evil cat land ANIMATION RESOURCES
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inspiration:
Ralph Bakshi speaks on doing it yourself!
recommended books:
Guerrilla Guide to Animation by Walter Santucci-- a great guide for someone anxious to get started in animation IMMEDIATELY. Deals with traditional 2D as well as Flash and After Effects, featuring lots of shortcuts and cheats.
The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams-- after graduating from Preston Blair's book, move on to this amazing text filled with advanced, detailed examples of various animation techniques.
Animation by Preston Blair-- an excellent introduction to animation techniques and concepts with many practical examples.
The Illusion Of Life by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston-- an expensive but comprehensive and colorful examination of the art of animation as codified by the Disney studios in the1930s.
El Proceso de la Animacion by Raquel Benitez Rojas-- a guide to animation EN ESPANOL! It can be purchased through sales@cometentertainment.com
animation software:
AMAZING FLASH PLUG-INS!!! If you use Flash, take a look at the fantastic plug-ins that TRICK OR SCRIPT has come up with. Lip synching and bone parenting become simple tasks. 20 day trial versions are available; purchase prices are very low as well: http://www.trickorscript.com/
30 day trial versions of Adobe FLASH, AFTER EFFECTS, PHOTOSHOP and PREMIERE can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com
ANIME STUDIO PRO is a program that allows you to build and animate characters right in the software. A free trial version can be found here: http://www.e-frontier.com/article/articleview/1913/1/793?sbss=793
FLIPBOOK is an awesome 2D program whose basic package is very affordable and excellent for pencil tests and creating animated layers for later use in After Effects. A free trial version is available at: http://www.digicelinc.com
animation supplies:
Inexpensive animation paper (10 field student bond), peg bars (both acme and their own brand that will work with three hole punch paper) as well as just about anything else you'll need can be found at: http://www.lightfootltd.com
The original supply house for the Hollywood animation industry, Cartoon Colour still sells cel paints and cels, along with paper, peg bars etc. http://www.cartooncolour.com/
free open source digital painting program:
Sumo Paint is free and has many functions. Try it out here: http://www.sumopaint.com/app/
Pixlr is similar: http://www.pixlr.com/app/
As is Splashup: http://www.splashup.com/splashup/
game creation:
Gamasutra is a good resource on the art and business of video games: http://www.gamasutra.com/
FPS Creator is software that allows you to create first person shooter games without knowing how to write code. http://www.fpscreator.com/
audio software:
High end audio software can be very expensive but here are some links where you can find free audio programs:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Multimedia_and_Graphics/Misc__Sound_Tools/Sound_Recorder_Pro.html
If you want a reliable though kind of pricey program, Adobe AUDITION can be downloaded at: http://www.adobe.com
CONVERT YOUTUBE VIDEOS (and other FLVs) into AVIs and QuickTimes:
Download free converter software:
organizations and other resources:
Animation World Network has extensive job listings, links to schools and many current articles about the industry. They can be found at: http://www.awn.com
Women In Animation is an excellent international organization: http://wia.animationblogspot.com/
Ani-Jobs is a good source if you are looking for work: http://www.ani-jobs.com/
The International Animated Film Society (ASIFA) can sometimes be beneficial to an animator. The international branch can be found here: http://asifa.net/ and the Hollywood branch here: http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/ There are local branches all over the world as well.
glossary of film terms:
the internet movie database has an excellent glossary of film terms at: http://us.imdb.com/Glossary/