MOGRAPH HUB

I compiled this list of mograph resources, events, education content, mostly for myself to keep everything in one place but maybe someone might find this useful! Always a work in progress...let me know what else I should add to it. Contact: Eleanorngai(at)gmail.com

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PRICING

Rate Finder - For illustrators

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FREELANCE

Tools:

Notion, the all in one workspace

Trello

Bonsai, Freelance product suite

Solna, Smart Invoicing

The Futur - Content, course and tools for creatives

Calendly - Schedule meetings without back and forth emails

Advice:

How to get paid on time

Know your worth: How to negotiate fees and master money chat

Jobs board:

Motionographer

Mixed Parts

Working not working

If you could

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BOOKS

Animation

The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard E Williams

The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation by Frank Thomas

Elemental Magic by Joseph Gilland

 Directing the Story by Francis Glebas

 Animated Storytelling by Liz Blazer

The Power of Expression by Francois Lefebvre

The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design by Tod Polson

The Silver Way: Techniques, Tips, and Tutorials for Effective Character Design by Stephen Silver

Rowland B. Wilson's Trade Secrets: Notes on Cartooning and Animation by Rowland Wilson

Framed Ink: Drawing and Composition for Visual Storytellers

Business

The Win Without Pitching Manifesto - Blair Enns

The Freelance Manifesto by Joey Korenman 

Someone made a giant list here.

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SOUND FOR ANIMATION

motionsound.io

Boombox

Soundsnap - free

Music Bed

Sound Designers

Ana Roman

Thomas Williams

Tiger Bear

The Chicken 

Sono Sanctus

Ambrose Yu

Nicesound.tv

Antfood

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WHERE TO LEARN 2d CHARACTER ANIMATION

School of Motion - Character Animation bootcamp (https://students.schoolofmotion.com/courses)

Ross Plaskow Patreon

Rigging

DUIK Bassel with Jake Barlett

Rigging stroked characters with Chris Anderson

Skillshare classes

The Art of Animation: How to Create Lifelike Movement by  Emanuele Colombo

Animating Emotions: Using movement to convey feeling by Claudio Salas 

Simple character animation with Fraser Davidson

Character Animation - Facial expressions with Fraser Davidson

Run cycle with Chris Anderson

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TOOLS

After Effects Tools

For Rigging

DUIK

Rubber hose

Puppet tools

Limber

Crosshair

Ease Copy

Bendy nulls

Sticks and sliders

K Bar

Overlord

Ray Dynamic textures

Ouroborus

Motion 3 

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FREE ONLINE TUTORIALS

Here’s a bunch of youtube channels teaching motion graphics.

I’ll add more later...

Youtube

Ben Marriott

ECAbrams

Jake in Motion

We are Popo 

Matt Wilson Tutorials & Advice

Camp keyframe

Creative Dojo

Dope Motion

Easy After Effects

Move Shapes

Mt Mograph

Others:

Lester Banks

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INSPIRATIONS

Motionographer

Wine After Coffee

Ladies with Lenses

Eye Explosion

Ice Cream Hater

Nice Type

Punanimation

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RESOURCES

Holdframe

Kyle’s Photoshop brushes

Other people have put together lists of resources too!

A motion design resource by Tushar Pandey

Useful links for Artists by Maddy Haynes

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PANIMATION DIRECTORY

A directory of women, trans and non-binary friends working with animation and motion graphics.

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EDUCATION

Motion Design school

School of Motion

Learn Squared 

Skillshare 

Mograph Mentor 

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EVENTS

Motion Plus Design - LA /Paris / Tokyo

Offf Barcelona - Barcelona 

Pictoplasma - Berlin

MODE - Wellington

Blend Fest -  Vancouver 

Node Fest - Australia

Mouvo - Prague

Motion Motion - Nantes

Annecy Festival - Annecy

Us by night - Antwerp

Other local events:

See No Evil - London

Loopdeloop - worldwide

She Drew That - London

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PODCASTS

Motion Hatch

Collective Podcast 

Animalators

Pro Video podcast

You are SWIM