Darkstalkers – 12 Principles is an article that explains the 12 principles of animation through the pixel animation of Darkstalkers
Darkstalkers – 12 Principles
Acting For Animators
Acting For Animators is an essential book for animators written by Ed Hooks and is the first book about acting theory that is written specifically for animators
Jonathan Abenhaim
Jonathan Abenhaim has an amazing YouTube channel that covers a load of tips, tricks and tutorials on animation. He posts regularly so make sure to subscribe!
Orca – Jobs List
Orca Jobs List is an amazing website for finding jobs in game development and can be filtered to only display specific roles (like animation!)
Craft
Craft is a site that gathers high-quality material from films, graphic novels and other visual media and lets you explore how other professionals crafted it. Giving you access to source files from animators and artists. Free Trial is available.
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.
Splatfrog
Splatfrog is a website with hours of lecture/demo videos by veteran animator, Ken Fountain. It has both free and paid videos.
Thinking Animation
Thinking Animation has a great section on the pros and cons of different rigs. As well as a bunch of other resources and tips across the site.
Drawn to Life
Drawn to Life is a two volume collection of the legendary lectures from long-time Disney animator Walt Stanchfield. For over twenty years, Walt helped breathe life into the new golden age of animation with these teachings at the Walt Disney Animation Studios.
