I just stumpled across this blog that holds a great deal of content regarding animation making, animation art, comments and critique.

It’s made by the talented Jean-Denis Haas

You really gotta drop by as it has tons of information and assorted material.

Spungella

Some of my favorite posts:

http://spungella.blogspot.com/2008/06/best-of-spungella.html

Which has an assorted list of the most popular posts.

  1. Sounds simple? Doesn’t it?
  2. Time and Effort
  3. Personality
  4. Thinking outside the Box
  5. How to use Reference
  6. The Bouncing Ball- The key to all animation
  7. Don’t let the computer do the work for you!
  8. Clear Silhouette
  9. Contrast
  10. My animation workflow (wip)
  11. Original Ideas
  12. Blog Collections #1, #2, #3
  13. Acting Reference
  14. The Keys to Getting a Job
  15. Squash and Stretch
  16. You need to have a plan
  17. Polish: #1, #2
  18. Facial Animation & Lipsync
  19. What should I animate? pt.1 demo reel & pt.2 exercises
  20. I can animate, now what? pt.1 and pt.2
  21. How to choose the right audio clip
  22. The importance of watching a lot of movies
  23. I’m rarely using the graph editor.
  24. Dirt – Controlled Sloppiness
  25. Animal Locomotion for Animators by Stuart S. Sumida
  26. Animation Salvation Interviews JD
  27. Cloverball – And the Importance of having fun
  28. Animation Article Database 
  29. Top 5 Essentials of Animating Creatures 
  30. Demo Reel Tips

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