Animation Links

Bob Barancik
Mike Boas
Neil Brideau
David Brooks
Aharon Charnov
Michael Freeman
Jeremy Galante
Tanya Gizzarelli
Maggie O’Connor
Dave Puls – Fresh Toones
William Seccombe
Carter McEneany – Sheldon and Friends
Paul Tracy

Animation tutorials from About.com
List of Animation Schools in USA
Academy of Art University Video game design, character animation, visual effects & 3D modeling
AnimAction
The Animation Academy
Animation Mentor
Animatus Animation Workshop
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
The Art Institute of Vancouver
AWN School Listings
Brigham Young University Center for Animation
CalArts
Collins College
Columbus College of Art and Design
DAVE School
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Gnomon School of Visual Arts
International Academy of Design and Technology Tampa, Florida
Mac Learning Center
Madison Media Institute
Make Movies UK site has animation and scriptwriting lessons
Mesmer Animation Labs for Digital Artists
Minneapolis Media Institute
New York Film Academy
NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts
Parsons The New School for Design
Picasso Animation College India
Pratt Institute
Rhode Island School of Design
Ringling School of Art and Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
Royer Studios
Savannah College of Art & Design
School of Visual Arts, NYC
Sheridan College
Squeaky Wheel Workshops, Buffalo
Tokyo University of the Arts
Vancouver Film School
Vancouver Institute of Media Arts
Video Symphony Animation “Bootcamp”

2D Animation Software

ANIMATUS RECOMMENDS:
Toon Boom Studio $110 on Amazon
Anime Studio Debut $28 on Amazon
Anime Studio Pro $70 on Amazon
Adobe Flash Student/Teacher edition $186 on Amazon

2d3 makers of Boujou
Adobe Photoshop, LiveMotion, AfterEffects
Cambridge Animation Systems Animo
Celaction
Crater
Creatoon
Digicel Flipbook
Dvolver Moviemaker
Firka Film, Hungary
Framethief Animation for Mac
Imagematics StillMotion Creator
Lost Marble Moho / Anime Studio
Retas! Pro
Softimage/TOONZ 4.4
StoryBoard Artist
The Tab
ToolFarm After Effects plug-ins & resources
TOONZ
Xipster Xip Studio

Flash Resources

Adobe Flash
Best Flash Animation Site
Cartoon Solutions Tutorials and templates for Toon Boom and Flash
Flash Bible
Flash Components Network
Flashkit

3D Animation Software

3Dlinks.com
3D Max Community
Anim8or Free software
Alias / Autodesk / Discreet Maya, 3D Max
Blender 3D Free.
Caligari trueSpace
Daz 3D Free to download. Add-ons cost money.
Electric Image Universe, EIAS
Google SketchUp Free modeling.
Hash, Inc. Animation:Master
IZware Mirai, Nendo, Game Exchange
Joseph Alter, inc. Hair rendering, Lipsync software
NewTek Lightwave, Video Toaster
Silicon Graphics
Softimage
Softimage/XSI
Unreal Development Kit (UDK) from Unreal Engine Free.
Zu3D image capture software

Editing Software

Lightworks
Open Source editing software
Free to use.
Additional video codecs are available for $69/year

Pinnacle Studio
Prices range from $40 to $80 on Amazon

AnimateClay.com
Armaverse Armatures
Dragonframe Stop motion software
Stop Motion Pro Software
Van Aken Stop Motion Supplies and Projects for Students
StopMotionAnimation.com Message Boards

Alan Gordon Enterprises
AnimationSupplies.com
Animation Toolworks Lunchbox Pencil Test System
Ani-Mato, Finland
Cartoon Colour
CartoonSupplies.com
Central Tool Animation Discs
Chromacolour International, Ltd.
Paper People, UK

voiceconnection.com
The Voice Squad workshops & networking in Buffalo, NY

Composers

Dan Fissel Custom Music Jingles, Film Scores, Production Music Beds
Incompetech.com Creative Commons music by Kevin MacLeod
ScreenMusic Studios

Royalty Free Sound FX & Music
Archive.org Creative Commons and Public Domain Music
Audio Sparx Subscription service
Beat Suite Production Music
Flashkit Music Loops
Flying Hands Royalty Free Music
Freeplay Music Free to download, must submit cue sheets
FreeSound.org User submitted effects and music
IB Audio Royalty Free Production Music, pay per track or subscription
JewelBeat.com 99 cent tracks, or pay for a hard drive full
1001 massivetracks Royalty free Production Music and Gemafreie Musik
Partners in Rhyme Royalty Free Music and Sound FX
PremiumBeat.com Royalty Free Music and Sound FX
SoundBible.com Creative Commons and Public Domain Music and Effects
Sound Dogs Royalty Free Sound FX and Music
Sound Ideas Music & FX (on disc only?)
Sound Loop Studio Royalty free music loops, priced per track
SoundTaxi.net Royalty Free Music, Music Clearances
theMUSICASE.com Royalty free music, including classical, priced per track
Videoblocks  Subscription service

