June 12th, 2018

Members Click Here Membership Email Join Us!

RefPack022 Is Now Up On The Animation Resources Members Only Page!

Reference Pack

There’s A New Reference Pack
Animation Resources
Available For Download Today!

Every other month, Animation Resources shares a new Reference Pack with its members. They consist of an e-book packed with high resolution scans and video downloads set up for still frame study. Members. make sure you download the Reference Packs before they expire. When it’s gone, it’s gone!


MEMBERS LOGIN To The Members Only Page

JOIN TODAY To Access Members Only Content


Havoc In Heaven

In Reference Pack 022, Animation Resources is trying something new. Instead of providing our regular e-book and short films, RefPack022 includes a rare animated feature film in its entirety. We hope you find this to be useful to your studies.

Havoc In Heaven (1961/1964) was made by the pioneers of Chinese animation, the Wan Brothers. Based on the Monkey King legend, this film is unique in its use of color, music and design, drawing on Chinese art for inspiration instead of imitating Western models. We are proud to be able to present this important film to our members for their study and reference. The video file has been cleaned up and deinterlaced, so you can step through forwards and backwards and study the animation.

Havoc In Heaven

Also included is a half hour documentary on the Wan Brothers that shows clips from their films and tells their story from childhood to becoming recognized as treasured artistic mentors to the Chinese animation industry. Both the feature and the documentary are in Chinese, but our Members Only page includes a detailed synoposis translated into English.

H M Bateman

That’s not all! Our bonus features this time include two classic books by the British cartoonist H. M. Bateman, Suburbia and Burlesques. Bateman’s keenly observed caricatures shine a light on the human foibles and sense of humor of British culture in the roaring 20s. The two books are presented as a high resolution PDF file ready to print for your reference on letter sized three ring paper.


MEMBERS LOGIN To The Members Only Page

JOIN TODAY To Access Members Only Content


Animation Resources is dedicated to helping creative artists raise the bar for the art of animation through self study and research. Reference Pack 022 pulls out all the stops with over two hours of rare animation and a 135 page downloadable e-book. If you aren’t a member of Animation Resources yet, YOU SHOULD BE!

Not A Member Yet? Want A Free Sample?

Check out this SAMPLE REFERENCE PACK! It will give you a taste of what Animation Resources members get to download every other month!

Sample RefPack

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailFacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailby feather
Share on Tumblr

Posted by Stephen Worth @ 12:00 pm

June 2nd, 2018

Members Click Here Membership Email Join Us!

Looney Tunes Commentary

Looney Tunes Commentary

Animation Resources’ Director of Communications David Hofmann is the guest commentator on the Looney Tunes Critic show. He’s talking about the classic Daffy Duck short, “The Henpecked Duck”. Check it out!

David Hofmann on “The Henpecked Duck”: https://youtu.be/IG6LU2PUd9M

For more of Trevor Thompson’s Looney Tunes Commentaries, subscribe to his YouTube channel, Ferris Wheelhousehttp://youtube.com/FerrisWheelhouse

For more information on the subjects David Hofmann discusses here, see…

Warren Foster bio: https://animationresources.org/biography-warren-foster/

Bob Givens interview ( co-creator of Bugs Bunny): https://animationresources.org/history-bob-givens-grand-old-man-of-animation/

How looney tunes and other golden age cartoons were written: https://animationresources.org/story-the-greatest-cartoon-writer-of-all-time-2/

Learn to draw like a Looney Tunes Animator Free!!!! https://animationresources.org/instruction-preston-blairs-advanced-animation/

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailFacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailby feather
Share on Tumblr

Posted by Stephen Worth @ 4:33 pm

April 12th, 2018

Members Click Here Membership Email Join Us!

DRAW! Benny Mercader Shares His Studies

Animation Resources member, Benny Mercader shares a photo of a few of his Preston Blair bear heads and calls out other artists to study and work on their skills.

Benny Bears

Benny says, “Practice! Draw! Worship the Animation Resources group! Go! Draw!! ? Do NOT overlook fundamentals. Practice various facets of ‘art’. Get lost in the Animation Resources archive and pull an article and read. It’s therapy really. This is not the only way to learn to draw or what have you but preliminary exercise to pump the artist. Lots of discipline! Call yourself to action. Its that simple right?!”

FREE Online Animation Drawing Course!

Animation Resources is pleased to announce a FREE online drawing course teaching the fundamental principles of drawing for animation. The course is led by Animation Resources’ Director of Education, JoJo Baptista and it’s based on Preston Blair’s classic book, “Advanced Animation”. Over the next year or so, we’ll be working over the internet with a group of students who want to sharpen their skills and learn to draw more solidly. The course will include online lessons followed by video critique with draw-overs of students’ submitted work. The first lesson is online now- plus you can download a PDF of the entire rare first edition of the Preston Blair book!

Preston Blair’s Advanced Animation Lesson 00
https://animationresources.org/instruction-preston-blairs-advanced-animation/

If you would like to participate, follow our lessons as they are posted and send in your work for critique. As the group of students following this online course progresses, we’ll be introducing more advanced lessons. If you are a student studying animation in school, this is the perfect self-study program to supplement your formal education. If you are a professional animator, it never hurts to brush up on the fundamentals. It can shake off the cobwebs and break you of bad habits. You don’t even have to be an animator to benefit from this… illustrators and cartoonists will get a lot out of these lessons as well.

There is no charge for participating in this course, but we ask that students who benefit from this valuable information consider becoming members of Animation Resources. From time to time, we will be referring to materials on the Members Only download page, so to get the most out of this course, you should join our organization. Support the people that are helping you grow as an artist.

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

FacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailFacebooktwitterredditpinterestlinkedinmailby feather
Share on Tumblr

Posted by Stephen Worth @ 2:30 pm