Useful Links

ARTICLES

Animation Articles on Animation Toolworks
Animation Notes on Animation Meat
Animation Principles Applying the 12 Principles to 3D Computer Animation by Disney's Isaac Kerlow 
Animation Tips collected by Shaun Freeman 
Animation Tutorials by Keith Lango
Lean, Mean Fighting Machine How Brad Bird Made The Iron Giant
Make it Real Part 1 Chris Landreth discusses the current state of CG human characters and realism
Principles of Traditional Animation Applied to 3D Computer Animation by John Lasseter
Richard Williams Masterclass Notes taken by Dave Bailey 
Storyboards - What it takes part 1 by Larry Latham 
Tricks to Animating Characters with a Computer by John Lasseter


WEBSITES

11 Second Club Monthly character animation contest
3D Buzz 
3D Links 
3D Total  
3D World Magazine 
4mations 
Android Blues Art of Steven Stahlberg 
Animated Views News, reviews and commentary 
Animation Blogspot Blogging service hosted by Animation World Network
Animation Conversation Animation Podcast 
Animation Insider Animation news 
Animation Meat Animation notes 
Animation Podcast 
Animation Toolworks Home of the LunchBox 
Animation with a Moustache Olivier Ladeuix freelance 3d character animator/modeler  
Animation World Network 
Anime News Network 
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive 
Antony Ward 3D artist 
Autodesk 
Behance Network  Portfolio hosting
Bill Plympton Animator filmmaker
Bill Sienkiewicz Artist
Blue Sky Disney 
Brom Artist 
Bob Peak Illustrator 
Carbonmade Portfolio hosting
Cartoon Brew Leading the animation conversation 
Cartoon Saloon 
CG Society 
Computer Arts Magazine 
Concept Art 
Creative Dundee An independent look inside Dundee's creative community
Don Bluth 
Drew Struzan 
Ed Hooks Official website
Ed Hooks Blog on Animation World Network
Eddie Pittman Cartoonist 
Enrico Casarosa Story artist 
Flickr 
Frank Frazetta Online Museum 
Future Shorts
Gawker Artists 
GFX Artist 
Gnomon Workshop  
Google Video
Homestar Runner 
It's Art Mag 
Jim Jagger Animation Director 
Jonathan Harris 
Keith Lango Character Animator 
Kelsey Shannon Comic Artist 
Krishnamurti M. Costa Digital Artist 
Kyle Baker Luxury Cartooning 
Lines and Colors Art blog 
Matte Painting 
Michael Barrier Exploring the world of animated films and comic art
Motionographer 
Nickelodeon
On Animation Talkin' cartoons and film-making
Raph  3D artist gallery
Renderosity 
Ronnie del Carmen animation artist 
Scottish Animation Group 
Shaun Freeman Character Animator 
Shooting People  
Spline Doctors 
Stash Media Magazine 
Synchro Lux The animation and animation-related musings of Kevin Koch 
You Tube 
Twitter 
Vimeo 




RESOURCES

1950s - 1970s Advertising
3D sk Human and Animal Photo References 
Animation Buffet Lots of maya rigs 
Animation Rigs on 11 Second Club 
Apple Movie Trailers 
BBC Motion Gallery
Creative Commons copyright information
Human Anatomy Pictures 
IMP Awards Movie poster directory
Intellectual Property Office copyright information
Iron Giant Model Sheets 
Mayang's Free Textures 
Movie Screenshots 
Tay Screen 

TUTORIALS

Cartoon Eyes in Maya
Digital Tutors  
Facial Animation Rig for Delgo
Human Skin Shading 
Rigging 101 
Sean Nolan Rigging Tutorials



FUNDING


DigiCult Scottish Digital Shorts