DON BLUTH

Don Bluth
"So, you want to be an animator? Learn from an Animation Master, Don Bluth, through his animation tutorials which are jam-packed with phenomenal techniques and secrets. Get inspired with expert Tips that will instruct you how to design entertaining characters and show you how to develop fresh ideas quickly. These DVD tutorials are intended to expand your understanding of both Traditional and CG animation techniques. With these informative lessons, you too can have a successful career in the animation industry.
Don's highly instructional animation dvd's will motivate you to greater heights whether you're a young student or a seasoned professional. All your animation technique questions will be answered in these awesome tutorials."

MOST INFLUENTIAL DISNEY ANIMATOR

50 Most Influential Disney Animator
"My name is Grayson Ponti and I’m a high school student in Central Florida. I love animation and I plan on doing it as a career. I work hard in several areas to try to improve my skills. These can be as obvious as painting and drawing classes to as unusual as studying people’s walks and trying to figure how many muscles are in a leopard’s leg. Some of my other interest include NBA basketball, zoology, and rock music. I have three favorite things about animation. The first is that it is the most collaborative art form I know of and so many things are involved in it. Second is that it brings people together from all different backgrounds and their passion for their art makes them combine their egos to make one united project. Last is that you can be inside a character and make people all over the world fall in love with that character."

FLORIANE MARCHIX

Floriane Marchix
"27 ans. Color designer / Art development and 3d animator. Graduate of "Gobelins, l'école de l'image". Color design for Bibo & on the feature-lenght film of sfar "Le chat du Rabbin". Lead concept-artist on "Rayman Origins". At present, I work for Dreamworks."

TOBY SHELTON

Toby Shelton
"Story Artist, Currently working @ Dreamworks Animation.
Worked for Disney in another life."

DISNEY ANIMATION LIBRARY

Disney Animation Library List
"Located in Burbank, California, Walt Disney Animation Studios brings imagination to life through traditional and computer animated films. Our crew is filled with diverse talent from all around the globe whose passion is to create beautiful and timeless films through the art of storytelling, the magic of animation and the science of cutting edge technology."

MARK KENNEDY

Mark Kennedy
"An Online Repository fore everything I know about Storyboarding, Film Making, Drawing and Animation but mostly Storyboarding. Also, curses lifted, relics appraised and fishing licenses sold tuesdays 10-2".

NICOLAS ILIC

Nicolas Ilic
"A recent graduate from Sheridan College Animation."

ERIC GUILLON

Eric Guillon
"Art Director, drawer"

JULIETTE OBERNDORFER

Juliette Oberndorfer
"Actuellement étudiante à l'EMCA en 2eme année, j'ai débuté ma formation par un DMA cinéma d'animation à l'ESAAT."

JAMES FINCH

James Finch
a great artist working in the animation and illustration's field

OCTAVIO E. RODRIGUEZ

Octavio E. Rodriguez
story artist at Pixar

NOAH KLOCEK

Noah Klocek
"Noah Klocek was born in Neptune New Jersey to artist parents who encouraged him to draw but discouraged him from pursuing a career in the arts. Thankfully the discouragement didn’t work and after trying every thing from wildlife biology to paramedic training Noah decided to go to school at San Jose State and pursue a career in art. Near the end of school Noah had the opportunity to apprentice as a matte painter ILM (Industrial Light and Magic). Following a year at ILM, Noah spent two years as a Matte Painter at PDI/Dreamworks. In search of new challenges, Noah was lucky enough to find a place at Pixar Animation Studios. Noah is currently working as an Art Director at Pixar Animation Studios."

VERA BROSGOL

Vera Brosgol
"Vera Brosgol was born in 1984 in Moscow, Russia, which she promptly vacated for more American climes. She earned a diploma in Classical Animation at Sheridan College, where despite the cold she managed to make a short film.
Currently working as a storyboard artist at Laika Inc. in Portland, Oregon, she enjoys knitting, making soup, and being dry. She hopes you're having a nice time looking at her drawings."

TOBY SHELTON

Toby Shelton
"Story Artist, Currently working @ Dreamworks Animation. Worked for Disney in another life."

PAUL JULIAN

Paul Julian
"Paul Julian, of course, is well known by animation enthusiasts as one of the principal background artists for many of the most famous Warner Bros cartoons. He also gained some fame for his art direction of the UPA masterpiece, The Tell-Tale Heart."

TATSUYUKI TANAKA

Tatsuyuki Tanaka
"Tanaka was one of the key animators on Akira and was responsible for, among other things, the animation of Testuo’s rapidly mutating arm. His still illustrations draw from similar imagery, telling stories of young people set in a crumbling future, and filled with grotesque experiments and bizarre creatures. The images below come from Tanaka’s art book Cannabis Works."

ANIMATION

Free animation lessons!

Larry's Toon Institute
"A Character Walk can be a challenge for any animator. Once you break it down into it's simplest ingredients it becomes second nature."

Idleworm
"Hopefully the tutorials and articles on this blog can help some people to make their way in the industry, without them becoming slaves to debt; this is a practice that is now taken for granted by young people. It should not be tolerated."

TOTORO FOREST PROJECT

"It is not just about one specific forest. Totoro Forest represents the spirit of our childhood."

Anime is one of the most influential forms of contemporary art today. Among Japanese masters of animation, Hayao Miyazaki is undoubtedly the most popular and respected. The storytelling, visual approach and philosophical depth of his films have made a massive impact in the world of filmmaking Today.

Many prominent animation and illustration artists in the world proudly recognize Miyazaki's strong influence and inspiration on their own work.This project gives the opportunity to the artists involved to voice their appreciation for master filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and the inspiration he has given them through the years.

ANIMATION TREASURE

Thanks to Hans Bacher for sharing these beauties

SPLINE DOCTORS

"What is it about animation that moves us so much? Why do I love one scene in a movie and feel less strongly about the next? What is it about the animation of those scenes that speaks to me, and how can I incorporate those things into my work?"

An extract by Spline Doctors's blogspot, an interesting blog for animators!