Neutron Fox Collision

Magnificent Fruit Dove

Jambu Fruit Dove

Black Naped Fruit Dove

Listen, there is not a single bird on this earth that I do not want to see HOWEVER that being said, there are a few that I am even more excited than usual to see:

Groove-billed ani.  I mean come on, just look at those fluffy little dinosaur faces

Hoatzin. AKA the stinkbird, these guys process vegetation the same way cows and other ruminants do, HOW COOL is that. Also their babies have grabby little claws on their wings like ungainly little dromaeosaurs. Adorable.

Shoebill. I mean. Duh.

Booted racket-tail. Look at those PAAAAANTS

Seriema. Closest living relative to ＴＨＥ  ＴＥＲＲＯＲ  ＢＩＲＤＳ so what’s not to like (also they’re dorks)

Secretary bird. For reasons that should be obvious.

This EXACT golden eagle. One day, we shall be united my love

Purple honeycreeper female

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Purple_Honeycreeper_female_RWD3.jpg

purple honeycreeper male

http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/62185

Photo: John D Reynolds

"These tanagers are social birds, often seen in pairs or family groups. They may also join mixed-species feeding flocks, particularly those that include common bush tanagers. Their foraging habits are quite active, and they are known to consume a variety of small fruits, insects, and spiders."

Photo: Doug Greenberg

"Unique small gray flycatcher found exclusively along fast-moving rivers and streams. Often perches on rocks in the middle of a waterway, but also along the edge. Plumage is also unlike any other flycatcher; pale gray overall with diffuse black cap and black wings and tail. Sexes similar. Pumps tail."

Photo: Liam Wolff

"In Mexico and Central America, this large warbler is a shy denizen of the understory in dense woods. As it skulks near the ground, it often flips its long tail about or fans it wide open, displaying the white spots at the tip. Lone Fan-tailed Warblers have strayed into Arizona a few times, mostly appearing in late spring in canyons just north of the border."

I’ve got a few generators you can use.

Need some clothes?

Try Here Here or Here Definitely here Steam punk clothing Char Style preference Dress

Need an Appearance idea?

Humanoid generator? check Non-Humanoid? Got that too and this and maybe this Need Monsterpeople?  I’ve got you. Maybe you need Cats?

Need some details and shit like that?

Bam Backgrounds and stuff? yep Personality. you need that shit Need something fandom related? World-building? location? got ya City generator hell yeah make your own god damn laws Oh shit someone died Landscape. CHAR DEVELOP QUESTION GEN Profile Thingy Have some dates Quirks

You thought I was done? Nope. Motha. Fuckin. Names.

So many fuckin names MOTHERLOAD OF NAMES

Plant Names Magic Book title

Just search ur ass up some names man

Items. Yeah. You heard me.

Medicine? got it Items out the ass more items wow

Other shit.

Wow Yep Plots More writing stuff This site has everything so fucking go for it Need AUs? How the shit did these two meet? Fanfic plots. you bet your ass. (tag me in the shit u write i wanna see what you get) What does it do thing (you come up with a better name for this one. fuckin fight me.

websites:

Animation World Network

Animation Backgrounds

Animation Magazine

Animation & CGI

Animator Island

Anime News Network

Cartoon Brew

Character Design References

On Animation

Reference! Reference! (free database for animation)

11 Second Club (monthly character animation competition)

tumblr blogs:

animationart

animationforce

animationtidbits

aspiretoanimate

calartscharacteranimation

disney-moments-sketches (Allen Ostergar’s blog, animator at Walt Disney)

drawingforsuckas

fuckyeahconceptart

storyboardresources

theanimationarchive

theartofanimation

wannabeanimator

resources/tips:

Animation schools: 1 / 2 (Top 50 USA) / 3 (Top 100 international)

Which animation school is right for you? (Ringling vs. CalArts)

Don’t want to/ can’t afford art school? you’ve got other options.

Animation Mentor: The online animation school

Art school exercises!!

51 Great Animation exercises

20 things you can expect as a traditional (2D) animation student that they never tell you

A Survivor’s Guide to Life Inside an Animation Studio

Animation basics: The art of timing and spacing

Animation Notes From Ollie Johnston

Animated chart of the basic principles of animation

10 Second tip: Always Anticipate

book: Animation: Learn How to Draw Animated Cartoons by Preston Blair

book: A System for Planning and Timing Animation by Glen Keane

book: Timing for animation by Harold Whitaker and John Halas

book: Gesture Drawing for animation by Walt Stanchfield

Basic 3D Animation Terminology

Digital pencil test!!

