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November 7th, 2017

Animation Resources Members: Reference Pack 019 Is Now Available For Download!

Animation Resources Members: A new Reference Pack has just been posted on the members only page. Login and you’ll find some incredible images and animation to inspire you and help you grow as an artist.

This time we have a fabulous e-book packed with high resolution scans of watercolors by Arthur Rackham. Rackham was one of the greatest book illustrators of all time, and we are sharing two of his most famous books with you- Rip Van Winkle and Grimm’s Fairy Tales. These are significant because they are the images that inspired the designers at Disney to create Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Also included in Reference Pack 19 are three very early Betty Boop cartoons with animation by Grim Natwick. Natwick was one of the greatest animators who ever lived and his animation of Betty Boop is a landmark in personality animation.

Rounding out the RefPack are a few films by the Canadian experimental animator, Norman McLaren. McLaren’s films embody the purest form of animation imaginable, completely removed from technique, focusing totally on timing, shape and color.

We hope you find these materials useful in your work. Click on the link to the Members Only page to access the files.

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Every other month, members of Animation Resources are given access to an exclusive Members Only Reference Pack. These downloadable files are high resolution e-books on a variety of educational subjects and rare cartoons from the collection of Animation Resources in DVD quality. Our current Reference Pack has just been released. If you are a member, click through the link to access the MEMBERS ONLY DOWNLOAD PAGE. If you aren’t a member yet, please JOIN ANIMATION RESOURCES. It’s well worth it.

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Posted by Stephen Worth @ 10:39 am

November 6th, 2017

Screening TONIGHT: Action Analysis- Acting for Animation FREE

In the ten short years between “Steamboat Willie” and “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” the Disney Studios advanced the art and technique of animation at a rapid rate of speed. This progress has been widely credited to the work of Don Graham. He instituted a series of action analysis meetings where live action films were broken down and studied, and animated films would be critiqued to determine what worked well and what could be improved upon. On November 6th at the Art Center College of Design, Animation Producer Stephen Worth will be channelling the spirit of Don Graham to present an action analysis class on “Acting for Animation”.

This event is absolutely FREE and open to the public.

Presented as a part of Michael Dooley’s “Design History of Comics & Animation” class

Art Center College of Design
Monday November 6th, 7 PM
LA Times Media Center, Hillside Campus
1700 Lida Street, Pasadena, CA 91103

MAPS TO ART CENTER AND THE SCREENING ROOM ON CAMPUS:
Print these out and bring them with you.

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STEPHEN WORTH is the President of Animation Resources, a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization serving animators, illustrators and cartoonists.

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Posted by Stephen Worth @ 10:00 am

September 12th, 2017

Animation Resources’ RefPack018 Available For Download Now!

ANIMATION RESOURCES MEMBERS: Reference Pack 018 has just been posted on the Members Only page. This time we have a great batch of reference material for you…. A rare volume of “grotesque caricatures” by Gustave Dore from 1867, a 1944 Popeye cartoon transferred in HD from an original 35mm Technicolor print, and a pair of cartoons by the underrated comedian/film maker/cartoonist Charlie Bowers.

Proceed to the download page by following this link…
https://animationresources.org/membersonly/

If you aren’t a member yet, please consider joining our organization. The cost is small compared to the treasures that members receive. This month Student Memberships are discounted. If you are studying to work in animation, you owe it to yourself to broaden your horizons with the resources we provide.

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