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Anthony Wong has been a professional animator since 1991 and is currently a character animator at Pixar Animation Studios. Anthony started as a character layout artist on The Simpsons and animated on some of Disney’s classics like Hercules, Mulan, and Tarzan.
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Anthony Wong has been a professional animator since 1991 and has worked on Disney classics like Hercules, Mulan, and Tarzan. As a 3D character animator at Pixar, he's worked on Cars, Ratatouille, Toy Story 3 and many others. Read Full Bio
For nine years, he worked for Disney feature animation as a character animator (Hunchback, Mulan, Hercules, Fantasia 2000, Tarzan, Emperors New Groove, Treasure Planet, and Home on the Range), and is currently working at Pixar.
- A Range of Anger
- Escalation and Variety in Acting Shots
- Emotional Contrast in Animation
- The Intense Expression
- Putting Anger Into Context
A lot of beginners animate an angry scene just for the sake of anger, e.g. a villain doing an angry speech. It usually ends up looking cliché because the performance is generic and the audience has seen that tyrant speech many times. The audience understands the cliché performance but is not engaged. The opposite of cliché is specific. Anger can ra...
Another common beginner problem with an angry scene is the lack of escalation, variety, and contrast. Anger is a high energy state and usually comes with consequences. Humans are tactful. A frustrated person usually tries different tactics before going into a rage. They may negotiate, debate, or even compromise before kicking into fight mode. This ...
The first ideas of angry gestures are usually the aggressive ones, like finger pointing and fist shaking, however, the contrasting options should also be explored. For example, if a villain expresses his anger in a charming fashion, that can be an appealing solution to an otherwise typical anger scene. Contrast brings texture to the performance, an...
In addition to body gestures, the other obvious tool to show anger is in facial expressions, especially the eyes. Raised lower lids, compression of brows, and a downward head tilt can give the eyes a menacing look. Here is another look at the expressions from the Daniel Day Lewis clip. Notice the crease between the brows, the tension on his neck, a...
The actions of anger can be staring, crossing arms, pointing, screaming, stomping, etc. The animator’s choice of action depends on the content of scene and the personality of the character: To illustrate these points, here is a study of a clip from Wet Hot American Summerby Eureka Pictures: Andy (played by Paul Rudd) is frustrated because he is for...
Anthony Ho Wong. Animation Department: Hercules. Anthony Ho Wong is known for Hercules (1997), Treasure Planet (2002) and Brave (2012).
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Studios: Disney, Klasky Csupo, Pixar Roles: Animator , Character Animation , Additional Animation
