Character Design References
Reference! Reference! (free database for animation)
11 Second Club (monthly character animation competition)
calartscharacteranimation
disney-moments-sketches (Allen Ostergar’s blog, animator at Walt Disney)
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
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
Keys to Emotion in Animation
Lessons from Disney’s Zootopia
The importance of Acting in Animation by Segio Pablos
Printable exposure/dope sheet
Recommended reading for animation students and enthusiasts
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
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
Breakdown tutorial (middle frame between to keys)
Drawing & Composition for visual storytelling
Animation fundamentals + tutorials
Filmmaking: Composition and Framing
How to animate using photoshop
How to animate Characters in Perspective
How to Animate Head Turns
OpeenToonz tutorials masterpost
Overlapping Action and Drag
Portfolio tips / Making A Successful Portfolio
Basics of good cartooning 1-12 by Sherm Cohen
Squash & Stretch tutorial
Storyboarding tutorials by Sherm Cohen
The Illusion of Life: 12 Principles of Animation
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
Blender (3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline: modeling, rigging, animation,etc)
Emofuri (animate using .psd files)
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)
Zbrush (digital sculpting sw by Pixologic)
Mudbox (digital sculpting sw by Autodesk)
Cinema 4D (digital sculpting sw by Maxon)
Blue Sky Studios (Greenwich, USA)
Dreamworks (Glendale, USA)
Imagination Studios/CN (Burbank, USA)
Industrial Light & Magic (San Francisco, USA)
Luma Pictures (USA / Melbourne, Australia)
Nickelodeon Animation (Burbank, USA)
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
Fallin Floyd by il Luster
Jinxy Jenkins and Lucky Lou by Michael Bidinger and Michelle Kwon
My Big Brother by Jason Rayner
Historia de un Oso by Gabriel Osorio
Home Sweet Home by home sweet home the film
One Bright Dot by Clément Morin
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
yousharknotpass
theartofmadeline
jacobvanloon
stormborns
turnnoffyourmind
jbbartram-illu
kaledo-art
