51 Animation Exercises is a list of exercise ideas that can be used when you are unsure of what to animate. Whether you’ve animated a bouncing ball or not, this list will have something to keep your skills sharp. Compiled by Animator Island
Workflow Breakdowns
Workflow Breakdowns is a free collection of short, digestible animation workflow videos by Adam Turnbull (that’s me!). Will be adding more soon!
Keith Lango Tutorials
Keith Lango has released his collection of tutorials for free! These were originally made between 2005 & 2010 for paid subcribers only but are now available to everyone.
Book: Game Anim
Game Anim is a book by Jonathan Cooper (Naughty Dog) that de-mystifies the animation side of game development, explaining every step of the process while providing valuable insights and work philosophies
Jean-Denis Haas
Jean-Denis Haas is an Animation Supervisor at ILM and his Youtube channel covers animation tips for beginning animators, acting analysis, animation analysis and more!
New Frame Plus
New Frame Plus is a Youtube channel dedicated to analyzing video game animation hosted by Daniel Floyd
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.
Animation Exchange (2018)
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.
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.