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=== [[Animation sites]] ===
 
=== [[Animation sites]] ===
  
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* [https://Agora.Community 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.
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* '''[https://Agora.Community 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.
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* [http://www.AnimationMeat.com AnimationMeat.com]
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* '''[http://www.AnimationMeat.com AnimationMeat.com]'''
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* [http://Animation-Studio-Stuff.Blogspot.com Animation-Studio-Stuff.Blogspot.com] for Students - Sources & Suggestions for setting up an Animation Workspace for Hand-drawn Animation.
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* '''[http://Animation-Studio-Stuff.Blogspot.com Animation-Studio-Stuff.Blogspot.com]''' for Students - Sources & Suggestions for setting up an Animation Workspace for Hand-drawn Animation.
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* [https://www.AWN.com AWN.com]
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* '''[https://www.AWN.com AWN.com]'''
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** Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation_World_Network Animation World Network]
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** Wikipedia: '''[https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation_World_Network Animation World Network]'''
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** [https://www.LightfootLtd.com LightfootLtd.com]
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* '''[https://www.LightfootLtd.com LightfootLtd.com]'''
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* [https://www.Studio-Technique.com Studio-Technique.com] - an artistic training studio dedicated to the artistic development of professional and amateur artists. ~ Samantha Yousseff, artistic director.
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* '''[https://www.Studio-Technique.com Studio-Technique.com]''' - an artistic training studio dedicated to the artistic development of professional and amateur artists. ~ Samantha Yousseff, artistic director.
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* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Animation_navigational_boxes Category:Animation navigational boxes]
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* Wikipedia: '''[https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Animation_navigational_boxes Category:Animation navigational boxes]'''
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* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Animation Portal:Animation]
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* Wikipedia: '''[https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Animation Portal:Animation]'''
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* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Animation Template:Animation]
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* Wikipedia: '''[https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Animation Template:Animation]'''
  
 
=== [[Animation books]] ===
 
=== [[Animation books]] ===
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=== [[Animation history]] ===
 
=== [[Animation history]] ===
  
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* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_animation History of animation]
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* Wikipedia: '''[https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_animation History of animation]'''
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* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_American_animation Golden age of American animation]
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* Wikipedia: '''[https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_age_of_American_animation Golden age of American animation]'''
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* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computer_animation History of computer animation]
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* Wikipedia: '''[https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computer_animation History of computer animation]'''
 
** Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_facial_animation Computer facial animation]
 
** Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_facial_animation Computer facial animation]
 
*** Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Morph_target_animation Morph target animation]
 
*** Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Morph_target_animation Morph target animation]
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* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrier-grid_animation_and_stereography Barrier-grid animation and stereography]
 
* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrier-grid_animation_and_stereography Barrier-grid animation and stereography]
 
* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_book Flip book]
 
* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_book Flip book]
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* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_animation Traditional animation], or classical animation.
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* Wikipedia: '''[https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_animation Traditional animation]''', or classical animation.
 
* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_animation Clay animation]
 
* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_animation Clay animation]
 
** Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_painting Clay painting]
 
** Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_painting Clay painting]
 
** Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Strata-cut_animation Strata-cut animation]
 
** Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Strata-cut_animation Strata-cut animation]
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* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_animation Computer animation], or CGI, computer generated imagery.
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* Wikipedia: '''[https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_animation Computer animation]''', or CGI, computer generated imagery.
 
* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_animation Graphic animation]
 
* Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_animation Graphic animation]
 
** Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutout_animation Cutout animation]
 
** Wikipedia: [https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutout_animation Cutout animation]

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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.

Open Curricula Projects

► Open Curricula Projects Media
► Open Curricula Projects Filmmaking
► Open Curricula Projects Animation
► Open Curricula Projects Classical Animation
► Open Curricula Projects Computer Animation


Animation introduction


Classical animation production

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.
Mouth shape chart featuring common phonemes and visemes.
A page from Cartoon Animation (1994) by Preston Blair, the best book for animation students.


Computer animation production


Related production

Animation production

Like any other industry, animation is a business.

Audio production

Post production


Animation equipment

Animation desks

Disney Studios animation desk and scene stacker goes for about $8000.
Chromacolour portable animation table.
Yescom A3 LED Tracing Light Box 12"x17" with stand.
LightTracer light box.

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

Animation exposure dope sheet

An animation exposure sheet, or dope sheet.

Animation field guide

A standard 4x3 animation field guide.

Animation paper

A series of paper sizes with comparison to Letter and Legal.
  • Studio-Technique.com: Animation Paper Guide - excellent article.
  • 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

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
  • 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

Suppliers


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

Animation books

Book cover of Cartoon Animation (1994) by Preston Blair is the best reference for animators.
Book cover of Understanding Comics.
Book cover of Bridgman's Complete Guide To Drawing From Life.


Animation research

Animation history

Animation techniques

Animation styles

Animation genres

Animation studios

Animation screenings

Animators


See also

Filmmaking related subSaidIts on SaidIt.net

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