Adhub.com Upstate NY Advertising Resources
B-Independent.com
Indieclub.com
Indietalk.com
Independent Feature Project
Mandy.com resource directory
newyork411.com resource directory
New York Film and Video Council
Rochester/ Finger Lakes Film & Video Office
Sonnyboo Independent production and resources
Surfview Linking projects with investors
Trevanna NY resources
Zoetrope.com Forum for filmmakers

Animator Festival Poland
Annecy Animation Festival France
Anima Argentina
Anima Mundi Brazil
Animation Show A showcase presented by Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt
Australian International Animation Festival
Berkeley Video and Film Festival
BigStar.tv online short film contests
Black Maria Film Festival
Boston Underground Film Festival
Brooklyn International Film Festival
Chicago Underground
Chicago Int’l Film Fest
DC Shorts
Dervio International Animation Festival (Italy)
FCAN Belgium
Fantasia International Film Festival Montreal, Canada
Filmblitz.org New York City
The High Falls Film Festival
Hiroshima International Animation Festival
Imagina Monte Carlo
Int’l Festival of Cinema and Technology
Kalamazoo Animation Festival International
Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee
L.A. International Short Film Festival
London Int’l Animation Festival
Maine International Film Festival
Melbourne Int’l Animation Festival
Movies on a Shoestring: Rochester Int’l Film Festival
Ohio Independent Film Festival
Ottawa International Animation Festival
Philadelphia Film Festival
Philadelphia First Glance Film Fest
Red Bank International Film Festival New Jersey
Red Stick Animation Festival Baton Rouge, Louisiana
San Antonio Underground Film Festival
SIGGRAPH
Slamdance
Spike and Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation
Syracuse International Film Festival
Vermont Int’l Film Festival
Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films

The Animation Guild
Animators Unite
ASIFA Canada
ASIFA East
ASIFA Hollywood
ASIFA International
ASIFA Seattle
ASIFA San Francisco
National Film Board of Canada
Women in Animation
Young Filmmakers Club

Magazines

3D World
Animation Blast
Animation Journal
Animation Magazine
Animation World Magazine
FPS the magazine of animation
Keyframe Magazine for Lightwave
Millimeter Magazine

Online News

Animated-News.com Daily News
Animation Consultants International Harvey Deneroff
Animation Insider
Animation Journal
Animation World Network
Anime news from Wizard
Cartoon Brew
Cartoon Research Jerry Beck
Film & Video Magazine
Jim Hill Media news & commentary
Michael Barrier news & commentary
Michael Sporn’s Splog
OOMPH Animation & Games blog
Scribble Junkies from Bill Plympton & Patrick Smith
Toonhound British Animation News
Toon Zone Current Shows, Schedules, Message Boards

Cartoon Retro
Columbia Crow’s Nest Columbia & UPA cartoon archive
Inkwell Images Koko & others on video
Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia at Toon Zone

3D Buzz News & message boards
3D Millennium 3D Textures, models, tutorials
About-arts.com directory of websites and discussion groups
A.D.A.M. Anatomy Software
Animation Career Review
Animation Nation Links & Bulletin Boards
The Big Cartoon Database
CG Networks news and interviews
CG Talk message boards
Digital Media FX
Gray’s Anatomy
Pigs Fly mailing lists for Boris FX, Maya, in-Sync
Toonopedia alphabetical listings of comics and cartoons
Toonhub Thousands of links!
VFXPro Articles and Interviews

Animazing
Hanna Barbera Drawings from Animatus
Premier Animation Britain
Vintage Ink and Paint

Blue Sky Studios Bunny, Ice Age
Columbia Tristar/Sony Pictures Dilbert, MIB The Series
Disney a famous mouse you may have heard of
Dreamworks Animation Sharkslayer, Sinbad, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Filmax Animation El Cid, Pinnochio 3000, Nocturna
Industrial Light and Magic Star Wars, The Mummy, Harry Potter 2
Pacific Data Images ANTZ, Shrek, now folded into Dreamworks Animation
Pixar Toy Story, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo
Sony Pictures Imageworks Stuart Little, Harry Potter, Spider-Man
Warner Brothers Looney Tunes
Universal Studios The Land Before Time
Vanguard Films Disney’s The Valiant

Atom Age Vamipre
Nightmare Before Christmas – Halloweentown.org fan site
Night of the Living Dead Reanimated
Song of the South fan site
Tron Sector fan site

The Animatrix
AnimeNation News & Forums
Anime News Network News & Forums
Dragonball Z
GundamOfficial.com Official Gundam site
Manga Entertainment
Nausicaa.net Hayao Miyazaki Fan Site
Neo-Anime.org News and fan sites
Pokemon
Project Noir
Robotech/Macross
Toonami
Yu-Gi-Oh!

