Required Books/PDF’s:
Animator’s Survival Kit (now with: PDF Richard Williams – The Animator’s Survival Kit)
Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation PDF (so good, i forgive the comic sans)
Recommended Books:
The Illusion of Life (worth purchasing!)
The Animator’s Workbook: Step-By-Step Techniques of Drawn Animation
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Other Books:
Character Animation Crash Course!
Draw The Looney Tunes The Warner Bros. Character Design Manual
Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators
Disney’s Art of Animation From Mickey Mouse to Beauty and the Beast
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Recommended Sites:
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Other Sites:
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
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Recommended Podcasts:
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Other Podcasts:
The Deeply Graphic Design Cast
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Animation & Film Festivals
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Ottawa International Animation Festival
Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation
Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film
London International Animation Festival
Melbourne International Animation Festival
EyeWorks Festival of Experimental Animation
Tricky Women Festival of Animated films
Holland Animation Film Festival
Motion II 