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Tuesday, October 25th, 2022

STUDENTS! Animation Resources is Awarding A Free Student Membership

Attn: STUDENTS and EDUCATORS! The Los Angeles Breakfast Club has generously donated to sponsor several full time students or educators for a FREE one year membership in Animation Resources. We will be selecting someone to receive this free membership soon. If you would like to be considered, just SHARE a link to this page with a friend or colleague and email sworth@animationresources.org with the subject “Student Membership Submission”, and tell us a little bit about your studies and goals.

Good luck!

Many thanks to the Los Angeles Breakfast Club for their support of our Sponsor A Student program. If you would like to sponsor a student too, see…
https://animationresources.org/education-angel-program-sponsor-a-student-instructor/

Pass it on and help us build the future of animation one student at a time.

Right now, it’s Back To School time at Animation Resources, and for the next two weeks we will be sharing reasons why students and educators should be a member of our important project. There is no better way to feed your creativity than to be a member of Animation Resources. Every other month, we share a Reference Pack that is chock full of downloadable e-books and still framable videos designed to expand your horizons and blow your mind. It’s easy to join. Just click on this link and you can sign up right now online…

JOIN TODAY!
https://animationresources.org/membership/levels/

FREE SAMPLES!
https://animationresources.org/join-us-sample-reference-pack/

Not Convinced Yet? Check out this SAMPLE REFERENCE PACK! It will give you a taste of what Animation Resources members get to download every other month!

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Friday, April 1st, 2022

Member Appreciation Month Free Downloads

Animation Resources is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization dedicated to serving the self study needs of animators, cartoonists and illustrators. If you are a creative person with an interest in the field, we hope you will choose to become a member of Animation Resources. Every other month, members are given access to a high resolution e-books, still framable animated films, podcasts and documentary films— all curated by the Board of Animation Resources.

This sample Reference Pack is designed to give you an idea of what Animation Resources has to offer its members, and this is the best time to join. Here is what you’ll get when you join…

Every other month, you will receive a brand new Reference Pack which consists of high resolution downloadable e-books packed with fantastic artwork, rare animated films from our collection, documentaries, podcast discussions and more!
For our annual members, we have an exciting announcement. Up to now, we have rerun past RefPacks three times a year in our Bonus Archive. But beginning in 2023 we will be upping that… we’ll share a rerun RefPack in alternate months between the new ones. This means that every year, as an annual member you will be receiving 12 full Reference Packs a year, instead of just 6! This only applies to General and Student membership, not Quarterly members. So if you are on a quarterly billing cycle, you might want to consider cancelling your Quarterly membership and re-joining as a General member.
We also host “Animated Discussions” Events as live-streamed video programs. Past Podcasts are archived along with our Reference Packs and on the Bonus Archive page for annual members.
Every year or two, Animation Resources provides more benefits for its members, and we occasionally raise our dues a little to allow us to continue to expand our offerings. But if you join today, we promise that General Membership dues will never increase as long as you maintain your membership.
General Membership is just $95 a year. For students and full time educators, it’s just $70. Are the annual dues too much to spend all at once? We also have a Quarterly Billing Option where you are billed $30 every three months. You can cancel your membership at any time on the Membership Account Page.(Quarterly Membership does not include the Bonus Archive.)

Every other month, you will receive a brand new Reference Pack which consists of high resolution downloadable e-books packed with fantastic artwork, rare animated films from our collection, documentaries, podcast discussions and more!
For our annual members, we have an exciting announcement. Up to now, we have rerun past RefPacks three times a year in our Bonus Archive. But beginning in 2023 we will be upping that… we’ll share a rerun RefPack in alternate months between the new ones. This means that every year, as an annual member you will be receiving 12 full Reference Packs a year, instead of just 6! This only applies to General and Student membership, not Quarterly members. So if you are on a quarterly billing cycle, you might want to consider cancelling your Quarterly membership and re-joining as a General member.
We also host “Animated Discussions” Events as live-streamed video programs. Past Podcasts are archived along with our Reference Packs and on the Bonus Archive page for annual members.
Every year or two, Animation Resources provides more benefits for its members, and we occasionally raise our dues a little to allow us to continue to expand our offerings. But if you join today, we promise that General Membership dues will never increase as long as you maintain your membership.
General Membership is just $95 a year. For students and full time educators, it’s just $70. Are the annual dues too much to spend all at once? We also have a Quarterly Billing Option where you are billed $30 every three months. You can cancel your membership at any time on the Membership Account Page.(Quarterly Membership does not include the Bonus Archive.)