Keys to Emotion in Animation

Lessons from Disney’s Zootopia

Model Sheets central

The importance of Acting in Animation by Segio Pablos

Printable exposure/dope sheet

Phoneme Chart

Recommended reading for animation students and enthusiasts

The 5 Types of Animation

The Know-How of Cartooning 

The Unofficial Truth about The Animation Industry

Why Disney Sends Its Animators To Life Drawing Classes

Walk/Run Cycles reference

What is Pixar looking for in Animators? (scroll down)

Portfolio Advice for The Disney Animation Internship

What is Rigging?

3D Rigging Terminology

3D Modeling Terminology

tutorials:

Animation for Beginners: Where do I start

Animation Physics (Video tutorials on physics for animation artists)

Animation tutorial part. 1 AKA “the secret of animation”

Appealing Poses in Animation

Background & Movement in TV

Blinking tips

Breakdown tutorial (middle frame between to keys)

Drawing & Composition for visual storytelling

Drawing for Animation

Drawing a Likeness

Animation fundamentals + tutorials

Filmmaking: Composition and Framing

Getting Shape Change

How to animate using photoshop

How to animate Characters in Perspective

How to Animate Head Turns

How to Draw Gesture

OpeenToonz tutorials masterpost

Overlapping Action and Drag

Portfolio tips / Making A Successful Portfolio

Lyp Sync tutorial

Line of action

Basics of good cartooning 1-12 by Sherm Cohen

Squash & Stretch tutorial

Squash and Stretch 2

Storyboarding tutorials by Sherm Cohen

The Illusion of Life: 12 Principles of Animation

Tilt, Flow & Rhythm

Underlying Structure When Animating Expressions

TVPaint tutorial: Uploading and Coloring Scanned Animation

supplies (traditional animation):

10 Essential Art Supplies for the Traditional Animator

How to Use a Light Table for Animation

Making a Simple Animation Lightbox

Peg bars, Animation Disk & Desk

softwares:

free

Blender (3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline: modeling, rigging, animation,etc)

Emofuri (animate using .psd files)

Google Sketchup (

Live2D ( animation/drawing software

OpenToonz (Studio Ghibli’s open source animation software)

Pencil2D (create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics)

Renderman (Pixar’s free 3D rendering software)

Sculptris (Free digital sculpting tool by the makers of Zbrush

SculptGL (Online modelling program)

Synfig (2d animation using a vector and bitmap artwork)

paid

Zbrush (digital sculpting sw by Pixologic)

Mudbox (digital sculpting sw by Autodesk)

Cinema 4D (digital sculpting sw by Maxon)

TVPaint  (2d animation)

animation studios:

Aardman (Bristol, UK)

Blue Sky Studios (Greenwich, USA)

Dreamworks (Glendale, USA)

Fox Animation (USA)

Imagination Studios/CN (Burbank, USA)

Industrial Light & Magic (San Francisco, USA)

Laika (Hillsboro, USA)

Luma Pictures (USA / Melbourne, Australia)

Nickelodeon Animation (Burbank, USA)

Pixar (Emeryville, CA)

Rise FX (Berlin, Germany)

Studio Ghibli (Tokyo, Japan)

Sony Picture Imageworks (Vancouver, Canada)

Sony Pictures Animation (Culver City, CA)

Walt Disney Animation (Burbank, CA)

Weta Digital (Wellington, New Zealand)

inspiration: worth watching short films

Coda by and maps and plans

Contre Temps by the Contre Temps Team

Duet by Glen Keane

DOG ENVY by Olivia Huynh

Fallin Floyd by  il Luster

French Roast

Gravity by Ailin Liu

In Between by Gobelins

Jinxy Jenkins and Lucky Lou by Michael Bidinger and Michelle Kwon

My Big Brother by Jason Rayner

Night Light by Qing Han

Nephtali by Glen Keane

Nocturne by Kari Casady

Historia de un Oso by Gabriel Osorio

Home Sweet Home  by home sweet home the film

One Bright Dot by  Clément Morin

Stickboy by Giant Ant

SOAR by Alyce Tzue

Tsunami by The Animation Workshop

Thought of You by Ryan Woodward

Vagabond by  The Animation Workshop

> Part one  [+130 links]

To celebrate this blog reaching 10k visits, here’s animation masterpost part II. I’m glad you guys found the first masterpost helpful. I hope you guys start using this information right away, practise is key. Happy animating !!

tumblr blogs/webs

ANIMATIONWorld

AnimationScoop

AnimatedViews 

Pegbarians (youtube account about animation)

Pixarplanet (Pixar news)

