About.com: Animation Guide - http://animation.about.com/
Keep up with developments in online animation for all skill levels. Download tools, and seek inspiration from online work. |
Animation World Network - http://www.awn.com
Provides information resources to the international animation community. Features include searchable database archives, monthly magazine, web animation guide, the Animation Village, discussion forums and other useful resources. |
Digital Media FX: The History of Animation - http://www.digitalmediafx.com/Features/animationhistory.html
Michael Crandol takes an exhaustive look at the history of animation and animators/visionaries like Max Fleisher, Walter Lantz, and Otto Messmer. |
Enculturation: From Mouse to Mouse: Overcoming Information - http://enculturation.gmu.edu/2_1/pisters.html
Essay by Patricia Pisters on the animated image and its changing relationship with the cinematic image. |
History of Animation: Before Disney - http://www-viz.tamu.edu/courses/viza615/97spring/pjames/history/main.html
A short, illustrated essay by Patrick James on the basics of early animations. |
Richard's Animated Divots - http://www.animated-divots.com/
Chronology of animated movies, television programs, and short cartoons. Includes animation filmographies and a list of anime television series. |
Spark Online: Only Genius Is Genius - http://www.spark-online.com/august00/media/romano.html
Chris Romano feels that the proliferation of Flash and other web-based animation technologies has not improved the overall quality of animation and cartoons. |
Toonhound - http://www.toonhound.com
British cartoon, animation and comic strip creations - links, reviews and news from the UK. |