Best of RefPacks 1 to 50

Over the past decade, Animation Resources has shared 50 Reference Packs with our members. To celebrate this anniversary, we have assembled two e-books and two video podcasts highlighting a few of the treasures our members have been able to download. During Members Appreciation Month, we will be sharing these e-books and podcasts with the general public. We hope they inspire you to join us and be a part of building the foundation for the future of animation.

DOWNLOADING INSTRUCTIONS: Below are the links to the sample Reference Pack. To download the files, RIGHT CLICK on the link (Mac users OPTION CLICK) and select SAVE TO DISK. We are delivering high resolution files to you. When you click, it might take several minutes to finish the download, so please be patient. If the link doesn’t work, refresh this page and try again. It’s best to download the files one at a time, rather than all at once. This will avoid timeouts.

PLEASE NOTE: This material may be protected by copyright and is provided to supporters of Animation Resources under Fair Use provisions for critical analysis, educational and reference purposes only. Permission to copy and print is granted for personal use only and these files are not to be distributed or shared with others. All rights reserved. After the period of availability, these files will be deleted from the server and may never be offered again. Downloading of this material constitutes agreement to these terms.

PDF E-BOOKS:
Best of 25

Best of The E-Books

A Sampler of the First 10 Years of RefPack E-Books

The creative world of animation has its roots in the art of cartooning, and the history of cartooning extends back centuries. Over the past decade, Animation Resources’ e-books have included thousands of pages of classic cartooning, illustration and art instruction, ranging from 16th century woodblocks to newspaper comics from the 1920s, to powerful political cartoons from around the world, to complete courses teaching the fundamentals of cartooning and caricature… all designed to broaden the horizons of both professional and student artists.

This pair of e-books gather together some of the highlights from the first 50 members only e-books. It is provided to the general public to give prospective members an idea of what they will receive when they join. Members and volunteers are the lifeblood of our organization and we appreciate everything that the hundreds of people who have contrinuted to our efforts have accomplished. These e-books are dedicated to them.

Best of RefPack 1-25 E-Book

Adobe PDF File / 377 Pages / 1.56 GB Download

Best of RefPack 26-50 E-Book

Adobe PDF File / 187 Pages / 530 MB Download

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https://animationresources.org/membership/levels/

VIDEO PODCAST:
Best of 25

Best of Videos 1 to 50
Sampler Reels of the First 10 Years of RefPack Animation Videos

Some people are under the mistaken impression that animation is a genre, best suited for children’s cartoons. They think that specific established styles and techniques are the only way cartoons should look. It’s easy even for animators to fall into the trap of making cartoons that look just like all the other cartoons on TV and in theaters. But Animation Resources encourages film makers to think of animation as a medium, capable of breaking new ground by doing innovative and great things. We encourage our members to think outside the box by sharing unique examples of powerful animated film making that exploit the best aspects of the medium.

In the past decade of Reference Packs, Animation Resources members have had an opportunity to see rarely seen films of all types, from century old silent shorts, to stop motion puppet films, animation from China, Poland, Japan and Russia; animated commercials from the early 1950s; classic theatrical cartoons; experimental animation and rare industrial training films… Our intent is not to bring back a “golden age” of animation. We encourage artists to build on the past as a foundation for surpassing it.

This pair of reels gather together some clips of the highlights from the first 50 members only Reference Packs. They are provided to the general public to give prospective members an idea of what they will receive when they join.

Best of 25 Video Reel

M4V Video File / SD / 48:06 / 456 MB Download

Best of 50 Video Reel

M4V Video File / HD / 1:48:43 / 2.58 GB Download

PLEASE NOTE: These video files are large. Please download them one at a time to avoid timeouts.

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https://animationresources.org/membership/levels/

During alternating months between Reference Packs, we’ll be including a bonus video or e-book from one of our past Reference Packs for our annual members (General and Student Memberships only). This time we are sharing a book and two rare wartime training films!

PDF E-BOOK:

Jack Cole’s

Plastic Man

Issues Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (1943)

Jack Cole’s “Plastic Man” debuted in Police Comics in 1941 and was an immediate hit. Cole’s offbeat humor and Plastic Man’s ability to take any shape gave the cartoonist the opportunities to experiment with text and graphics in groundbreaking manner, helping to define the medium’s vocabulary, and making the idiosyncratic character one of the few enduring classics from the Golden Age to modern times. Plastic Man gained his own title in 1943.

This PDF e-book contains the first three issues of Plastic Man comics and includes a biography of Jack Cole. It is optimized for display on the iPad or printing two up with a cover on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper.

