With the popularity of blogs an avalanche of talented artists has overwhelmed my senses. I still update this section, it just takes a bit longer.

For more animation related links and resources, visit
Spungella, which gets updated on a frequent basis.

let me know if a link doesn't work

 

Animation/FX Sites and Blogs:

The Business of Animation
Animation comments

Seward Street
Animation news

Flipbook
make your own 2D animation

PAN dance
crazy skeleton setup and funny animation

CG-Char
character animation forum

10 Second Club
monthly animation contest

Animated Movies
animation links

Animated News
animation news

Animation World Network
animation news and job site

CG Channel
CG news site

CG Talk
discussion forum

VFX Pro
VFX news and job site

VFX World
VFX news and job site

BMLwalker
Walk cycle reference

3Dvf
french CG news site

CGKIT
Digital Media Resource

Luxo
Pixar news

Toonhub
4500+ Animation and Comic Book Links

Shaun Freeman Animation
Handy Hints and Tips

fps - animation magazine
feeding your animation fixation

Animation Mentor
online animation school

3D Art to Part
transform your CG model into real models

BBC Motion Gallery
Reference movies

 

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Movies/DVDs:

The Digital Bits
code 1 DVD news

Area DVD
code 2 DVD news

TheForce
Star Wars news

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Gaming:

IGN
gaming news

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Misc:

Kid Robot
great toy design

Alias Technical Support
user forum

Lambiek Comiclopedia
comic book artists

Vistaprint
free business cards

Martial Arts Trickz
crazy jumping around

Foto Search
stock photography

The Superficial
when you have time to kill

Gorilla Mask
another site when you got too much time

80s Tees
great t-shirt shop

The Slanket
Blanket with with sleeves!!

 

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Sound/Music:

Film Sound
sound design

Skywalker Sound

Michael Giacchino
Music composer

Soundamerica
sound clips

Movie Sound Database
sound clips

Sounddogs
sound clips

Screen Archives Entertainment
movie scores

Intrada
movie scores

FreeSite.com
sound clips resource

The Daily WAV
sound clips

Wav Central
sound clips

Movie Sound Page
speaks for itself

The Wilhelm Scream
classic

Songtitle
music from TV commercials

Filmtracks
movie scores

Recording Engineer
equipment for film & TV

Brook Mays
sound equipment

Audio License
sound clips

Wav Source
sound clips

Sound Professionals
sound equipment

Film Sound
sound design

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Gadgets:

Gizmodo
gadget site

9X Media
multi-screen setup

Max Displays
multi-sceen setup

Zip-Linq
retractable cables

Mobilemag
tech & gadget

Light Wedge
interesting reading lamp

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Tutorials:

CGtalk thread
almost too many on there...

Learning Maya
almost 1000 tutorials

Cane-toad
rigging

Steven J. Tubbrit
lighting tutorial
- Final Gathering
- HDRI
- Rigging

Dru Abrams
lots of stuff

Toni Bratincevic
G.I. in Maya w/ Mental Ray

3D Total
Texturing 1
Texturing 2

Help3D
different stuff

3D cafe
cord setup

TutorGig
different stuff

Rigging and Anatomy
riggin info

 


 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friends, Collegues & Inspirations:

Stephen Silver

Patrick Morgan

Gabriele Pennacchioli

Harad Siepermann

Uwe Heidschoetter

Donna Chada

Jae Hyung Kim

Andrea Blasich

Santy Gutierrez

Dennis Pena

Kevan Shorey

Jason Schleifer

Titus Oberhammer

Alexander "Nico" Ostermann

Jeep Naarkom

Robin Luera

Jon Collins

Wes Mandell

Dori Arazi

Manu Ittina

Artin Matousian

Veli-Antti Rautiola

Justin Barrett

Keith Lango

Carlos Baena

Andrew Burke

Pierre Coffin (click on ouch!)

Leonid Larionov

Cameron Miyasaki

Victor Navone

Ron Zorman

Lluis Llobera

Emmanuel Campin

Tad Leckman

Ogi

Anup Lobo

Michael Comet

Daniel Peixe

Bryan Lentenbrink

Pramod Shantharam

Michel Gagné

Leonid Larionov

Jason Osipa

Yanick Dusseault

Stephane Marino

Paul Avery

Patrick Beaulieu

Christopher Mullins

Shane Glines

Bobby Beck

Melvin Tan

Simon Christen

Mark C. Harris

Greg Towner

Tim Linklater

Raphael Suter

Leif Jeffers

Bobby Pontillas

Steve Aplin

Splinedoctors

Ali Tezel

Morgan Loomis

John Nevarez

Tim McBurnie

 

Companies:

Industrial Light & Magic

Pixar Animation Studios

Sony Pictures Imageworks

Tippett Studio

Blue Sky Studios

Weta Digital

Rhythm & Hues Studios

Dreamworks/PDI

ESC Entertainment

Lucasarts

Wild Brain

Giant Killer Robots

Film Roman

Digital Domain

Factor 5

Z-Axis

DNA Productions

 

 

 


 

 


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