Esoteric Software

[Erika]

The Spine team is growing! Siniša joins us with over 10 years of experience in animation. He will be starring in a series of video lessons that teach animating in Spine, from animation theory to advanced Spine techniques. Learn more about Siniša in this short interview.

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[RobDK]

Hello and welcome Sinisa! Sorry I can't write your name properly, I don't think my keyboard even has that cool "S" there!

[Misaki]

Hello Siniša!
I’m happy to hear the great animator joined Spine team like you!
I can’t wait your lesson videos!!

[Sinisa]

Thanks a lot! Its gonna be a lot of fun! I have a lot of really cool tips and tricks to explain and exercises to practice prepared for you. The recording is taking place so stay tuned!

[Boscoe]

Welcome! Looking forward to learning mad skillz!

[warmanw]

Hi Sinisa, can't wait to see tutorials

[Nate]

[ericbdg@gmail.com]

Welcome Siniša! Waiting for the videos. Super excited!

[gunspike]

hello~~

[ara]

welcome Siniša

[jojosmlie]

hi ！Siniša

[johnedvard]

Welcome Siniša! I am happy to hear that Esoteric Software is growing, and I am looking forward to the animation tutorials!
I also enjoyed Prince of Persia, The Sands of Time when I was younger

[Shachar Tzin]

Hi Siniša
Can't wait to learn some new techniques ^^

[Sinisa]

Thanks for the warm welcome

[warmanw]

By the way I had similar experience playing games. My mother brought home her PC from work ~1996, and I was amazed with Prince of Persia thought never passed fully. and similarly when I saw the release of Prince of Persia Sands of time I immediately jumped in and again graphics shocked me. and PoP Sands of time I believe is the best from the series. really happy to see you in the ES team.

[mg.Mongibello]

The Spine team is growing! Siniša joins us with over 10 years of experience in animation. He will be starring in a series of video lessons that teach animating in Spine, from animation theory to advanced Spine techniques. Learn more about Siniša in this short interview.

Blog: Welcome Siniša!



Say hi to Siniša here!

Hi Siniša! Welcome, I am very happy and I can't wait to follow the video lessons, when will they start?

[Fuse Breaker]

*Pounding on my desk making grunting noises

[Sinisa]

Hello again everybody! The first video will probably be published around the end of August/beginning of September. I aim to publish one video per month. I will start by covering the basics of the animation, so if you are more advanced, don't worry, you can still learn a lot. Try to do the exercises, they will definitely benefit you to become a better animator. They are short, fun, and designed to get better and more proficient in animation and Spine. Looking forward to hearing your opinion when we start publishing them!

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Hello everybody! Just to let you know that the videos are a bit delayed. As you know we are working on the new Graph view which will be a full curve editor in Spine 4.0 release. I can just tell you your animations will level up! With this change, I decided to re-record the lessons so we can have an intro into a new feature! Stick around a little longer! Thanks for the wait, and sorry....but it will be worth it, the graph is amazing!

[wax_lyrical]

Welcome!

If you find some time - some tips on animating water and particles using bones, without FBF type animations would be really welcome. I'm self taught and newish to animating, and I'd love to make some impact hit fx in Spine!

[Sinisa]

Thanks, wax_lyrical!

Water is hard! Even doing physics simulations in 3d can be really difficult to make the water look good. Luckily we work with 2d so you can stylize a lot! Anyhow, it's hard to give a tip as I don't have enough info about your project. It is possible, but you have to know exactly what do you want to accomplish. I would recommend you to check these books: Elemental Magic, Volume I and Volume II by Joseph Gilland. He was a Disney special effects animator. The books are easy and fun to go through and definitely a must-have for every animator (if you are doing any kind of animated effects). Hope this helps. Let me know

[Gnaws]

Welcome Sinisa! I'm coming back to Spine after 2 years away. Much has changed. Really looking forward to your tutorials. Soon, I hope. =]

[Sinisa]

Thanks Gnaws!
Yes, definitely a lot has changed and there will be a lot more really cool stuff!
The first video is almost finished, just wrapping up with the last pieces of art and animation. As we didn't want to have long parts of the video where I would explain theory with nothing happening in the background, we decided to add animations that help explain the topic (or just make it more fun to watch the video ). All done in Spine of course!