
websites:
- Animation World Network
- Animation Backgrounds
- Animation Magazine
- Animation & CGI
- Animator Island
- Anime News Network
- Cartoon Brew
- Character Design References
- On Animation
- Reference! Reference! (free database for animation)
- 11 Second Club (monthly character animation competition)
tumblr blogs:
- animationart
- animationforce
- animationtidbits
- aspiretoanimate
- calartscharacteranimation
- disney-moments-sketches (Allen Ostergar’s blog, animator at Walt Disney)
- drawingforsuckas
- fuckyeahconceptart
- storyboardresources
- theanimationarchive
- theartofanimation
- wannabeanimator
resources/tips:
- Animation schools: 1 / 2 (Top 50 USA) / 3 (Top 100 international)
- Which animation school is right for you? (Ringling vs. CalArts)
- Don’t want to/ can’t afford art school? you’ve got other options.
- Animation Mentor: The online animation school
- Art school exercises!!
- 51 Great Animation exercises
- 20 things you can expect as a traditional (2D) animation student that they never tell you
- A Survivor’s Guide to Life Inside an Animation Studio
- Animation basics: The art of timing and spacing
- Animation Notes From Ollie Johnston
- Animated chart of the basic principles of animation
- 10 Second tip: Always Anticipate
- book: Animation: Learn How to Draw Animated Cartoons by Preston Blair
- book: A System for Planning and Timing Animation by Glen Keane
- book: Timing for animation by Harold Whitaker and John Halas
- book: Gesture Drawing for animation by Walt Stanchfield
- Basic 3D Animation Terminology
- Digital pencil test!!
- Keys to Emotion in Animation
- Lessons from Disney’s Zootopia
- Model Sheets central
- The importance of Acting in Animation by Segio Pablos
- Printable exposure/dope sheet
- Phoneme Chart
- Recommended reading for animation students and enthusiasts
- The 5 Types of Animation
- The Know-How of Cartooning
- The Unofficial Truth about The Animation Industry
- Why Disney Sends Its Animators To Life Drawing Classes
- Walk/Run Cycles reference
- What is Pixar looking for in Animators? (scroll down)
- Portfolio Advice for The Disney Animation Internship
- What is Rigging?
- 3D Rigging Terminology
- 3D Modeling Terminology
tutorials:
- Animation for Beginners: Where do I start
- Animation Physics (Video tutorials on physics for animation artists)
- Animation tutorial part. 1 AKA “the secret of animation”
- Appealing Poses in Animation
- Background & Movement in TV
- Blinking tips
- Breakdown tutorial (middle frame between to keys)
- Drawing & Composition for visual storytelling
- Drawing for Animation
- Drawing a Likeness
- Animation fundamentals + tutorials
- Filmmaking: Composition and Framing
- Getting Shape Change
- How to animate using photoshop
- How to animate Characters in Perspective
- How to Animate Head Turns
- How to Draw Gesture
- OpeenToonz tutorials masterpost
- Overlapping Action and Drag
- Portfolio tips / Making A Successful Portfolio
- Lyp Sync tutorial
- Line of action
- Basics of good cartooning 1-12 by Sherm Cohen
- Squash & Stretch tutorial
- Squash and Stretch 2
- Storyboarding tutorials by Sherm Cohen
- The Illusion of Life: 12 Principles of Animation
- Tilt, Flow & Rhythm
- Underlying Structure When Animating Expressions
- TVPaint tutorial: Uploading and Coloring Scanned Animation
supplies (traditional animation):
- 10 Essential Art Supplies for the Traditional Animator
- How to Use a Light Table for Animation
- Making a Simple Animation Lightbox
- Peg bars, Animation Disk & Desk
softwares:
free
- Blender (3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline: modeling, rigging, animation,etc)
- Emofuri (animate using .psd files)
- Google Sketchup (
- Live2D ( animation/drawing software
- OpenToonz (Studio Ghibli’s open source animation software)
- Pencil2D (create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics)
- Renderman (Pixar’s free 3D rendering software)
- Sculptris (Free digital sculpting tool by the makers of Zbrush
- SculptGL (Online modelling program)
- Synfig (2d animation using a vector and bitmap artwork)
paid
- Zbrush (digital sculpting sw by Pixologic)
- Mudbox (digital sculpting sw by Autodesk)
- Cinema 4D (digital sculpting sw by Maxon)
- TVPaint (2d animation)
animation studios:
- Aardman (Bristol, UK)
- Blue Sky Studios (Greenwich, USA)
- Dreamworks (Glendale, USA)
- Fox Animation (USA)
- Imagination Studios/CN (Burbank, USA)
- Industrial Light & Magic (San Francisco, USA)
- Laika (Hillsboro, USA)
- Luma Pictures (USA / Melbourne, Australia)
- Nickelodeon Animation (Burbank, USA)
- Pixar (Emeryville, CA)
- Rise FX (Berlin, Germany)
- Studio Ghibli (Tokyo, Japan)
- Sony Picture Imageworks (Vancouver, Canada)
- Sony Pictures Animation (Culver City, CA)
- Walt Disney Animation (Burbank, CA)
- Weta Digital (Wellington, New Zealand)
inspiration: worth watching short films
- Coda by and maps and plans
- Contre Temps by the Contre Temps Team
- Duet by Glen Keane
- DOG ENVY by Olivia Huynh
- Fallin Floyd by il Luster
- French Roast
- Gravity by Ailin Liu
- In Between by Gobelins
- Jinxy Jenkins and Lucky Lou by Michael Bidinger and Michelle Kwon
- My Big Brother by Jason Rayner
- Night Light by Qing Han
- Nephtali by Glen Keane
- Nocturne by Kari Casady
- Historia de un Oso by Gabriel Osorio
- Home Sweet Home by home sweet home the film
- One Bright Dot by Clément Morin
- Stickboy by Giant Ant
- SOAR by Alyce Tzue
- Tsunami by The Animation Workshop
- Thought of You by Ryan Woodward
- Vagabond by The Animation Workshop
- 5 Gobelins Shorts That Pay Tribute To Women Animation Pioneers
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