Doc:Tutorials/Animation/BSoD/Principles of Animation/References

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<WORK IN PROGRESS, but feel free to add content, just let's keep this somewhat focused on animation and the very best links>

[edit] Introduction

In this page we will collect the most useful and interesting links about animation: history, tutorials, good sites and forums, good free samples, etc.

[edit] In Blender

[edit] Start Here

Blender's wiki is the central place for documentation. All these references can be found there:

• Blender's Manual
• Links to many tutorials, including Animation.
• Blender Summer of Documentation 2006, in particular but not limited to:
  • Character Animation
  • Rigging
  • Physical Simulation
  • Principles of Animation (of which this page is a part of)
• 3D: Noob to Pro wikibook

[edit] Other Resources

[edit] Video Tutorials

• List at www.blender.org, including Animation.

[edit] Sites, Communities and Competitions

• Blender Nation: news blog
• Blender Artists site and, specially, forums
• Main Site, with news, many references and forums.
• Blender forum at CGTalk
• Blender Wars
• Blender Battles
• Blender Projects: open movie community
• 3D model repository at Kator Legaz

[edit] Galleries and Art Sites

• Official Gallery
• Open Art Galleries

[edit] Animations

• Elephants Dream

[edit] General

<WIP: very incomplete, need to define categories better, too>

[edit] History

• Animation at Wikipedia
• Animes

[edit] Highlights

Just a few examples of the best works ever done, that animation enthusiasts might like to know.

[edit] Cartoons

• <Disney / Pixar movies>
• <etc>

[edit] Animes

• Bleach
• Cowboy Bebop
• Dragon Ball
• <etc>

[edit] Amateur

[edit] Open Source

• apricot
• Big Buck Bunny
• Elephants Dream

[edit] People

• Cartoons:
  • Disney Legends site
  • The Nine Old Men
  • Walt Disney
  • Ub Iwerks

• Animes:
  • Osamu Tezuka (mangaka)
  • Companies

[edit] Resources

[edit] Education

<Anim books and videos>

[edit] Sites and Communities

• CG Society (CGTalk)
• 3D Total
• deviantART

[edit] Animations

[edit] Competitions

• The 10 Second Club

[edit] Programs

[edit] Renderers

[edit] Animation Tools

Summer of documentation 2006 -- Willian 17:04, 20 August 2006 (CEST)

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