A Tale of Two Animators

The most significant experience that shaped my growth as an animator

Early in my career, I learned a key lesson about animation while supervising cleanup on a commercial. The lesson was cosmic in scale.

The commercial was animated by two artists—Cole and Miguel.

Cole worked tight. Every drawing was almost perfectly on-model from frame one. He was steady, consistent, and reliable.

Miguel, on the other hand, worked loose—very…