
Arts - Animation - Training


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Mike Milo's Faboo Animation Page
- A director for Warner Bros. presents his drawings, model sheets and artwork from various shows and cartoons on television.
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Aimee's Studio
- CalArts animation student with a large image gallery, tutorials, animation notes, links and a booklist.
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Karmatoons Incorporated
- Small studio site with drawing for animation lessons.
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Animation Meat
- Offering notes from professional animators, downloadable dope and model sheets, opinions, animation facts, recommended books and links. [Best viewed with Netscape Navagator]
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Hart2Draw.com
- Official web site of best selling author Christopher Hart. Books for anyone who loves to draw cartoons, animation, or comics.
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Julie's Self-Study site
- A collection of animation exercises for those studying without the benefit of a college. Aussi disponible en Francais.
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Animation Bureau
- Studio page with tutorials, including how to build an animation desk.
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Animation World Network: Student Corner
- Resources for animation students. News, job-hunting advice, tutorials, interviews, events schedule, school database, and home to Larry's Toon Institute.
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Voices in Animation - How To
- Forum hosted by Animation Artist Magazine for asking technical questions or for posting animation tips and techniques (computer and traditional).
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Lightfoot Ltd.
- Providing products for self teaching or classroom instruction for animation and cartooning.
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Animation Foundation
- Professional training and development for 2D and 3D animators. Home of "Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation."
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Digital Effects Animation Using Maya
- Website of the book by Kian Bee Ng.
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Marc Spess's Animation Page
- Information and tutorials about the art of claymation.
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Tony White's Home Page
- Author of "The Animator's Workbook." Site contains tutorials, animation information, and an advance look at his new book.
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Acting For Animators
- Acting For Animators, by Ed Hooks, is the first book about acting theory that is written specifically for animators. Site contains information about classes, resources, and news.
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Karl Gnass' Spirit of the Pose
- Gallery and information about classes and tips on life drawing by instructor for Disney and Nickeodeon, among others.
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Animatic Central
- Large collection of interviews and other information from a Sheridan student
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Ben Cowell's Animation page
- Collection of tutorials for 3D Studio Max and Softimage.
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The Animation Learner's Site
- Dedicated to teaching traditional (cel) animation and solid life drawing and layout skills. Also includes technical resources, books, links, schools and interviews with professional animators.
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The Character Animator
- How PDI-DreamWorks and Pixar create living virtual characters. Resource for professional character animators. Seminars, lectures, articles, coaching in Europe and North America by international specialists.
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Cartoon Animation, By Preston Blair
- How to animate cartoons - the cartoon animation book: "a bible for professional animators."
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Studio M/Max the Mutt Animation Inc
- Private Toronto school specialising in representational art and animation.
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3D3 World Training
- 3D animation, web design and multimedia training in Tuscany, Italy.
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Mesmer Animation Labs
- A high-tech training center for the information age, specializing in cuting-edge tools for graphics, animation, and special effects. Mesmer is an authorized training facility for Softimage, Alias/Wavefront Maya, and NewTek graphics tools.
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Classical Animation at Sheridan College
- Information on applying to the program, as well as links to other Animation programs at Sheridan.
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Acting for Animation
- Suzan Averitt offers courses designed specifically for artists, illustrators and animators who wish to learn how to create character and behavior, and use environment/props to help reveal story.
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Animation at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design
- Information on the four year animation degree.
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Vancouver Film School
- Offers full and part-time courses in classical animation as well as 3D animation and digital effects.
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Brian Lemay's Animated Cartoon Factory Website
- Original books on character design, layout, and writing for animation, as well as inside portfolio tips from the coordinator of Sheridan's Animation program.
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Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts)
- One-year certificate and two-year diploma programs in classical and computer animation. Part-time and summer intensive courses also offered.
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The Center For Character Animation
- Traditional animation school located in Levittown, Long Island, headed by Emmy Award Winning animator Brian Mitchell. Teaches classes in design, storyboarding, animation, assistant animation, and anatomy.
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AWN Animation School Directory
- A comprehensive worldwide list of animation courses and schools.
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The Animation School
- Toronto-based computer animation school, with an emphasis on traditional artistic skills as well as software and hardware training.
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The American Animation Institute
- A training institute in Los Angeles, sponsored my M.P.S.C. Local 839 IATSE, the cartoonists' union.
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The Academy of Media Arts
- Based at Cerro Coso Community College. the Academy of Media Arts offers a high end 3d program, and many other media arts oriented classes.
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Animation Portfolio Workshop
- Two former instructors from Sheridan College Classical Animation offer a program in how to assemble a portfolio to enter animation school.