! 

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Shark Vs Rabbit #3: Inked-In

This week on Shark Vs Rabbit:

The Shark has appointment with Rabbit - as lunch! But the Rabbit has the Shark "Inked In" for a very different meeting...

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Shark vs Rabbit #2: Goin Fishin

This week on Shark vs Rabbit:

Shark has a new trick up his sleeve involving Rabbit's only weakness, the CARROT.

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Shark vs Rabbit #1: Spin Cycle

Welcome To The Shark Vs Rabbit reboot! 

At Animation Chefs we have always promoted the idea that kids today can make their own cartoon network.

We made a short series called Shark Vs Rabbit years ago to demonstrate how this can be done. 

It turned out to be our most popular and shared posts. 

We have always wanted to reboot Shark Vs Rabbit now that animating with mobile devices is so much easier than when we used webcams and laptops. 

Now that we have successfully launched our Animation Starter Kit, we are jumping in to restarting Shark Vs Rabbit! 

Every week! 

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Animating Kids Lesson #1: Basic Eye Pop

This secret recipe from the Animation Chefs introduces you to one of the oldest animation tropes.

Almost since the beginning of cartoons, character's eyes have been flying out their heads.  

What You Will Learn

This lesson blends a squash and stretch as a wind-up to eyes popping out of the head. For those of you who have been through the starter kit, you'll notice this right away. If you don't have the starter kit it breaks down like this: Before you pop the eyes, you have to give your audience about a second (or 15 pictures) look at your character in the "normal position".

Then you squash the face down for a few frames to "wind-up" our character for action. Then in just a few frames the character's face transforms into the "open-mouth-leaning-forward" pose, as you place the popping eyeballs out of the head. Then the shakes and quivers follow for as long as needed.  

Why This Is Important

Not only is the popping-outl-of-the-head-eyes animation a standard cliche for your own skills, it blends the basics of animation in such a fun way. The squash and stretch, wind-up and follow through, and wild posing all combine to produce a real snappy motion. This can be applied to almost any facial expression change whether the eyes pop out of their sockets or not. 

The Secret Recipe