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Animation Resources; Last Updated July 5
Topic Started: Jun 4 2005, 11:33 AM (13,986 Views)
TheEYE	Jun 4 2005, 11:33 AM Post #1
Lurys Fey Daemyt Posts: 5,207 Group: Admin Member #370 Joined: September 13, 2004	The almighty Animation Resource List! A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed their links and information for the community to use, share, and learn from! And a real big thanks to Thanatos for creating the original list! with the list growing sometimes it gets rather hard to spot a certain url in the list when where updating it, if you see a copy of a link please contact a mod. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Traditional and Flash Animation Tutorials -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Hayk "Neenja" Manukyan Tutorials Toon Institute Cartoon Solutions (free flash/animation tutorials) Queensland Animators Group Inc (mostly for people who live in Queensland, Australia but lots of tips about animation in general. Wasn't sure about this one) StopMotionAnimation.com http://www.kennybellew.com/tutorial/ http://www.keyframer.com/ http://www.mudbubble.com/db_tutorials/db_tut_index.html http://www.cartoonsmart.com/ http://www.cartoonster.com/ http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/Hypermuscle/Hyper.html (some reference on body movement and muscle transformation) http://www.animationmeat.com/index2.html (advice, rants and random stuff) http://www.abc.net.au/arts/strange/default_lowband.htm - Animationtechniques for various mediums http://www.vectorkid.com/tutorials.html (vector drawing techniques) http://www.flashkit.com http://www.carlosbaena.com/anim_material.html http://www.acmeanimation.org/ http://www.animfound.com/tips/tips.html http://www.animationtoolworks.com/library/library.html http://www.sijun.com/dhabih/mainscreen.html http://www.awn.com/tooninstitute/ http://www.scottmcdaniel.net/drawing/smdrawing.html http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/cartoon.htm Tricks to Animating Characters with a Computer Klasky Csupo Animation Lessons A Simple Method for creating Walk Cycles Character Animation Theories And Principles Character Animation: Principles and Practice WILLFUL IGNORANCE: making “Flying Fur” Animation Notes and Exercises http://www.lynda.com/ http://www.animateclay.com/ A Begginers course in the principles of 2D Animation http://www.flashfilmmaker.com/forums/archi...der=asc&start=0 - A list of frequently asked beginners questions - thanks to 1llusions for pointing this out. The company I used to work for has this site, it's worth a look... not just for kids! http://www.kidzonline.org/TechTraining/vid...=2D%20Animation Another huge tutorial resource that is well worth taking a look at is www.tutorialized.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flash Components for Animation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.27bobs.com/ Sham Bhangal's Stuff: ---------------------------- Page turn effect for MX http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript...flashhacks.html The swarm (particle) effect he made for Adam to use http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript...flashhacks.html And the granddaddy of em all, the VCam- http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript...cks.html?page=2 VCam MX http://www.futuremedia.org.uk/ORA/FMX_files.zip VCam for Flash 5 http://www.futuremedia.org.uk/ORA/F5_files.zip ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reccomended Reading* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Animation The Animator's Survival Kit; everything you need to know about animating and more http://snipurl.com/afor The Illusion of life; Probably the best book on animation after the Survival kit. http://snipurl.com/dvah Flash Cartoon Animation; a book based on animating cartoons in Flash. http://snipurl.com/afos http://www.polykarbon.com/library/index.htm http://www.animationmeat.com/index.html The best animation site ever! http://jrhull.typepad.com/seward_street/ Seward Street http://www.siggraph.org/education/material...n_trad_anim.htm Principles of Traditional Animation Applied to Computer Animation http://www.siggraph.org/education/material...ation/anim0.htm Index to above pages http://www.fpsmagazine.com/feature/041022goldberg.shtml Eric Goldberg Interviews http://www.exposure.co.uk/eejit/storybd/ Storyboard Article http://vrlab.epfl.ch/research/V_vision.html Overview of Motion Capture http://genedeitch.awn.com/ Gene Deitch - How to Succeed in animation http://www.characteranimationin3d.com/ 3D Character Animation http://s7.invisionfree.com/Brackenwood/ind...?showtopic=3209 Typography How to work with text in flash. http://s7.invisionfree.com/Brackenwood/ind...?showtopic=4353 - Some practical tips from Bill Plympton http://www.animationpodcast.com/ Audio Interviews, Notes, and more! Richard Williams Animation Master Class Notes Animation Notes from Ollie Johnston http://www.bolex.co.uk/ The art of stop motion animation StoryBoard to Animation “Cartoon, Anti-Cartoon” Revisited Cartooning In AfterEffects Flash Animation Killer Tips How to Create Animation How to Succeed in Animation Flash Keyboard Shortcuts A meeting with Bill Plympton (Thread) by Anghefil Interview with Richard Williams http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone..._no=1291&page=1 The 12 Basic Principles of Animation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Animation Supplies ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.chromacolour.com http://www.lightfootltd.com/ http://www.paperpeople.co.uk/ http://www.eyeeffex.