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◉ ANIMATION ◉ YouTube playlist compiled by User:JasonCarswell.

Noteworthy videos with analysis, insights, and instructions on acting, animation, arcs, arts, audio, budgets, character, character design, cinematography, classical animation, clients, commentary, communicating, composition, computer animation, craft, credits and titles, culture, design, dialogue, documentaries, editing, entertainment industry, filmmaking, how-to, industry animation, layout and design, lighting, making-of, marketing, media, music, pacing, pencil tests, performance, political influence, previsualization, rigging, screenwriting, social analysis, social media, staging, stop-motion, storyboarding, storytelling, structure, substance, subtext, technical animation, techniques, textures, video distribution, web animation, etc.

There's also an ◎ ANIMATION Unseen ◎ YouTube playlist with unseen content that may or may not be noteworthy.

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► Open Curricula Projects Computer Animation

Animation introduction

• Wikipedia: Persistence of vision
• Wikipedia: Filmmaking
• Wikipedia: Animation
• Wikipedia: Traditional animation
• Wikipedia: Art pipeline

Classical animation production

• Introduction to classical animation

• Fundamentals of filmmaking
  • Art department
  • Editing
  • Layout and design
  • Performance
  • Production design
  • Screenwriting
  • Staging
  • Storytelling
  • Visual language

Superior to the 12 principles:
21 Foundations of Animation (9:41)
01 Appeal
02 Strong Design
03 Staging
04 Acting & Pantomime
05 Keys & Breakdowns
06 Straight Ahead & Pose to Pose
07 Thumbnails
08 Timing, Spacing & Easing
09 Squash & Stretch
10 Arcs
11 Primary & Secondary Action
12 Silhouette
13 Line of Action & Reversals
14 Anticipation, Overshoot & Settle
15 Opposing Action
16 Counterpose
17 Leading Action
18 Breaking Joints
19 Overlap & Follow Through
20 Accents
21 Exaggeration
clearly presented by Angry ANIMATOR, 2019-01-15.

• Fundamentals of classical animation
  • Wikipedia: Twelve basic principles of animation were introduced by the Disney animators Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas in their 1981 book Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life.
    1. Wikipedia: Squash and stretch
    2. Wikipedia: Anticipation
    3. Wikipedia: Staging
    4. Wikipedia: Straight ahead action and pose to pose
       • Wikipedia: Straight ahead animation
       • Wikipedia: Pose to pose animation
         • Wikipedia: Key frame
         • Wikipedia: Inbetweening

         + Pushing through or bounce back.

    5. Wikipedia: Follow through and overlapping action

       + Successive breaking of joints.

       + Whip.

    6. Wikipedia: Slow in and slow out
    7. Wikipedia: Arc
    8. Wikipedia: Secondary action
    9. Wikipedia: Timing
    10. Wikipedia: Exaggeration
    11. Wikipedia: Solid drawing

        + Physics.

    12. Wikipedia: Appeal
  • Superior to the 12 principles, on YouTube: 21 Foundations of Animation (9:41) ~ Angry ANIMATOR, 2019-01-15.
    • AngryAnimator.com/word/2022/11/18/what-courses-to-watch

Mouth shape chart featuring common phonemes and visemes.

A page from Cartoon Animation (1994) by Preston Blair, the best book for animation students.

• Wikipedia: Phonemes and visemes
• Wikipedia: Viseme

• Classical animation exercises

• Character design
  • Model sheets
• Illustration
• Storyboards
• Layout
• Backgrounds
• Animatics
• Key animation
• Inbetweening
• Pencil tests
• Scanning
• Inking
• Painting

Computer animation production

• Introduction to computer animation

• Fundamentals of filmmaking
  • Art department
  • Editing
  • Layout and design
  • Performance
  • Production design
  • Screenwriting
  • Staging
  • Storytelling
  • Visual language

• Fundamentals of computer animation

• Computer animation exercises

• 3D CGI departments or stages
  1. Storyboards
  2. Modelling
  3. Rigging
  4. Staging
  5. Previsualization
  6. Animation
  7. Dynamic simulations
  8. Textures
  9. Lighting
  10. Rendering
  11. Post production (see below)

Animation production

Like any other industry, animation is a business.

• Animation business
• Animation producers
• Animation resources
• Grant writing
• Publishing and distribution
  • Copyrights and copylefts
• Screenwriting

Audio production

• Audio engineering
• Audio performances
• Sound editing
• Sound effects
• Sound engineering
• Sound foley
• Sound recording

Post production

• Colour timing
• Compositing
• Compositing 2D
• Compositing 3D
• Editing
• Graphic design
• Video editing
• Visual effects

Animation resources

• Wikipedia: International Animation Day October 28, the International Animation Day (IAD) was an international observance proclaimed in 2002 by the ASIFA as the main global event to celebrate the art of animation.

