Links
3D Animation Resources, Spring 2016

This page is a summary of the general links that appear in the weekly lecture notes. They will be added over the course of the semester.

Ford Lab

Maya

Making Your Animation

Art & Design

Cinematography

Story

Animation

Principles of Animation. Also see overview video on vimeo.
John Lasseter's orginal article with Luxo Jr as example.
Overview of Animation Production Process.
Roles
Some Animation History,
"Early animation" cartoon.
Animator's Survival Kit - short videos on animating.
Larry's Toon Institute Bouncing Ball
Polly's World (may not work due to java applet security issues).
Walk Cycle - Lots of tutorials onine - here are just a few:
- Digital Tutors has a few free introductory tutorials. Otherwise, need a subscription.
- Idleworm has a good tutorial on the the walk cycle for hand drawn animation but of course most of the same principles apply to computer animation.
- A Walk Cycle Tutorial, Francis Jasmin
- The book How to Cheat in Maya 2010 has an excellent section on how to go about creating a walk cycle.
  - Prof Orr has a hard copy of the book if you want to look at it.
  - Some of the associated resources will be placed on cs-render. These are also available online See Chapter 8: Walk Cycles

Animations

General Graphics