Resources for animation educators. No need to reinvent the wheel! If it’s already online, I’ll just send you there.
Learning
- Animator Island – Drawing tips, production methods, all sorts of good stuff.
- Animated Spirit – Thoughtful posts on art and all things animated.
- Edge of Frame – Articles and interview on Experimental Animation
News
- Cartoonbrew – Animation news on the edgy side
- Skwigly – Online Animation Magazine in the UK. Great interviews, podcast, industry news and showcase.
- AWN – Industry news. Job board, discussion forum and student corner
Podcasts
- ASIFA-South – Only a couple episodes so far, but great interviews with professionals. Focus on diversity and representation in animation.
- Black n’ Animated – An animation podcast to educate, inform and inspire black artists pursuing careers in animation.
- Skwigly Podcast – Interviews with animators!
- Motion Hatch – The business side of animation and motion graphics.
Other sites of interest
- Great Women Animators – Searchable database of historical and contemporary female animators. Trans and gender non-conforming inclusive.
- Animated Women – Interviews by Charles Wilson
- Animation Resources – Archive of animation artwork and history
- HERE WE ARE – Online compendium project exploring the contributions of women, non-binary, trans and genderqueer filmmakers to experimental cinema.
- Cartoon Research – Dedicated to classic cartoons, past, present, and future.
- Japanese Animated Film Classics – Historical Japanese animation from the National Film Center in Tokyo
- Animation Studies 2.0 – Online journal of animation
- Society of Animation Studies – professional organization of animation scholars holding annual conferences around the world
- ASIFA – International Animation Association
Teaching Resources
Public Pedagogy – database of syllabi meant as a public resource for developing and teaching coursework in fine arts at the college level
Just Make Animation – In-depth animation teaching blog by Lucy Lee