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Misc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.pixar.com/ http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/jobs/howto.html Pixar Submissions Info http://www.animation-backgrounds.com/home.html Backgrounds!!! http://www.celshader.com/anime/index.html Anime Tips A website on copyrighting flashfiles. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Animation Communities ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Animationforum.net http://www.animationforum.net/ Animation corner http://www.animationcorner.com/ The animation guild http://www.mpsc839.org/ Animation world network http://www.awn.com/ ASIFA http://asifa.net/ Flash Film Maker http://www.flashfilmmaker.com/forums/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TheEYE on Animation Files - Currently all files linked to www.Eyeeffex.com are down, sorry for the inconvenience- Thanatos ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Milt Kahl lecture circa 1977 http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/kahl_notes_01.rar Part 2 http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/kahl_notes_02.rar part 3 http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/kahl_notes_03.rar Eric Goldberg on the Animation Process http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/goldberg_overview.rar Eric Goldberg Secondary Action Overlap http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/goldberg_secondary_action.rar Eric Goldberg Shot Placement http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/goldberg_shot_placement.rar Eric Goldberg Technical Optical Effects Part 1 http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/goldberg_optical_effects_pt1.rar part 2 http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/goldberg_optical_effects_pt2.rar part 3 http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/goldberg_optical_effects_pt3.rar part 4 http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/goldberg_optical_effects_pt4.rar Principles of Animation Cartoon Laws of Physics Glen Keane on Animation Storyboard Tips Human Locomotion Brian Lemay on Walking (1) Brian Lemay on Walking (2) Brian Lemay on Walking (3) Brian Lemay on Walking (4) Occident Trotting Easing In Ease In - Ease Out Squash and Stretch Character Sheets, Storyboards, etc. ------------------------------------------------------ *Little Bear ------------- Little Bear Ep. 08 Layout http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/littlebear_08_pt1.rar Little Bear Ep. 08 Character Sheets http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/littlebear_08_pt2.rar Little Bear Ep. 6C Layout http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/littlebear_6C_pt1.rar Little Bear Ep. 6C Character Sheets http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/littlebear_6C_pt2.rar Little Bear Ep. 6C Location Sheets http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/littlebear_6C_pt3.rar Little Bear Ep. 6C Prop Sheets http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/littlebear_6C_pt4.rar XSheets and Camera Effects http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/xsheets_and_camera_effects.rar Disney model sheets http://animationarchive.net/Model%20Sheets/index.php The following Sheridan College notes should be printed in the order I have them here: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Layout Notes http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/sheridan_college_layout_notes.rar Animation Layout http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/sheridan_college_a...tion_layout.rar Background Layout http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/sheridan_college_b...ound_layout.rar Using Overlays http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/sheridan_college_overlays.rar Repeat Pans http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/sheridan_college_repeat_pans.rar Perspective Cheats http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/sheridan_college_p...tive_cheats.rar Layout Folders/Checklists http://eyeeffex.com/pdf/sheridan_college_layout_errata.rar ===================================================== Animation Blogs ===================================================== John K's Blog (creator of Ren&Stimpy) http://www.coldhardflash.com http://www.disada.com/disada2002/mag/magFrames1.html http://jrhull.typepad.com/seward_street/ http://www.animationpodcast.com/ http://cganimation.blogspot.com/ http://www.michaelbarrier.com/commentary.htm http://pixaranimation.blogspot.com/ http://www.drawn.ca/ http://www.cartoonresearch.com/comments.html http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ http://www.pruiksma.com/index.html http://www.cataroo.com/index.html http://jaredchapman.blogspot.com/ http://www.animationblast.com/ http://www.ronniedelcarmen.com/blog1/blog.html http://www.deneroff.com/Commentary/Commentary%2003.htm http://www.thedisneyblog.com/ http://www.xanga.com/skin.asp?user=fwak http://www.jimhillmedia.com/ http://persistenceofvision.blogspot.com/ http://wardomatic.blogspot.com/ http://chadgmoore.blogspot.com/ http://ghostbot.blogspot.com/ http://www.off-model.com/ http://teenageroblog.blogspot.com/ http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/blogger.html http://www.animationarchive.org/blogger.html Advanced animation by preston blair (free online)



Troll-Sniper	Nov 1 2007, 10:36 PM Post #2
Brackenwood Lightweight Posts: 179 Group: Brackenites Member #3,569 Joined: October 18, 2006	Woow thats alot. But it'd take alot of time to browse though all of those. Could you list to each link a discription so that we'd know whats on the link?



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