REFPACK001: Plastic Man

Adobe PDF File / 183 Pages / 245.5 MB Download

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https://animationresources.org/membership/levels/

DVD QUALITY VIDEO:

Private Snafu Gas

REFPACK001: Private Snafu in Gas

Army/Navy Screen Magazine (1944)

The Private Snafu training cartoons were produced by Warner Bros for the War Department during WWII. “Gas”, which deals with the importance of having an operating gas mask handy, was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Ted “Dr Seuss” Geisel. The voices were by Mel Blanc and Billy Bletcher.

REFPACK001: Private Snafu in Gas

M4V Video File / 4:43 / 77.5 MB Download

This DVD quality MP4 file is provided courtesy of Thunderbean Animation and is included in HD on Private Snafu Golden Classics.

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https://animationresources.org/membership/levels/

DVD QUALITY VIDEO:

Van Beuren Circus Capers

Aesop’s Fables: Circus Capers

Van Beuren Studios (1930)

Disney admitted that in the 1920s, his goal was to produce cartoons as good as the Aesops Fables series. However after the Fables introduced a boy and girl mouse that bore a strong resemblance to Mickey and Minnie, Disney filed suit and had the cartoons pulled from theaters. This cartoon is one of the most blatant Mickey ripoffs, and one of the funniest.

REFPACK001: Circus Capers

M4V Video File / 9:13 / 230.5 MB Download

This DVD quality MP4 file is provided courtesy of Thunderbean Animation and is included on Uncensored Animation from Van Beuren.

PODCAST SCHEDULE

Animation Resources will be live streaming the Best of 1-25 and Best of 26-50 Podcasts several times during Member Appreciation Month. Here is the info on the live streams…

LIVE STREAM DATES

The Best of 1-25 podcast will be live streamed on these dates and times:
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9th 7pm (PST) / SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11th 5pm / TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14th 2pm (PST 5pm East Coast Time) / SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18th 12am (PST-5pm SATURDAY Japan Time) / SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18th 8am (PST-5pm Europe Time) / SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18th 2pm (5pm East Coast) / SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18th 5pm / WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22nd 5pm / SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24th 5pm / WEDNESDAY MARCH 1st 7pm / WEDNESDAY MARCH 8th 5pm / SATURDAY MARCH 11th 2pm (PST)

The Best of 26-50 podcast will be live streamed on these dates and times:
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 7pm (PST) / SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11th 7pm / WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15th 2pm (PST 5pm East Coast Time) / SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18th 7pm / WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 23rd 5pm / SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25th 12am (PST-7pm SATURDAY Japan Time) / SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25th 8am (5pm Europe Time) / SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25th 2pm / SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25th 7pm /SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26th 2pm / THURSDAY MARCH 2nd 7pm / SATURDAY MARCH 4th 7pm / THURSDAY MARCH 9th 5pm / SATURDAY MARCH 11th 4pm (PST)

LIVE STREAM LOCATIONS

The Cartoon History podcast will be live-streamed simultaneously to these locations. Please note that the Best Of videos will not stream to YouTube. We recommend using Animation Resources’ own live streaming page to avoid disconnects by third party sites.

Animation Resources Live Stream Page

(Also to Facebook)

DISCORD SUNDAY HANGOUTS

JOIN US At The Animation Resources Discord Server
HOSTED BY DAVEY JARELL WITH SPECIAL GUESTS

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 19th 5:30 pm (PDT):
A Discussion About The Best of RefPack 1-25

SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26th 5:30 pm (PDT):
A discussion on our Best of RefPack 26-50

For more info on all of Animation Resources’ online events for February, see our February Event Schedule Page.

It’s Members Appreciation Time again at Animation Resources, and For the past decade, Animation Resources has been serving artists working in the fields of animation, cartooning and illustration. Our volunteers and members have pulled together to raise the bar for our art form, and it’s time to celebrate… It’s Members Appreciation time again!

During the month of February, Animation Resources expresses our appreciation for to members with a very special Reference Pack, and we invite you to become a member too. For the next 30 days, we will be sharing reasons why you should join us. Our benefits of membership far exceed the cost of our annual dues. You can find out what our members get at the Member Appreciation Page. It’s easy to join. Just click on this link and you can sign up right now online…

JOIN TODAY!
https://animationresources.org/membership/levels/

Animation Resources depends on your contributions to support its projects. Even if you can’t afford to join our group right now, please click the button below to donate whatever you can afford using PayPal.

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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022

Background Layout Seminar: JOIN Animation Resources TODAY!

When you join Animation Resources, you get a lot more than just what you see daily on Facebook. Every other month, members get access to a downloadable reference pack- a PDF e-book filled with rare artwork and DVD quality animated films. In addition, we produce an audio podcast series, and seminars and lectures on video.

