Animation Exchange happened again! Hosted by a bunch of awesome animators and streamed live from the Twitch office, don’t miss another great stream full of tips and tricks from professional animators across the world.
Animation Exchange (2018)
Animbot
Animbot is an essential free Maya toolset for animators made by Alan Camilo. Highly recommended!
Industry Job Spreadsheet
The Industry Job Spreadsheet was compiled by Chris Mayne and is an amazing resource for job seekers. It is full of industry job posting and can be filtered to show only animation roles.
Animator’s Survival Kit
The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams is an essential book to own whether you’re a beginner or an expert.
Rough Animator
Rough Animator is a fully featured hand drawn animation application that runs on Android, iOS, Mac OS, and Windows. Currently available for $4.99
Mocappys
Mocappys is a website made by Simon Kay (Double Negative) dedicated to teaching people how to learn the motion capture pipeline using Motion Builder.
Rigging Dojo
Rigging Dojo is a website that helps artists overcome the obstacles of computer animation production by focusing on teaching the art and science of character rigging. They have tutorials for both rigging and animation.
Aaron McGriff – Coaching
Aaron McGriff has been animating professionally for over 12 years and is now offering coaching, reel reviews and other services available in various packages.
Red Dragon Rig
Red Dragon Rig is a free Maya rig made by junior rigger, Elise Mathez
Challenger Jacobus
Challenger Jacobus is a Youtube playlist made by Eric Jacobus where he performs movesets from beat-em-up games in real life. Great resource for animation reference!
I Want to be an Animator
I Want to be an Animator is a Youtube collection of free Lessons, Tutorials and Tips about 3D Animation, mostly focusing on the basics and principles.
