Tutorials & Resources

General Animation:

• Ian Dallas, Lessons from my first year as an animator

• Perspective Drawing for Animators - The guys responsible for the BAM Animation YouTube Channel have loads of great tutorials - they are funny and packed with useful information. This is one among many!

• Alan Becker's YouTube series illustrating the 12 Principles of Animation

• Animate Any Character Turnaround/ Rotation in 2D

• Characterdesignreferences.com - visual library

• Ross Plaskow's "How to Make a Cartoon in After Effects for Beginners"  (NSFW)

• Reading: Building the Emotional Content of Images

• Eric Goldberg's Character Animation Crash Course

  • Reference Videos!

• Preston Blair, Cartoon Animation

• Line boil effect 

• BAM animation!

  • Character Design Drawing Exercises