The almighty Animation Resource List, compiled by TheEYE.
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!
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Traditional and Flash Animation Tutorials-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------/
Hayk "Neenja" Manukyan TutorialsToon 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.comhttp://www.kennybellew.com/tutorial/http://www.keyframer.com/http://www.mudbubble.com/db_tutorials/db_tut_index.htmlhttp://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.comhttp://www.carlosbaena.com/anim_material.htmlhttp://www.acmeanimation.org/http://www.animfound.com/tips/tips.htmlhttp://www.animationtoolworks.com/library/library.htmlhttp://www.sijun.com/dhabih/mainscreen.htmlhttp://www.awn.com/tooninstitute/http://www.scottmcdaniel.net/drawing/smdrawing.htmlhttp://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/cartoon.htmTricks to Animating Characters with a ComputerKlasky Csupo Animation LessonsA Simple Method for creating Walk Cycles Character Animation Theories And PrinciplesCharacter Animation: Principles and PracticeWILLFUL 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.
Eadweard Muybridge Photo CollectionEadweard Muybridge - Animals in motion PDFThe 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%20AnimationAnother 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:
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Page turn effect for MX
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript...flashhacks.htmlThe swarm (particle) effect he made for Adam to use
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript...flashhacks.htmlAnd the granddaddy of em all, the VCam-
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript...cks.html?page=2VCam MX
http://www.futuremedia.org.uk/ORA/FMX_files.zipVCam for Flash 5
http://www.futuremedia.org.uk/ORA/F5_files.zip-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recommended Reading-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animation
The Animator's Survival Kit; everything you need to know about animating and more
http://snipurl.com/aforThe Illusion of life; Probably the best book on animation after the Survival kit.
http://snipurl.com/dvahFlash Cartoon Animation; a book based on animating cartoons in Flash.
http://snipurl.com/afoshttp://www.polykarbon.com/library/index.htmhttp://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 NotesAnimation Notes from Ollie Johnstonhttp://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=1The 12 Basic Principles of Animation-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animation Supplies
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http://www.chromacolour.comhttp://www.lightfootltd.com/http://www.paperpeople.co.uk/-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Misc.
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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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Newgrounds CommunityAnimationforum.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/Character Sheets, Storyboards, etc.
Disney model sheets
http://animationarchive.net/Model%20Sheets/index.php=====================================================
Animation Blogs
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Cold Hard FlashJohn K's BlogWoodenBloghttp://www.disada.com/disada2002/mag/magFrames1.htmlhttp://jrhull.typepad.com/seward_street/http://www.animationpodcast.com/http://cganimation.blogspot.com/http://www.michaelbarrier.com/commentary.htmhttp://pixaranimation.blogspot.com/http://www.drawn.ca/http://www.cartoonresearch.com/comments.htmlhttp://www.cartoonbrew.com/http://www.pruiksma.com/index.htmlhttp://www.cataroo.com/index.htmlhttp://jaredchapman.blogspot.com/http://www.animationblast.com/http://www.ronniedelcarmen.com/blog1/blog.htmlhttp://www.deneroff.com/Commentary/Commentary%2003.htmhttp://www.thedisneyblog.com/http://www.xanga.com/skin.asp?user=fwakhttp://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.htmlhttp://www.animationarchive.org/blogger.htmlAdvanced animation by preston blair (free online)
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