Technical Guidance
Animation Physics
DragonFrame
Freesound
iKITMovie
iMovie
Communities and Helpful Information
The 11 Second Club
Animate Clay
Animation Magazine
Animation World Network
Brickfilms
Cartoon Brew
Clay Animator
Great Women Animators
Stop Motion Central
Toon Boom
Museums
AniMagic
Lee, Massachusetts, USA mambor.com/animagic
Cartoon Art Museum
San Francisco, California, USA
Museum of the Moving Image
Astoria, New York, USA
National Media Museum
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/planavisit/exploreourgalleries/animationgallery
Festivals
Anima
Brussels, Belgium
Internationales Trickfilm Festival (Festival of Animated Film)
Stuttgart, Germany
London International Animation Festival
New York International Children’s Film Festival
Influential Artists and Studios
These are just a few of the many amazing artists and studios, past and present. Check them out and get inspired!
Aardman
Becky and Joe
Bruce Bickford
Tim Burton
Art Clokey
David Daniels
Ray Harryhausen
LAIKA
Norman McLaren
Allison Schulnik
Suzie Templeton
Further Reading
Animation: The Whole Story by Howard Beckerman. New York: Allworth Press, 2003.
The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams. New York: Faber & Faber, 2012.
The World History of Animation by Stephen Cavalier. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2011.