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  
links last checked: 7 May 09

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



 

ANIMATION ARTIST

useful articles, 3D biased

ANIMATION ABOUT

American site; animation tips

ANIMATION BACKGROUNDS

Michael Hirsh’s extensive notes on the Satori paint program and much else as well

ANIMATION NATION

"insider information for animation pros"


ANIMÉ CHECK LIST

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

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

MAKE MOVIES

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

SHOOTING PEOPLE

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

TONY WHITE

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

 

 

2 - PROFESSIONAL BODIES 

 


ANIMATE PROJECTS

Animate Projects (UK) commissions artists to make work that explores the relationship between contemporary art and animation, for broadcast, gallery, cinema and online exhibition

BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE

British Film Institute

BKSTS

British Kinematograph + Television Soc.

EU MEDIA DESK

The UK MEDIA Team helps to promote and administer the European Union's MEDIA Programme in the UK

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 

 

ANIMATION TOOLWORKS

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

CHROMACOLOUR

comprehensive animation supplies

CELTX

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

CELACTION

Celaction (UK). 2D animation program.

COMODO FREE FIREWALL

free firewall and antivirus for PCs . Recommended

CRATER

CTP ink and paint software

FLIX

shareware program for making time-lapse animation using a webcam

IRFANVIEW

a freeware graphics file viewer and browser (PC)

TV PAINT

This French animation bitmap paint program has a very long history.


PAPER PEOPLE

animation supplies, everything you need for animation (UK)

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

TOONBASE

European online shop with comprehensive range of materials for traditional animation and comics. Site in German and English

TOON BOOM

2D software - pretty much the most comprehensive suite of digital 2D animation tools. The Animo program is now owned by this company

TOONZ

2D and ink and paint software

 

 

4 - PUBLICATIONS, ARTICLES, ANIMATION NEWS 

 

ANIMATION MAGAZINE

Animation Magazine

ANIMATION MENTOR

Animation Mentor , the online animation school, offers a free monthly newsletter packed with news and insider information about the animation  industry

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?

CARTOON BREW

your starting point for cartoon tidbits/news updated daily

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

IMDB

the indispensable Movie Data Base

3D ANIMATION

the art of 3D animation

WIKIPEDIA

contributor-written encyclopaedia; many animation articles

 

 

5 - ANIMATION COURSES (mostly UK)

 

ANIMATION MENTOR

US based 18-month long online animation course

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) 

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

LONDON MET

The BSc Computer Animation degree offered by the Faculty of Computing offers you an opportunity to build a career as a computer animator, working closely with highly creative and technical professionals within the animation industry.

NCCA

National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth

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

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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