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An animation / film scholar blogging about cartoons and film-making. VFS grad and former AAU online student.

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1. Ariel Animation Notes
2. Studio Approaches to Story
3. Michael Caine’s Acting in Film
4. Animation Art
5. Build Your Own Animation Camera Stand
6. Modern Day Sweatbox
7. The Ever Illusive Traditional Animation Desk
8. CalArts Acceptance Post
9. Film Analysis
10. Disney Sample Portfolio
11. Advanced Animation by Preston Blair (PDF)

Film Analysis Articles

1. Do The Right Thing (1989)
2. Establishing Villains Part 1
3. Establishing Villains Part 2
4. Establishing Villains Part 3
5. Establishing Villains Part 4
6. How Objects Drive the Scene Part 1
7. Backgrounds of Don Driscoll

For Digital Animators

1. 11 Second Club
2. Spungella
3. Animation Buffet
4. Animation Meat
5. Creative Crash
6. Animation Tips & Tricks
7. Animation Progression Reels
8. Michael Comet
9. Keith Lango
10. Flip
11. Flipbook
12. Annotate!Pro

Authorities

1. Flloyd Norman
2. ASIFA Animation Archives
3. Hans Perk
4. Didier Ghez
5. Hans Bacher
6. Story Fanatic
7. Oswald Iten
8. Thad Komorowski
9. Michael Barrier
10. John Kricfalusi
11. David Levy
12. Mark Mayerson
13. Michael Sporn
14. Pete Emslie
15. Mike Nguyen
16. Michael Peraza
17. Keith Lango
18. Jenny Lerew
19. Cartoon Brew

Awesome

1. Sandro Cleuzo
2. Matt Jones
3. Guilherme Jacinto
4. ComiCrazys
5. Chuck Rekow
6. Colin Jack
7. Animation Backgrounds
8. Pencil Test Depot
9. Kyle Kenworthy
10. Leo Matsuda
11. Lorelay Bove
12. Marco Bucci
13. Pierre Alary
14. Chris Sanders
15. Ben Balistreri
16. Steve Mcleoud
17. Stephen Silver
18. Shannon Tindle
19. Shane Prigmore
20. Dave Pimentel
21. Aurian Redson
22. Bill Pressing
23. Bobby Pontillas
24. Bobby Beck
25. Carlos Baena
26. Aaron Hartline
27. Victor Navone
28. Jeff Turley
29. James Robertson
30. Ward Jenkins
31. Florian Satzinger
32. Vladimir Kooperman
33. John Nevarez
34. Skottie Young
35. Chris Ayers
36. Rod Guen
37. Alessandro Carloni
38. Ashley Wood
39. Aurélien Predal
40. Robin Joseph
41. Uwe Heidschotter
42. Maël Gourmeleng
43. Sketches Snatched
44. Pascal Campion
45. Nathan Fowkes
46. Artistican Atomy
47. Daniel Lopez Munoz
48. Benjamin Huen
49. Sam Nielson
50. Jin Kim
51. Ryan Meinerding
52. Dave Pimentel
53. Tatevik Avakyan
54. Ivan Oviedo
55. Sidney Meireles
56. Pete Oswald
57. Devin Crane
58. George Kaprielian
59. Mark Christiansen

School

1. Animation Mentor
2. The Art Center
3. Rad How To
4. Character Design Blog
5. Hand-Drawn Animation Equipment
6. Keith Lango's Animation Clinic
7. Academy of Art University
8. Cal Arts
9. Mark Kennedy

Communities

1. CG Society
2. Animated Buzz Forums
3. CG Char Forums

Podcasts

1. The Animation Podcast
2. Speaking of Animation
3. Spline Docters
4. Toon In

For the Movie Buff

1. The Rotten Tomatoes Show
2. Rotten Tomatoes
3. The AV Club
4. Aint It Cool
5. /Film
6. Frame Filter
7. 1000 Frames of Hitchcock
8. Film Salon

Worthy Causes

1. Pres-Aid
2. Help The Hodges

Find Rare Books

1. Abe Books
2. Alibris
3. Stuart Ng Books
4. Labyrinth Books
5. eBay Global

I regularly help Didier Ghez with his incredible book series. Having read every book, I can wholeheartedly recommend them all.