Rotoscopers

2dtraditionalanimation

animatedshorts

calartscharacteranimation

disneyanimators

shortanimation

more resources/tips:

Animator Starter Pack: 100 FREE 3D Models

Animator Starter Pack V2

Project AVATARAH: Free Rigs by Cogswell students

Animation Templates

Animation Library

Animating eyes: “The Mask”

Artist Interview with Bobby Pontillas

Advice for Aspiring animators by Anthony Holden

Character animation lecture notes

Character Turnaround Sheet

book: Drawing for Animation by Paul Wells (please buy the book & support the author if you can)

book: Animation: The Mechanics of Motion by Chris Webster (please buy the book & support the author if you can)

book: Cartoon Animation by Preston Blair

book: FORCE: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators by Michael D. Matessi (please buy the book & support the author if you can)

book: The Advanced Art of Stop Motion Animation by Ken. A Priebe/ Henry Selick (please buy the book & support the author if you can)

book: The Animated Beastiary: Animals, Cartoons and Culture by Paul Wells (please buy the book & support the author if you can)

Diagram of the organization within the Walt Disney Studios

Find contrast in your character’s emotion

Former Disney Animator, Francis Glebas - Drawing Tips & Tricks

How to Practice - Improve your Art Skills, the Smart Way!

How to Design Characters

How to TEACH YOURSELF animation

Interview with Character Designer Dan Haskett

Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling

“Stuff I’ve Learned About Storyboarding” part 1 by Hat Lieberman “Stuff I’ve Learned About Storyboarding” part 2 by Hat Lieberman “Stuff I’ve Learned About Storyboarding” part 2.5 by Hat Lieberman “Stuff I’ve Learned About Storyboarding” part 3 by Hat Lieberman

Texturer (Free textures for 3d modeling)

Tips for the Aspiring Professional Animation Artist

Tips for self-taught animators

The Art School Dilemma 

Traditional Animation mentality & habits for digital medium

JoceyDraws Q&A : WORKING IN ANIMATION

more tutorials:

Getting Started in art/animation

Animation Tutorial #1: Drawing Clean-up

Animation Tutorial #2 - Rotate Canvas and brushes

Building a Portfolio for an Animation Program

Gesture drawing

Hot to do Character Animation part 1 - 8

How to design a set for an animated film

How to draw & animate heads & faces from different angles

How to break up movements to avoid “stiff” animation

How To Time Your Animation | Advanced Flash Timing Tutorial

How to Animate Camera Movement | In-Depth Flash Tutorial

How to Animate an Action Scene | Location Design

How To Animate A Fight Scene

How To Draw and Animate Hair

How To Animate - Walk Cycle (Tweened method)

How to Make a Stop Motion Animation (very detailed, 266 pages)

Motion in Animation

Shapes and How to Keep Them

Screen direction rules

The art of Inbetweening: Timing Charts

Tutorial: Making the Shot - Pleasant Surprise (Complete Pack)

Inbetweening and Timing Charts Demo

In betweening lesson by Scott T. Petersen

Animation Tutorials by Aaron Blaise (Beauty & The Beast, Brother Bear, The Lion King and more) [these are paid tutorials and they aren’t cheap, but if you have the money I totally recommend buying them because this guy is the best of the best]

Cómo hacer un buen porfolio.  Por Borja Montoro. (spanish)

more softwares:

14 other softwares (including 10 free ones) on the animation masterpost part one

3D Max Comprehensive 3D modeling, animation, rendering sw. (free for 3 years if you are a student) -

Anime Studio Pro: Advanced animation tools at an affordable price. (paid)

Animation Paper : Simple and FREE

DigiCel FlipBook: Easy 2D animation software  (paid)

ToonBoom: Storyboard Pro: Storyboarding software that combines drawing and animation tools with camera controls. (paid)

ToonBoom: Harmony : 2D Animation software (paid)

animation softwares tutorials:

The Basics: Animating in Adobe Flash

Bone Tool Animation (Adobe Flash Tutorial)

How to clean up animation in Flash

How to make a Background for your Flash Cartoon

Anime Studio Pro 11: Animate Bone Targets 

OpenToonz Resource Post

OpenToonz Import Image Sequence

OpeenToonz tutorials masterpost

OpenToonz: How to add audio

ToonBoom: Introduction to Harmony

TV Paint Beginner’s tutorial

TVPaint tutorial: Uploading and Coloring Scanned Animation

TV Paint tutorials

The beginner’s guide to After Effects

animators/illustrators (25)  & student blogs (30)

+ worldwide animation studios (35) & short films *focused on non-USA animation* (30)