A Blog for animation enthusiasts, animation hobbyists and animation students. It is published in Britain.

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British animators

Aardman Animations (Nick Park)

An animation company best known for its clay animated films and shorts featuring Wallace and Gromit. Co-founders David Sproxton and Peter Lord.

Barry Purves

He worked on many of the well known productions by Cosgrove Hall, including Cinderella, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Wind in the Willows and Postman Pat.

Bob Godfrey Films

The official Bob Godfrey collection website. A distinguished British animator whose career spans more than fifty years.

Beryl Productions (Joanna Quinn)

Joanna Quinn is best known for creating sassy plus-size heroine Beryl and has even named her Cardiff-based production company in her honour.

Cosgrove Hall Films

Created in 1976 by Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall, Cosgrove Hall has grown to become one of the world’s premier animation studios, producing countless hours of animation each year.

runcibleanimation.com

Runcible is a nonsense word invented by Edward Lear. Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement.

Sheila Graber

One of Sheila’s driving forces is to use animation as a means of communication not just for entertainment but for education and healing too.

Suzie Templeton

Suzie Templeton is an Oscar-winning writer and director specialising in stop-motion animation. Her films include the Academy Award-winning ‘Peter and the Wolf’ (2006).

Animation supplies

Animation:Master

3D character animation software that includes tools for modeling, lighting and rendering. It enables one artist to create a rendered animated piece from start to finish.

Animation Supplies.net

Puppet armatures, rigging & tie-down magnets, acrylic eyes, Stop Motion Pro animation software and Plasticine.

Chromacolour

Chromacolour is the world leader in the manufacture and sale of supplies and equipment for traditional and digital animation.

Stop Motion Pro

A software tool for making stop motion and other animated films. It requires a video camera, webcam or digital still camera and is compatible with Win XP, Vista or Windows 7.

Animation studies in the UK

Bournemouth University

Home to the internationally-renowned National Centre for Computer Animation. ’3D World’ magazine named Bournemouth University number one in the UK and number eight in the world for computer animation.

The Surrey Institute of Art & Design University

One of Europe’s largest specialist colleges of art, design, media and communication. Undergraduate animation courses.

National Film and Television School

The only UK film and television school based in its own studios. MA courses are offered in animation direction.

Resources

3D Models – find 3D models – its as easy as 1 2 3D !

Animation Blogs and Personal Websites

4mations
angry animator
Animate Clay
Animation Backgrounds
Animation Blog
Animation Blogspot
Animation Meat
animation tips and tricks
Balanced There
BJ and the Blog
Cartoon Brew
Daily Animation
Jamaal Bradley
Joel Brinkerhoff
John K Stuff
Kerry Drumm
Leigh Hodgkinson
Mayerson on Animation
Media Freaks Blog
Michael Sporn Animation
On Animation
Oscar Grillo’s Grillomation
Pencil Test Depot
Plasticine Fish
Small Room
Tag Blog
Temple of the Seven Camels
The Pencil Test
The Pixar Blog
Thinking Animation
Toonamir
Toonhound
Walsh-O-Matic

Miscelanious Links

PinBroidery stitching card patterns – make beautiful greetings cards.

The idle gardener – gardening with a minimum of effort.

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