Great for up to date industry information including daily news, free model libraries, interviews, articles and lots of free tutorials (Max, Maya, Photoshop, etc). Check out the free forums for weekly and monthly contests.
An online magazine dedicated to computer graphics and VFX. Contains industry information and job postings. Includes many links to sister sites that have tutorials, stores for DVDs, etc.
CG talk is the free forum of the CGSociety. Anything having to do with computer graphics is probably discussed here. This is a great place to get critiques for help on a project.
The Animation World Network is the largest animation-related
publishing group on the Internet. It provides readers with interesting, relevant and helpful
information pertaining to all aspects of animation including animator profiles, independent
film distribution, commercial studio activities, CGI and other animation technologies,
and in-depth coverage of current events in the field of animation. There is good general information for all job seekers.
Created and maintained by Jon Hooper and Steve Kellener, this site offers downloads
including storyboard templates, exposure and character modeling sheets, animation news from around the world, blogs,
forums, historical fun facts that highlight the development and high points of animation, and much more.
An animation / cartoon non-profit organization which provides educational, informational
and promotional services to the animation industry. All services are free. Includes discussion blog and entertainment
from the world’s best animators and some of tomorrow’s rising talent.
MonkeyJam is a digital penciltest program. It is designed to let you capture images from a webcam, camcorder, or scanner and assemble
them as separate frames of an animation. You can also import images and sound files already on your computer. Although it is designed for
pencil and paper, MonkeyJam can also be used for StopMotion animation and has several features just for that. Movies created in MonkeyJam
can be exported as AVI files.
A key resource for everyone working in the animation industry. Using the latest web technology (Web 2.0 netheads!)
it contains regularly updated news and information, an online directory and, of course the networking areas which
allow you to contact and talk to the key players within the animation industry.
View hundreds of open source animation & cartoons. Sub-collections include Brick Films, SIGGRAPH Electronic Theatre,
Machinima, and Film Chest vintage cartoons from the 1930’s and 1940’s.
Part of the American Memory project of the Library of Congress, this site includes 21 early animated short films
(available in MPEG and QuickTime), bibliographic records on early American animation, articles explaining the history
of each film, as well as general articles on the history of animation.
From Iowa State University, this site contains an impressive chronology of animation, an anime
TV series list, animation filmographies, bibliography of animation, and animation web links.
Flash developer resource guide developed by Mark Fennell in 1999. A one stop raw materials
center for Flash creations. Built by and for Flash developers. Includes sounds, images and ideas.
Akadot started as an anime and manga news site and has since then expanded its coverage to Japanese entertainment, music, pop culture, and videogames.
Includes DVD reviews, book reviews, music reviews, and game reviews to help readers know what's out there.
An animation news and information web site run by a group of devoted animation fans. Toon Zone
serves as a free web host to some of the best animation sites on the internet. Originally began as a
small discussion area on old Prodigy service is now a massive site that receives (on average) one million
visits, ten million page views, and fifty million hits per month. Over 8,000 people have registered for the
forums in the past 2 1/2 years, with nearly half of them still active. Toon Zone is owned and operated by
its founders -- Brian Cruz, Eileen Delgadillo and Colin Feder -- with the help of a veritable army of volunteers.
This site features over 13,753 free animations for you to use on your website or send as
digital postcards. Sign up to receive a free newsletter, daily animation, and weekly freebie.
