The best part of what we do is seeing all of the amazing work you put out with our characters year after year. We feature some of those in our annual Tommie Awards but wanted to put together this Members’ Showcase to show off even more of what you’ve created. Way to go! Thanks for […]
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We are giving away our very first free character
We have big news! Our very first FREE character rig from Long Winter Studios is coming out next week, along with five new characters! Meet Big, one of our shiny new crash characters. We have spent all year working furiously to get fresh new character rigs ready for you to animate. Hopefully you’ve seen Stompasaurus, […]
Meet our five new characters!
These five shiny new crash characters are some of the first with the latest version of our ultra-flexible rigging system. If you’re already a member, you’ll see these guys automatically added to your character manager next week. No clunky installs or updates or need to do anything. Boom. If you’re not a member yet, let’s […]
Meet our newest character, Stompasaurus
Fall is one of our favorite times of year here at Long Winter. School is back in session, the colors are a’changin (at least where we are), and we have spent all year working furiously to get fresh new character rigs ready for you to animate. We are super excited to announce Stompasaurus, one of […]
Tommies 2017: Daniel Quintero creates smooth, natural animation in “Acting Exercise”
This year’s Tommies Awards entries were better than ever. Our members have brought our Long Winter character rigs to life and we are psyched to see the inspiration and creativity from such a diverse community. Our winners received a ton of great prizes (including free memberships to our new service with unlimited access to 38+ […]
Tommies 2017: Anton Kozlovskyi pushes extreme motion in “Dr. Emmet Braun”
This year’s Tommies Awards entries were better than ever. Our members have brought our Long Winter character rigs to life and we are psyched to see the inspiration and creativity from such a diverse community. Our winners received a ton of great prizes (including free memberships to our new service with unlimited access to 38+ […]
Tommies 2017: Genuine creepiness in “Sleaze Ball” by Don Dixon
This year’s Tommies Awards entries were better than ever. Our members have brought our Long Winter character rigs to life and we are psyched to see the inspiration and creativity from such a diverse community. Our winners received a ton of great prizes (including free memberships to our new service with unlimited access to 38+ […]
Tommies 2017: It’s all about acting in “Connection” by Amjad Afifah
It was tough to choose the winners of our 2017 Tommies Awards because submissions this year were better than ever. Our members have brought our Long Winter character rigs to life and we are psyched to see so much inspiration and creativity from our diverse community. Our winners received a ton of great prizes (including […]
Day 12: Let’s rock and roll
Happy New Year! We say, bring on 2017! We’re so psyched to roll out all this new stuff to you guys. Thanks for coming along with us on our 12 Days of Awesome as we debuted our awesome new Long Winter membership. On our final day, Day 12, let’s take a moment to recap some […]
Day 10: Happy New Year! We’ve launched!
Happy New Year!! We are so psyched for what 2017 will bring – and good news!! Our membership service launched January 1st! Day 10: We’ve launched! BECOME A MEMBER TODAY! We used to sell our characters à la carte for animators on our website which required us to sell them for $30-$70 each. With this […]
Day 9: Super simple, point-and-click install in Maya
It’s almost Christmas and we’re feeling that holiday spirit! Loads of new characters, $10/month. We’re all thinking the same thing: where’s the catch? Is it going to be a pain to use? Here’s the trick. We’ve all dealt with characters that come with “required” tools. Nothing sucks more than being locked out of your file […]
Day 8: Look how cute our kids are!
Our Long Winter Studios’ 12 Days of Awesome isn’t over yet! We have a gang of four new kid/child characters that are going to be added to the library this spring. Their proportions are super appealing, cute, and fun to work with, and because you can get all the characters for $10/month, you can animate […]
Day 7: You’ve got questions? We’ve got answers (plus, meet Reno!)
We are very excited about our new service coming out in January and have gotten a number of great questions as we prepare to roll it out. Below are some of the highlights – the whole breakdown can also be found on our updated FAQ page. If you have other questions about the new service […]
Day 6: Best rigs for animation students
Schools and students, we have especially been thinking about you wonderful people as we’re rolling out our 12 Days of Awesome. You are important. Since day one, schools have played a huge role in our motivation for getting characters out. It was while our CEO Andrew Conroy was teaching animation to college students that Long […]
Day 5: Woof! More animal rigs coming in 2017
We’re not fooling around when we said we were focusing on animals in 2017. We’re gonna keep adding to the humans but it’s hard not to enjoy building characters like Mack here. (Maybe you saw a peek at him in our new demo reel earlier this week.) With all the great features of our human […]
Day 4: Better price AND better characters
Day 4: Better price AND better characters – the price is going down, but the quality is going up! It’s Day 4 of our 12 Days of Awesome! We are cutting the price, but we want you to know that we’re not at all cutting the quality – that just keeps going up! In fact, […]
Day 3: Wild Animals!
We’re setting our sights on a whole crew of new animals. And not just pets and wild creatures but anthropomorphic characters too! Day 4: Meet Dale! With our concept artist Eric Meister cranking out designs, we’re tackling some of our most challenging work yet: building incredibly flexible and appealing animals, creatures and anthropomorphic characters. Dale […]
Day 2 of our 12 days of Awesome
Our new service is debuting in January and we’re celebrating with 12 Days of Awesome! We’ll be introducing some of our new characters that you’ll get access to after January, and previewing what sweet new benefits you’ll get. This is the best stuff we’ve made yet. Day 1 was introducing one of our new characters, […]
Day 1: 12 Days of Characters, Animation, and AWESOMENESS!!
We are full of holiday cheer and want to share our newest gift with you: 12 Days of Characters, Animation, and AWESOMENESS!! We are constantly trying to help you all improve your animation skills and want you to have access to the best, film-quality, super flexible character rigs for your short films, commercial work, or […]
The new Luke rig is almost here
We are about to roll out a new Long Winter character rig! Luke is our latest male character rig and he’s a pretty rad dude! He has the same killer setup as Franky and Kate – our Long Winter-exclusive, ultra-flexible TimberBeast system – and would make a great pair for Kate or one of our […]
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