ANIMATION HISTORY

Cameraless animation, direct animation, drawing on film, scratch film... all these are names that describe films that are made using experimental techniques to create animated images without a ca...

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2006/07/cameraless-animation.html

Here's a link to Martha Stewart's website where they have instructions to make a Flipbook, Thaumatrope, and Phenakistoscope!

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2009/06/even-martha-stewart-likes-optical-toys.html

Cal Arts School of Film and Video YouTube Channel . I'm sure you can find lots of amazing student projects here.

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2009/06/cal-arts-you-tube-channel.html

Lots of tutorials and links here on Animatrick. I am just looking into this site now, but it certainly looks like a really useful collection of stuff!

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2009/06/animatrick.html

I just came across this great 12 minute film, Animando , made during an apprenticeship at the National FIlm Board of Canada. Through a simple animated character, it shows a wide range of animatio...

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2008/07/animando.html

Early Disney

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2008/07/early-disney_08.html

Early Disney: First Sound Cartoon

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2008/07/early-disney-first-sound-cartoon.html

Early Disney

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2008/07/early-disney.html

Early Disney: Mickey Mouse.

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2008/07/mickeys-orphans.html

Early Disney: First color cartoon.

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2008/07/flowers-and-trees.html

This is a 2008 Oscar Nominee. I suggest going to the YouTUbe page and selecting view in high quality.

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2008/07/i-met-walrus.html

I found a link to this blog about independent animation under the links of indepdenent animator and animation teacher Steven Subotnik , who wrote a book I have used -- Animation in the Home Digit...

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/independent-animation-blog.html

Cycles -- beginning and ending with the same image -- are an important aspect of animation, saving work when creating repetitive actions. Here are some walk cycles, drawn out by Preston Blair ...

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/animation-cycles.html

The magazine Mental Floss published this interesting look at 10 Landmark Moments in Animation History , with stories about Felix the Cat, Betty Boop, UPA's formation, and the Disney Strike. I...

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/10-landmark-moments-in-animation.html

Here is a recently published article from the website "Random History" that summarizes the History of Animation .

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/animation-history-summary.html

George Melies created Le Voyage Dans La Lune in 1902, a forerunner of all science fiction and fantasy films. The South African Artist/Animator William Kentridge made this version of his own of...

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/journey-to-moon.html

Just since last year, many important animated films have been posted online, some with their creator's approval, others without.  It is nice to be able to see these important films, though of co...

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/many-independent-animations-now-online.html

Until July 24, 2008, the Drawing Center in Manhattan, NYC, has an exhibition of Drawing on Film , an ongoing video screening of works from the 1930's to the present, in their "Drawing Room" gal...

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/drawing-on-film-exhibition.html

Hello, I have been getting lots of hits from around the world -- so I thought I'd ask -- What would you like to see more of here on this site? Let me know, and I'll see if I can find it and pos...

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2007/12/any-requests.html

You can find several Oscar-winning animated shorts here on this blog, created by ten-year-old Sam Saper , a young animation scholar.

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2007/07/oscar-winning-animation.html

When the Day Breaks is a beautiful, sensitively made film made by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis at the National Film Board of Canada which recieved the Palme D'Or for short films at the Cannes ...

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2006/07/when-day-breaks.html

In the 1970's and 1980's, artists working in New York City began to create projects outside of mainstream, commercial production. NYC is where the headquarters for Sesame Street and MTV Networks...

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2006/07/new-york-independent-animators.html

We've been talking about the uncanny in animation-- particularly stop-motion and 3-d animation. Here is a good example of a recent feature length animated film that is currently screening in fe...

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2006/07/blood-tea-and-red-string_20.html

There are some wonderful films available online at the National Film Board of Canada's website. The Focus on Animation page is a good place to start, with links to the Film Board's history , te...

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2006/07/nfb-films_17.html

John Hubley, a political activist and labor advocate throughout his career,was targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee and was blacklisted in Hollywood for refusing to name names...

http://animationhistory.blogspot.com/2006/07/hubleys.html