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(Ringling vs. CalArts)Don’t want to/ can’t afford art school? you’ve got other options.Animation Mentor: The online animation schoolArt school exercises!!51 Great Animation exercises20 things you can expect as a traditional (2D) animation student that they never tell youA Survivor’s Guide to Life Inside an Animation StudioAnimation basics: The art of timing and spacingAnimation Notes From Ollie JohnstonAnimated chart of the basic principles of animation10 Second tip: Always Anticipatebook: Animation: Learn How to Draw Animated Cartoons by Preston Blairbook: A System for Planning and Timing Animation by Glen Keanebook: Timing for animation by Harold Whitaker and John Halasbook: Gesture Drawing for animation by Walt StanchfieldBasic 3D Animation TerminologyDigital pencil test!!Keys to Emotion in AnimationLessons from Disney’s ZootopiaModel Sheets centralThe importance of Acting in Animation by Segio PablosPrintable exposure/dope sheetPhoneme Chart Recommended reading for animation students and enthusiastsThe 5 Types of AnimationThe Know-How of Cartooning The Unofficial Truth about The Animation IndustryWhy Disney Sends Its Animators To Life Drawing ClassesWalk/Run Cycles referenceWhat is Pixar looking for in Animators? (scroll down)Portfolio Advice for The Disney Animation InternshipWhat is Rigging?3D Rigging Terminology3D Modeling Terminologytutorials:Animation for Beginners: Where do I start Animation Physics (Video tutorials on physics for animation artists)Animation tutorial part. 1 AKA “the secret of animation”Appealing Poses in AnimationBackground & Movement in TVBlinking tipsBreakdown tutorial (middle frame between to keys)Drawing & Composition for visual storytelling Drawing for AnimationDrawing a LikenessAnimation fundamentals + tutorialsFilmmaking: Composition and FramingGetting Shape ChangeHow to animate using photoshop How to animate Characters in PerspectiveHow to Animate Head TurnsHow to Draw GestureOpeenToonz tutorials masterpostOverlapping Action and DragPortfolio tips / Making A Successful Portfolio Lyp Sync tutorial Line of actionBasics of good cartooning 1-12 by Sherm CohenSquash & Stretch tutorialSquash and Stretch 2Storyboarding tutorials by Sherm CohenThe Illusion of Life: 12 Principles of AnimationTilt, Flow & RhythmUnderlying Structure When Animating ExpressionsTVPaint tutorial: Uploading and Coloring Scanned Animationsupplies (traditional animation):10 Essential Art Supplies for the Traditional AnimatorHow to Use a Light Table for AnimationMaking a Simple Animation LightboxPeg bars, Animation Disk & Desksoftwares:freeBlender (3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline: modeling, rigging, animation,etc)Emofuri (animate using .psd files)Google Sketchup (Live2D ( animation/drawing software OpenToonz (Studio Ghibli’s open source animation software)Pencil2D (create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics)Renderman (Pixar’s free 3D rendering software)Sculptris (Free digital sculpting tool by the makers of ZbrushSculptGL (Online modelling program)Synfig (2d animation using a vector and bitmap artwork)paidZbrush (digital sculpting sw by Pixologic)Mudbox (digital sculpting sw by Autodesk)Cinema 4D (digital sculpting sw by Maxon)TVPaint (2d animation)animation studios:Aardman (Bristol, UK)Blue Sky Studios (Greenwich, USA)Dreamworks (Glendale, USA)Fox Animation (USA)Imagination Studios/CN (Burbank, USA)Industrial Light & Magic (San Francisco, USA)Laika (Hillsboro, USA)Luma Pictures (USA / Melbourne, Australia)Nickelodeon Animation (Burbank, USA)Pixar (Emeryville, CA)Rise FX (Berlin, Germany)Studio Ghibli (Tokyo, Japan)Sony Picture Imageworks (Vancouver, Canada)Sony Pictures Animation (Culver City, CA)Walt Disney Animation (Burbank, CA)Weta Digital (Wellington, New Zealand)inspiration: worth watching short filmsCoda by and maps and plansContre Temps by the Contre Temps TeamDuet by Glen KeaneDOG ENVY by Olivia HuynhFallin Floyd by il LusterFrench RoastGravity by Ailin LiuIn Between by GobelinsJinxy Jenkins and Lucky Lou by Michael Bidinger and Michelle KwonMy Big Brother by Jason RaynerNight Light by Qing Han Nephtali by Glen KeaneNocturne by Kari CasadyHistoria de un Oso by Gabriel OsorioHome Sweet Home by home sweet home the filmOne Bright Dot by Clément Morin Stickboy by Giant AntSOAR by Alyce TzueTsunami by The Animation WorkshopThought of You by Ryan WoodwardVagabond by The Animation Workshop5 Gobelins Shorts That Pay Tribute To Women Animation Pioneers -- source link