Animation sites

• Agora.Community - a free to join online community for artists in the animation industry of all skill levels, and their website serves as its learning hub. At Agora.Community, they believe that to get good at anything you need to follow this basic three step recipe. Learn, create, iterate.
• Animation-Studio-Stuff.Blogspot.com for Students - Sources & Suggestions for setting up an Animation Workspace for Hand-drawn Animation.
• AWN.com
  • Wikipedia: Animation World Network
• Studio-Technique.com - an artistic training studio dedicated to the artistic development of professional and amateur artists. ~ Samantha Yousseff, artistic director.
• Wikipedia: Category:Animation navigational boxes
• Wikipedia: Portal:Animation
• Wikipedia: Template:Animation

Animation books

Book cover of Cartoon Animation (1994) by Preston Blair is the best book for animation students.

• Wikipedia: Preston Blair's Cartoon Animation (1994), a 224-page book which compiles most of the content from his previous books. The best book for animation students.
• Wikipedia: Understanding Comics, masterfully explains visual language clearly, simply, and deeply with greater applications beyond just comic books.
• Wikipedia: Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life, overkill for anyone but animation enthusiasts.

Animation equipment

Animation exposure dope sheet

An animation exposure sheet, or dope sheet.

• Wikipedia: Exposure sheet, or dope sheet.

Animation field guide

A standard 4x3 animation field guide.

• FilmmakingStuffs.Blogspot.com Animation Fields and Field Sizes

Animation paper

A series of paper sizes with comparison to Letter and Legal.

• Studio-Technique.com: Animation Paper Guide
• 10f = 10 field is Letter sized 8.5" x 11" / 215.9mm x 279.4mm
  • A4 = 8.3" x 11.7" / 210mm x 297mm
• 12f = 12 field is 10.5" x 12.5" / 266.7mm x 317.5mm
  • A3 = 11.7" x 16.5" / 297mm x 420mm
  • Ledger = 17" x 11" / 432mm x 279mm
  • Tabloid = 11" x 17" x / 279mm x 432mm
• The thickness/lightness of the paper impacts paper durability, important for lots of flipping.
• The thickness/lightness of the paper impacts paper transparency.
• The tooth of the paper impacts line quality.
• Wikipedia: Paper press weight should not be confused with Grammage.

Animation peg bar

Sketch of an animation peg bar, and measurements of the three common types.

There are four kinds of peg bars:

• ACME
• Oxberry
• Lightfoot Ltd Round (3-Ring Binder)
• Disney (out of use)

Erasers

• Never use the Pink Pearl erasers as they'll chew up your paper.
• Amazon.ca: Staedtler Mars Plastic Eraser

Pencil sharpener

• An Exacto knife provides ultimate control to refine the pencil point for what your drawings require.
• A hand sharpener is excellent. There are pros and cons to shallow or steep points.
• An electric sharpener is fast and suitable when precision is less important.

Pencils

• Amazon.ca: Staedtler non-photo blue pencils EAN 40 07817 056523 Art. Nr. 146C-37
  • The lightest blue for initial rough sketching.
  • Less smudging than graphite.
• Staedtler Mars Non-Print 108 40 purple pencils
  • A little darker, for cleaning up drawings.
  • Less smudging than graphite.
• Col-Erase 20044 [Navy] Blue pencils
  • Darkest, for tight clean up.
  • Less smudging than graphite.
• Graphite pencils
  • Darkest, for tight clean up.
  • Softer graphite will smudge more. Graphite is harder to erase.
  • Wikipedia: Pencil grading and classification
• Col-Erase 20045 Carmine Red pencils
  • Red is primarily more for special markings and layout and design.
  • Less smudging than graphite.
• Col-Erase has now been bought out by Prismacolour and the Prismacolour brand will be on all col-erase pencils in the future.
• Col-Erase Black and Purple have been discontinued by the manufacturer, now only available in sets and kits, while supplies last.
• COL-Erase Animation Pencils (12 pencils per box) in Red, Blue, or Non-Photo Blue. SKU: SKU00061 $29.99

Animation suppliers

• ArtSupplyWarehouse.com/departments/animation-accessories-|22|229|229020.html
  • Animation Field Guide, 12 Field Size CAR1309 $28.00 / MSRP $30.00
  • Animation Plastic Peg Bar - White CAR1401 $8.00 / MSRP $10.00

