ANIMATION RESOURCES by Mr Ben https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5 en-us 2019-07-05 09:06:22 UTC 2025-09-24 06:23:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f440.png Recommended Animation reading ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370295410 The Animator's Survival Kit. 
An essential on every animators bookshelf, also available as a comprehensive app:
http://www.theanimatorssurvivalkit.com/index.html

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Animators-Survival-Richard-Williams/dp/0571238343
]]> 2019-07-05 09:10:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370295410 12 Principles of animation explained ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370295656 This is another an animator’s interpretation of the famous ‘12 principles of Animation’.]]> 2019-07-05 09:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370295656 12 Principles of animation explained ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370296019 In depth breakdown by Animator Alan Becker.]]> 2019-07-05 09:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370296019 12 Principles of animation explained ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370296040 This great clip uses The Fresh Prince’s of Bel-Air’s Carlton doing his famous Tom Jones dance to clearly explain all the principles.]]> 2019-07-05 09:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370296040 Animation Explained ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370296551 Ted ED - Persistence of Vision (and workable frame rates) explained]]> 2019-07-05 09:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370296551 Animation Explained ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370296588 Ted ED - Art of Timing and spacing]]> 2019-07-05 09:26:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370296588 Pen Tool Game ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370297076 2019-07-05 09:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370297076 Free stock art sites ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370299057 https://www.pexels.com/
https://pixabay.com/
]]> 2019-07-05 10:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370299057 Cinematography Reference ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370299130 https://film-grab.com/category/genre/animation/

Useful for studying style, colours, lighting and composition.

]]> 2019-07-05 10:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370299130 Audio Resources ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370299838 Here are a few links to some useful Audio resources, for sound effects and royalty free music. Royalty free means you pay a small fee for it once, and then you are free to use music on your projects without breaching copyright. You can download ‘watermarked’ audio from Pond5 to test if it works for your project before purchasing:

https://www.freesound.org/browse/ Freesound (sound effects)

http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html 
Incompetech (free for mp3/cheap for uncpmpressed Royalty-free music, requires correct crediting in your project)

https://www.pond5.com/music/1/ambient.html 
Pond5 (royalty-free music that you pay a small fee for)

https://www.bensound.com (royalty-free music, credit creator or pay a small fee)

https://musopen.org/ 
Lots of Royalty Free Classical music
]]> 2019-07-05 10:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/370299838 Camera angles and moves explained ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/371091722 Via the Animade Boords App blog: https://boords.com/blog/16-types-of-camera-shots-and-angles-with-gifs ]]> 2019-07-14 16:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/371091722 Interesting fast 2D Animation Casestudy ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/371563680 https://youtu.be/oiw1yQfX13c Kina - Get You The Moon , video by JonJon
https://youtu.be/7PZo37rWKTE 'Making of bu JonJon]]> 2019-07-18 10:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/371563680 Frame calculator ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/377829753 Useful tool for working out timings in frames.
https://www.zapstudio.net/framecalc/]]> 2019-08-28 11:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/377829753 50 best Animation Tools list ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/379175753 https://sageanimation.com/animation-tools/]]> 2019-09-02 15:55:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/379175753 Animated Show Production Pipeline ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/426256093 Handy reference for all the steps required to make an animated show.]]> 2019-12-20 15:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/426256093 An intermittently added to curated collection of animation I love: ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/840560248 https://vimeo.com/channels/cowboyicecream ]]> 2020-10-19 11:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/840560248 Loopdeloop Bi-monthly animation competition/community ben_austin1 https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/1203292436 2021-02-15 11:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ben_austin1/o49x9tdrigb5/wish/1203292436