Clay Animation Links!
(Claymation means animation with clay or plastecine)
Animation-Getting Started: Information, Tools and Turorials
Alberta Foundation for the Arts -Youth Information
Ani-Mato from Jan-Eric Nyström, Helsinki, Finland
Animateclay.com from Marc Spress
Animation from Encarta
Animtation (Random Motion) by Ruth Hayes. Information about zoetropes,
Animation by Tom Franks at About.com
Annimationbureau.com by Mike Caputo
Animation Tools from Tech4learning.com
Animation Tutorial by Anna McMillan at Webmonkey
Animation World Magazine: Student Corner
At Last, Foam Puppet Fabrication Explained! by Tom Brierton
Bigtop.com -learn how to create your own cartoons like Frelix the Cat
Canadian Society of Cinematographers
Chromocolour.com -seller of animation supplies
Clay Animation: by animationsandeffects.com
Clay Animation Made Easy: from Tonya Witherspoon, College of Education, Wichita State University
Clay Animation Storyboard from Tech4learning.com (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
Clay Animation Project Planner from Tech4learning.com (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
Clay Animation Tutorials and Tips from Tech4learning.com
Computer Drawing and Animation from the Franklin Science Institute
Digital Video in Education from the United Kingdom
Digital Video Tutorials from the Ulead Learning Center
Director in the Classroom, The
Flipsticks: How to Make Your Own Cartoons by the Exploratorium
Fortheloveofit.com -dedicated to the film maker in us all!
Frame Thief -is the premier solution for stop motion animators on the Macintosh platform.
Free Images and Lessons -great educational resources from Tech4Learning.com
Get Animated Simple Animations with GIF Construction Set
Getting Started with Claymation by Adam Nimeh at Klick.org
GIF Construction Set from Alchemy Mindworks
History of Clay Animation from ABC News
How Are Hollywood Films Made? from the Annenberg Foundation
How to Create a Claymation by Micah Newman
How to Make a Clay Cartoon Man by Micah Newman
Janice Blencowe and Gisele Winger's Clay Animation Tutorial
Making Clay Animation -great educational resources from Tech4Learning.com
QuickDraw Animation Society in Calgary, Alberta
Robert Rodriguez's Ten Minute Film School
Stop-Motion Animation from the Museum of Unnatural Mystery in Pennsylvania, USA
Observation: One of the Animators Most Impotant Skills by the Animation Foundation
Origins of American Animation from the U.S. Library of Congress
Sculpey Clay: Order it in Canada at Toad Hall Toys
Stop Motion Pro -Stop Motion Pro is computer software designed for stop motion animation - traditional cel, claymation, cutout or experimental techniques.
Teaching with Digital Cameras -great educational resources from Tech4Learning.com
Thaumatrope -a simple animation with 2 images being rotated quickly. Some examples can be found in this Dutch Web site.
Thaumatrope -by Ruth Hayes, explains their history and how to make them.
Thaumatrope -Learn how to make your own version of this optical toy, from Old Surbridge Village
The Animation Process: How Pizar Does It
Zoetropes -by Ruth Hayes. Some good information about this animation toy.
Professional Animators, Illustrators and Animation Studios:
Aardman Studios (They're the folks who make Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run)
Amy E. Walter: Clayplayground.com
Computoons.com by Robert Terrell
Cycho -a gallery from Australia
Funhouse Films by Tom Sephton
Loose Moose Animation -in the United Kingdom ( They make those fun Brisk Ice Tea Commercials )
Nick Park -director, creator at Aardman Studios
Videoguys.com -free trial software
Will Vinton Studios (They have made the California Raisin commercials among many other great claymations)
Wreckless Abandon Animation Studios
Students' Work:
Clay Animation Station: A Thinkquest Entry by students in Franklin County, Virginia, USa
Claymations created by Art Students in Mrs. Cooper's Sculpture Classes in Illinois, USA
Claymation 2000 -by a grade 5 enrichment class in Maui, Hawaii, USA
Googlyeyed -Stop Motion Claymations, shorts, gifs, animations and cartoon caricatures
Robotic Claymation from some very talented students at the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science
STLP Summer Camp 2001 Student Clay Animation Projects in Kentucky
Animation Showcases and Festivals:
Calgary Society for Independent Filmmakers
iMovie Gallery from Apple
Animation Books and Further Reading:
Elements of Style for Screenwriters The Essential Manual for Writers of Screenplays by Paul Argentini
Further reading: from the Animation Journal
Ladislas Starevich -who invented the 3-d stop motion animated film (puppet film)
Secrets of Clay Animation Revealed ( An E-Book by Marc Spress)
The
Stop-Motion Filmography: A Critical Guide to 297 Features Using Puppet Animation
by Neil Pettigrew Foreword by Ray Harryhausen
Willis
H. O'Brien -special effects pioneer
King Kong could not have been possible if not for the contribution of this special
effects genius.
He who turned an eighteen inch high model into the eighth wonder of the world.
Just for Fun:
Clayvision.com -clay charms / figures
Gumby -someone at Geocities has noted past shows from the original Gumby and Pokey TV program
Rumble in the Claymation Jungle: Winter Warlock vs. the Abominable Snowman
Wallace and Gromit Appreciation Page