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Animator

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Animation Websites

11 Second Club
http://www.11secondclub.com

Animation Anomaly
https://animationanomaly.com

Animation Insider
http://www.animationinsider.com

Animator Island
https://www.animatorisland.com

Déja View
http://andreasdeja.blogspot.com

Frame by Frame
https://framexframe.tumblr.com

Living Lines Library
https://livlily.blogspot.com

Rotoscopers
http://www.rotoscopers.com

Skwigly
https://www.skwigly.co.uk

Temple of the Seven Golden Camels
https://sevencamels.blogspot.com


Fora

3dmd Forum
https://www.3dmd.net/forum/3d-forum-2.html

Animation Forum
http://www.animationforum.net/forum

Animation Revelation Forum
https://animationrevelation.com/forum

Animation World Network (includes forum)
https://www.awn.com

Blender Community
https://www.blender.org/community

Cartoon Forum
https://www.cartoon-media.eu

Craft Animations Forum
http://forum.craftanimations.com

Foundry Community
https://community.foundry.com

Game FAQs Cartoon & Animation Forum
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/203-cartoons-and-animation

GSAP Greensock Fora
https://gsap.com/community

Internet Animation Database
https://intanibase.com

Reddit>3D Animation
https://thehiveindex.com/communities/r-3danimation

Reddit>Animation
https://www.reddit.com/r/animation

Reddit>Animators
https://www.reddit.com/r/Animators

Reddit>Frame by Frame
https://www.reddit.com/r/FrameByFrame

Reddit>Learn Animation
https://thehiveindex.com/communities/r-learnanimation

Synfig Animation Forum
https://forums.synfig.org/c/general/5

Toon Boom Community
https://www.toonboom.com/community

Toonzone Forum
https://animesuperhero.com/forums

Traditional Animation Forum
https://www.traditionalanimation.com/forum

Unity Forum
https://forum.unity.com

Unreal Engine Forum
https://forums.unrealengine.com

Wick Editor Fora
https://forum.wickeditor.com

YTtalk Film & Animation Forum
https://yttalk.com/forums/film-and-animation.54


Organizations (UK+)

Animation Alliance UK
https://www.animationallianceuk.org

Animation UK
https://www.animationuk.org/about

Animation X UK
https://www.illustrationx.com/uk/animation

Animation & VFX Union, UK
https://www.animvfxunion.com

Young Animator of the Year UK
https://younganimator.uk

Film London List of Animation Companies
https://filmlondon.org.uk/resource/animation-companies


Books

Animation

BISHOP, Randy et al:
Fundamentals of Character Design
(3D Total Publishing, 2020)

BLAIR, Preston:
Cartoon Animation
(Walter Foster Publishing, 2020)

DEROCHIE, Chris:
Advancing Your Animation Beyond the Basics
(Cobblestone Media, 2019)

FOX, Tom:
Anatomy for Artists
(3D Total Publishing, 2022)

GILBERT, Wayne:
Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation
(Anamie Entertainment Ltd, 2014)

KATATIKARN, Jasmine:
Lighting for Animation: The Art of Visual Storytelling
(Routledge, 2016)

LAKE, Matthew:
Technical Animation in Video Games
(CRC Press, 2023)

LEVY, David:
Your Career in Animation
(Allworth, 2021)

MATEU-MESTRE, Marcos:
Framed Perspective (Vols 1 & 2)
(Design Studio Press, 2016)

PARR, Peter:
Sketching for Animation
(Bloomsbury, 2018)

WEBSTER, Chris:
Animation: The Mechanics of Motion
(Focal Pres, 2005)

WHITE, Tony:
Animation Masterclasses
(CRC Press, 2022)

WILLIAMS, Richard:
The Animator’s Survival Kit
(Faber & Faber, 2023)

WRIGHT, Jean Ann:
Animation Writing & Development: From Script Development to Pitch
(Routledge, 2013)

Stop-motion

PETTIGREW, Neil:
The Stop-motion Filmography: A Critical Guide to 297 Features Using Puppet Animation
(McFarland & Co., 2007)

PRIEBE, Ken:
The Advanced Art of Stop-Motion Animation
(Cengage Learning, 1980)

PURVES, Barry:
Stop-motion Animation: Frame-by-frame Film-making with Puppets & Models
(Bloomsbury, 2019)

SHAW, Suzannah:
Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation
(Routledge, 2017)

WALSH, Christopher:
Stop-Motion Filmmaking
(Bloomsbury, 2019)

Computer Animation

BLAIN, John:
The Complete Guide to Blender Graphics: Computer Modeling & Animation
(A. K. Peters, 2022)

BRINKMANN, Ron:
The Art & Science of Digital Compositing: Techniques for Visual Effects, Animation & Motion Graphics
(Morgan Kaufmann, 2008)

KERLOW, Isaac:
The Art of 3D Computer Animation
(Wiley, 2009)

MENACHE, Alberto:
Understanding Motion Capture for Computer Animation
(Morgan Kaufmann, 2011)

PARENT, Rick:
Computer Animation: Algorithms & Techniques
(Morgan Kaufmann, 2012)

PEARSON, Stephen:
Learn Blender Simulations the Right Way
(Packt Publishing, 2022)

VENTER, Henk & OGTEROP, Wilhelm:
Unreal Engine 5 Character Creation, Animation and Cinematics
(Packt Publishing, 2022)