The Anime Network VOD: Battle of the Planets, A.D. Police, Area 88,Neon Genesis Evangelion
Boomerang Yogi Bear, Flintstones, Jetsons
Cartoon Network Space Ghost, Dexter’s Lab, Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, He-Man, Transformers
Comedy Central South Park, Drawn Together
4kidstv Turtles, Viva Pinata
Kids WB! The Batman, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Loonatics Unleashed
Movieola Canadian shorts network
Nickelodeon Spongebob, Fairly Oddparents
Teletoon, Canada Atomic Betty

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Batman/Superman
Batman Beyond
Blobs
The Boondocks
The Boondocks at Cartoon Network
Clone High
DC Cartoon Archives model sheets, storyboards, backgrounds
Felix the Cat
Futurama UK site
Futurama Point with Alien Alphabets
He-man.org Fan Site
Invader Zim
Justice League at Toon Zone
Looney Tunes Online
Kim Possible
Mr. Bean The Animated Series
TMNT movie site
Ninja Turtles Mirage Site
Ninja Turtles (TV Series Home Page)
Pink Panther
Ripping Friends
Rugrats
The Simpsons
The Simpsons UK
The Simpsons on BBC
The Simpsons Archive fan site
The Simpsons Channel fan site
The Simpsons: Mr. X
The Simpsons: What Badgers Eat
Shorties Watching Shorties
South Park
Spider-Man
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Flying Puppet – interactive art
Happy Tree Friends
Homestar Runner
Icebox
iNETFILM.com
I want my Flash TV
The Kellys at Nascar.com
Mondo Mini Shows
Nobody Here interactive site
Nosepilot flash art
Post-It Theater
SciFi Originals
Shockwave
Superbad interactive site

Aardman Animations Wallace & Grommit
Acme Filmworks
Animatus Studio Derf the Viking, Su & Mo
Animink Inc.
Atomic Cartoons
Bardel Entertainment
Bowes Productions
Cinar Arthur, Little Lulu
Cosgrove Hall Dangermouse, Truckers
Cuppa Coffee Animation
Fablevision Animation
Film Roman The Simpsons
Handmade 3D Graphics (Sweden)
Head Gear Animation
HIT Entertainment Thomas and Friends
Klasky Csupo Rugrats, Duckman
Mainframe Entertainment Spider-Man, Reboot, Beast Wars
Nelvana Eek! the Cat, Sam & Max
Renegade Animation Elmo the Aardvark
Rhythm and Hues Star Trek
Soup 2 Nuts Home Movies, Dr. Katz
WETA, New Zealand Lord of the Rings
Wild Brain Animation Joe Paradise, Romanov
LAIKA
World Events Productions

Tex Avery Tribute Page
Ralph Bakshi
Preston Blair
Don Bluth
Tim Burton Collective Fan Site
Doug Chiang
John Canemaker
Doug Compton
Rena Del Pieve Gobbi
Ken Harris
Don Hertzfeldt
Dr. Minz
Frank and Ollie
Terry Gilliam “Dreams” Fanzine
Emily Hubley
John and Faith Hubley Independent Spirits
Chuck Jones
Brian Lemay
Phil “Captain 3D” McNally
Pilar Newton
Joanna Priestly
Bill Plympton
Plymptoons More Bill Plympton
Patrick Smith
Richard Williams

Brother, Can You Spare a Job?
Fast Film
Fresh Toones
Intolerence
Movies in 30 Seconds Re-enacted by Bunnies
Mr. Reaper’s Really Bad Morning
National Film Board of Canada animated shorts
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Other Gods
Ryan
Ward 13

Wikipedia’s Complete History
Shorts & Features 2007 at AWN
Shorts & Features 2006 at AWN
Shorts & Features 2005 at AWN
Shorts & Features 2004 at AWN
Shorts & Features 2003 at AWN
Shorts & Features 2002 at AWN
Shorts 2001 at AWN
Shorts 2000 at AWN
Shorts 1999 at AWN
Boundin’
Bunny
The Chubbchubbs!
Das Rad
For the Birds
Geri’s Game
Mt. Head
Nibbles
The Periwig-Maker
Rejected
Strange Invaders
Stubble Trouble