Here is an example of a video “show and tell” we recently shared with our member. It’s two solid hours of insight into the process that goes into designing backgrounds for an animated television series.

In honor of Members Appreciation Month, we are sharing this with everyone. Hopefully, you will get excited about what we are doing and JOIN US. But don’t delay. When Member Appreciation Month is over, we will be making this video “members only” again, so watch it while you can… and JOIN Animation Resources so you won’t miss any of our future video seminars.

VIDEO SEMINAR 001:

BG Layouts By Nestor Redondo

Aired 07/21/17 / YouTube / 720p HD / 2:00:00

Animation Resources is proud to present a two hour video seminar on background layout featuring the work of Nestor Redondo. The video contains hundreds of incredible drawings illustrating every conceivable environment from Amazon rain forests to urban cityscapes to cartoon towns to outer space. Redondo was a brilliant artist and his work will show you how a professional background layout artist thinks.

BIOGRAPHY

Nestor Redondo was born in Canton, Locos Sur, Philippines on May 4, 1928. He began drawing at an early age influenced vt European old masters such as Michelangelo, DaVinci and Rembrandt, as well as American illustrators Dean Cornwell, Virgil Finlay, J. C. Leyendecker and Norman Rockwell. He was an admirer of the graphic story work of Caniff, Foster, Raymond, Fine and Kirby.

Nestor and his brother Virgillo were encouraged to pursue an artistic career by their father, who attended Ohio State University with Milton Caniff. He would proudly show Caniff’s strips to his two sons. Nestor drew day and night as a youngster. At night, the only illumination was a flickering candle. When his mother would call a halt by taking the candle away, Nestor would continue to draw by the light of the moon.

After high school, Redondo studied architecture. His elder brother Virgillo, already an artist and writer for comics, encouraged him to take up that trade. Virgillo was the writer and Nestor the artist on many of the Philippine comics industry’s all-time classics. Several of these efforts were made into movies by the Philippine movie industry. Nestor was also active creating posters and ads for these and other Phillipine movies.

Nestor Redondo’s comics were among the most popular in the Philippines from their first appearance in the late Forties. Among the major characters he created was “Ga Ga Mba” (“The Spider”) who was a superhero with the trappings of a spider, which preceded (and differed somewhat) from the U.S. version. Another was “Palos”, a James Bond style detective/adventure strip (written with Virgillo).

Redondo eventually became a comics publisher himself. Two of the weekly and bi-weekly books he published were “Cras Pubs” and “Ares Pubs” These were notable for two reasons, aside from Nestor’s beautiful art. One is that Nestor used these books to give experience to many of the students of the fine arts who would come to Redondo for training in basic drawing and storytelling techniques, which were unavailable in art school curriculums. The other was the free hand he gave to the legendary experimental and wildly imaginative Philippine artists: Renato Lemos, Joel Maggayo, Alex Nino, Roz Matienzo and Tony DeZuniga.

In the early 1970s, Nestor’s work came to the attention of DC Comics. They saw the potential his work contained and hired him. His first solo book for DC, “Rima” stands as a magnificently rendered comic. He took over art chores on the popular “Swamp Thing” comics, replacing Berni Wrightson. He also did a noteworthy treasury sized adaptation of the Bible for DC.

Nestor is also an accomplished oil and watercolor painter. He is one of the few fine artists working in the comics His paintings are purchased by art collectors in the Philippines and Japan, including Imelda Marcos, first lady of the Philippines. To this day, sculptors will often consult with Nestor regarding their basic drawings. American audiences got their first look at Redondo’s painting style in 1979 with two covers for Marvel Comics’ “Savage Sword of Conan”. It’s interesting to note that Nestor Redondo does not use models in his work. Nestor plans to keep busy in the coming years with a variety of projects, as well as continuing to develop new artists at his studio in Manilla. Already younger brother Francisco (“Quico”) has done illustrations for DC.

Nestor’s attitude toward his art can be summed up in this quoter from Philippine archivist Orly Jundis…

“He takes fine art away from the confines of the museum or the home of a private collector and draws specifically for the entertainment of the masses”

This biography of Redondo was written in 1979. He passed away in 1995.

Many thanks to Ken Leonard for sharing these treasures with us.

It’s Members Appreciation Time again at Animation Resources, and for the next 30 days we will be sharing reasons why you should be a member of our important project. For more information on the benefits of membership, see the Member Appreciation Page. It’s easy to join. Just click on this link and you can sign up right now online…

JOIN TODAY!
https://animationresources.org/membership/levels/