Animation Links
A Selection of Websites Related to Film-making and Animation

Please contact me if you find any of these links to be dead or incorrect.
Same goes if you have suggestions for adding to the list

Email address is at the bottom of this page



1 - ANIMATION TIPS, LESSONS, REFERENCE
(note: not every website fits neatly into one category !) 
 

  Click on a name to visit a site:

ANIMATION ARTIST

useful articles, 3D biased

ANIMATION ABOUT

American site; animation tips

ANIMATION BACKGROUNDS

Michael Hirsh’s extensive notes on the Satori paint program

 ANIMATION MEAT

packed with meaty animation tidbits

ANIMATION NATION

"insider information for animation pros"

ANIMÉ CHECK LIST

Giuseppe Albanese's check-list of Japanese animation (anime) produced since 1917

ANIMATION TREASURES

a fascinating blog that has painstakingly re-created background artwork etc from the "golden age" of animation

BHH STUDIO

friendly site from Virginia USA. Useful Flash book reviews

CINEMATOGRAPHY NET

film forums

CHARACTER ANIMATION

information about Steve Robert's book which teaches 2D and 3D character animation through a series of exercises

CLAY ANIMATOR

large deal of information on the subject of claymation. Tedious if you have dial-up connection; each section is prefaced by gratuitous Flash animation

DAVID ATKINSON

an introduction to and overview of animation

DEVX

clearly written, well illustrated articles on the basics of computer graphics, primarily aimed at web developers

DISNEY SUBMISSION PORTAL

online facility for receiving portfolios for consideration

DON BLUTH'S ACADEMY

excellent pro information

ESCAPE STUDOS

Escape Studios exists to support the global computer graphics community with the best training, technology and talent in the world. Based in London UK

FLIPPIES

the story of flipbooks (a commercial site promoting...guess)

KARMATOONS

an excellent primer to learning the basics of classical 2D animation drawing with many illustrations

KLASKY CSUPO

simple tips on drawing for animation

MAKE MOVIES

Stan Hayward's comprehensive notes and study programme for animation students

OPTICAL TOYS  1

2

fascinating introductions to optical toys which led to the birth of animation

PERRY MITCHELL

Some technical articles about vision and video

SHOOTING PEOPLE

UK site with news and forums on various interests including one on animation

 STEVE ROBERTS

his (UK) info site 

TONY WHITE

Tony White's very informative website, with links to his blog and other material

 

2 - PROFESSIONAL BODIES 

 

ANIMATE! ONLINE

UK website of the Animate! scheme

BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE

British Film Institute

BKSTS

British Kinematograph + Television Soc.

EU MEDIA DESK

EU and training news

SKILLSET

Start here if you are looking to enter the UK film industry

WRITERS' GUILD

Has an interesting section on writing for animation

 

 
 3 - SOFTWARE, HARDWARE, SUPPLIES 

 

1STOP

Here you can purchase all your clay related products and more! (UK)

ANIMATION STAND

Linker Systems' ink and paint software

ANIMATION TOOLWORKS

makers of Lunchbox - a standalone device for grabbing single frame animations

ANIMO

ink and paint software from Cambridge Animation Systems

CHROMACOLOUR

comprehensive animation supplies

CELTX

screenwriting / planning / storyboarding software. It's cross-platform, it's totally free. Try it and join the Celtx community

COLOR COP

this is a tiny freeware Windows program that can sample the colour value of anything on your screen

CELACTION

Celaction (UK). 2D animation program.

COMODO FREE FIREWALL

Comodo's free firewall for PCs is very thorough if you set it to maximum security, though it is a bit irksome until it has learned which programs are safe. Recommended.

CRATER

CTP ink and paint software

DIGICEL

makers of "flipbook" software

DOGWAFFLE

interesting animation paint program from Dan Ritchie. Free version for downloading

FLIX

shareware program for making time-lapse animation using a webcam

IRFANVIEW

a freeware graphics file viewer and browser (PC)

LOST MARBLE

good cheap 2D animation software: Anime Studio (previously called MOHO) This is available in PC, MAC and Linux versions.

MIRAGE

This French animation paint program has a very long history, starting as TV Paint for the Amiga then becoming Aura, sold by Newtek, now re-launched and re-written as Mirage from Bauhaus Software.

PAPER PEOPLE

animation supplies, everything you need for animation (UK)

RETAS

ink and paint software (Japan) from FilmWare Products

SCRIPT MAKER

check out this source of free software for script writing and storyboarding tools - and do write to thank the author for his generosity if you download and use his programs!

STOP MOTION PRO

single-frame shooting software; a friendly and interesting site

TAB

software for web animation targeted at the consumer market - from the makers of Toonz

TAKE 5

software for shooting animation on PCs. From the writer of the famous Take2 (Amiga) line-tester program. Free demo version available online

TOKI

French linetest and doping software, MAC / PC. Lite version free, full version 189 euros. PAL and NTSC compatible

TOON BOOM

2D software

TOONY TOWN

Spanish online shop for animation supplies - prices are in Euros

TOONZ

ink and paint software

US ANIMATION

ink and paint software

 

4 - PUBLICATIONS, ARTICLES, ANIMATION NEWS 

 

AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER

American Cinematographer

ANIMATION CORNER

Website that allows animators to upload and display (for free) their movies and character designs for others to view and critique. Great for either professional animators or students to show off their work to get feedback from other animators.

ANIMATION MAGAZINE

Animation Magazine

ANIMATION RESEARCH CENTRE

Surrey Institute of Art & Design

ANIMATION UK

for details on purchasing the Animation UK yearbook and Imagine magazine

ANIMATION WORLD NETWORK

huge U.S. site with many of their magazine’s articles available free online

BCDB

the big cartoon database...you on it?

EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION

with many links

FILM WAVES

on experimental 3D animation

FOCAL PRESS

Focal Press publish a large number of titles relevant to film, video and animation

GOOGLE-MEDIA

media news

HOT WIRED

showcase of online animation from Wired magazine - you'll need your plugins!

IMDB

the indispensable Movie Data Base

SILICON NEWS

UK news source, media

3D ANIMATION

the art of 3D animation

WIKIPEDIA

contributor-written encyclopaedia; many animation articles

 

 

5 - UK ANIMATION COURSES

 

BRISTOL SCHOOL OF ANIMATION

Professional development courses in Maya, Flash, Adobe After Effects, Director, 3D Studio Max and others. Also a 3 Month Animation Course

CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS

Have a range of animation courses (central London). Click on one of these links for further information:
summer courses
short courses 

COVENTRY UNIVERSITY

3 year BA

DE MONTFORT

3-4 years BA    Leicester

EDGE HILL

St Helens Road Ormskirk
Lancs L39 4QP  
tel 01695 584847        3 year BA

KINGSTON UNIVERSITY

3 year BSc

NCCA

National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth

BKSTS

British Kinematograph + Television Soc.

SKILLSET

Skillset offers specialised courses: it is the Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries (broadcast, film, radio, video, interactive media and photo imaging).

SURREY INSTITUTE

EU and training news

 

6 - FILM + ANIMATION FORUMS

Here are a few internet forums you may find of interest.
Please send suggestions for additional sites to the address below

 

ANIMATION WORLD NEWS

CINEMATOGRAPHY NET

ANIMATION CORNER

ANIME STUDIO


Please note that most internet forums can be freely viewed, but you will be asked to register if you wish to post contributions

 

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