Paper cut-out animation

This is the best cut-out animation and design I've seen.

Check out the credits animation for Madagascar.

Lou Romano

Pixar's Designer, Fabulous blog!

research for fresh ideas

The world is constantly giving us inspiration for designing. Look around, research, draw, combine, make it beautiful and your own.

I've always wanted to bring a deer into drawing class, maybe next semester!

Character Designer Chhuy-Ing IA

her website

Absolutely Fantastic!

Some resources I used this weekend

Stoc.Xchng - download free royalty free photos! I used these to use some photographic elements in my background images.

I also looked up some After Effects 3d text tutorials, on youtube like this one:


There are probibly even better ones out there if you look. I just type in "How to... blah and blah...in insert program name here" and just browse what comes up. I was manipulating type in after effects this weekend and youtube was a handy resource for that. Take atvantage of the nice folks offering up thier tips for free! ;)

Peter De Seve

Peter De Seve is the most popular character designer working today.

Check out his website

playing with sketchbook pro

Bobby Chiu

This is a demo on Autodesk sketchbook pro. But it is mostly the artist talking about being a student, the frustrations and his determination...... inspiring.

"I made this in 4th year at animation school at Sheridan. 5 months of storyboarding and re-boarding, 2 weeks of design and 3 months of mad production. Its all now but a fuzzy dream. There are a lot of things that were rushed, but it is what it is. Over the last year C Block has been showing in a few festivals around the world, and I was fortunate to attend a couple of them. I will try to make a a summary of it all at some point."
-Vladimir Kooperman

Hand drawn on paper, colored in Photoshop, composited in AfterEffects. Enjoy:

This is considered more motion graphics than animation, but it is dang cool!

parkour motion reel from saggyarmpit on Vimeo.

THIS IS GOLD!

Absolutely enjoyed this one! Check it out!

"The Lady and the Reaper"

This one time... from nelson boles on Vimeo.

Oscar nominated for 2009
This Way Up - The best free videos are right here

old fangs, a 2010 sundance animation

thought i'd share this. very inspired by the gorgeous compositions and color. diggin the artistic style of this piece :)



Click here to watch Old Fangs

Thanks to James Hoe for this, I've been looking forward to seeing it!

Talented Kyle Santos found this online. S0 many ways to animate.