• LightfootLtd.com - Lightfoot Ltd. Animation Supplies.com
  • 12f HD-Wide Screen Field Guide 16:9 (ACME Holes) SKU: SKU001HD/FG/ACME $19.99
  • ACME Pegbar Plastic SKU: SKU00035-AP $10.00
  • "Black Beauty" Acme Pegbar-Ruler Ultra Thin [Metal] SKU: SKU00189-AB $26.95 $24.95
  • X-Sheets / Exposure Sheet 24fps 100 Blank SKU: SKU002-24FPS $29.95
  • Animation Starter Kits
  • Personal-Lightboxes
  • 12f Sampler Pack LGE 400 sheets SKU: SKU00183 $49.00

    A Sampler Pack to try each paper type without purchasing 3 full reams. This pack has 100 sheets of four types of 12f to test before making selections of full reams of Animation Paper. Available in Round or ACME punched.

    • 12f Ingram Bond 22 lb.
    • 12f Lightfoot Pro 17 lb.
    • 12f Lightfoot Pro 20 lb.
    • 12f Lightfoot Pro Studio 24 lb.

Animation desks

Disney Studios animation desk and scene stacker goes for about $8000.

Chromacolour portable animation table.

Naturally a professional desk is preferable, but budgets may limit realistic options.

• Disney Studios' animation desk and scene stacker goes for about $8000.
• Chromacolour.co.uk Lightbox 12 Field - Wooden Portable SKU WP-1402CC £229.99

Animation research

Animation history

• Wikipedia: History of animation
• Wikipedia: Golden age of American animation
• Wikipedia: History of computer animation
  • Wikipedia: Computer facial animation
    • Wikipedia: Morph target animation
  • Wikipedia: CSS animations
  • Wikipedia: Onion skinning
  • Wikipedia: Pixel art
  • Wikipedia: SVG animation
    • Wikipedia: Flash animation

Animation techniques

• Wikipedia: Barrier-grid animation and stereography
• Wikipedia: Flip book
• Wikipedia: Traditional animation, or classical animation.
• Wikipedia: Clay animation
  • Wikipedia: Clay painting
  • Wikipedia: Strata-cut animation
• Wikipedia: Computer animation, or CGI, computer generated imagery.
• Wikipedia: Graphic animation
  • Wikipedia: Cutout animation
  • Wikipedia: Motion comic
  • Wikipedia: Silhouette animation
• Wikipedia: Motion capture
• Wikipedia: Physically based animation, or dynamic simulations
• Wikipedia: Rotoscoping
• Wikipedia: Stop motion
  • Wikipedia: Go motion
  • Wikipedia: Model animation
  • Wikipedia: Object animation
  • Wikipedia: Pixilation
• Wikipedia: Whiteboard animation

Animation styles

• Wikipedia: Cartoon physics
• Wikipedia: Character animation
• Wikipedia: Chinese animation
• Flying logos
• Wikipedia: Limited animation
• Wikipedia: Rubber hose animation
• Wikipedia: Special effect

Animation genres

• Wikipedia: Adult animation
  • Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_adult_animated_television_series List of adult animated television series
• Animated feature films
  • Wikipedia: Lists of animated films
• Wikipedia: Animated series
  • Wikipedia: List of adult animated television series
    • Wikipedia: Adult Swim
    • Wikipedia: Love, Death & Robots
    • Wikipedia: Oats Studios
    • Wikipedia: TripTank
• Wikipedia: Anime
  • Wikipedia: Anime-influenced_animation
• Wikipedia: Template:Film genres
• Wikipedia: Independent animation

Animation studios

• Wikipedia: Animation studio
• Wikipedia: List of animation studios
• Wikipedia: Disney Television Animation
• Wikipedia: Paramount Animation
• Wikipedia: United Productions of America, or UPA animation studio.
  • Wikipedia: Googie architecture
• Wikipedia: Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Wikipedia: Warner Bros. Animation

Animation screenings

• Wikipedia: Category:Animation film festivals
• Wikipedia: Lists of animated films
• Wikipedia: List of highest-grossing animated films
• Wikipedia: List of stop motion films

Animators

• Wikipedia: Animator
• Wikipedia: List of animators
• Wikipedia: Preston Blair

See also

• ◉ ANIMATION ◉ YouTube playlist compiled by User:JasonCarswell.
• Category:Animation
• Category:Filmmaking
• Category:Media
• Category:Windsor media
• Decentralized alternatives‏‎, includes lists of crowdsourcing alternatives and YouTube alternatives
• Economic alternatives‏‎
• Filmmaking
• ◉ FILMMAKING ◉ YouTube playlist compiled by User:JasonCarswell.
• Open Curricula Projects Animation
• Technology alternatives‏‎
• Television series pitches
• Windsor Media Center

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