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Articles about animation for games.

Animation Theory

• Cartoon Animation by Preston Blair
• 28 Principles of Animation by Walt Stanchfield
• Tricks to Animating Characters with a Computer by John Lasseter
• Acting and Animation by Doron A. Meir
• The Animator's Survival Kit ($) by Richard Williams
• Dealing With Gimbal Lock - Gimbal Lock Explained
• Letters of Note - How to Train an Animator By Walt Disney
• Posemaniacs - Essential for capturing the essence of a character in a short span of time

Animation Tutorials

• Pose to Pose Pop-Through Animation by Keith Lango
• The Walk Cycle tutorial by Dermot O’ Connor
• Animation tutorials by Mike Brown (theory, gimbal lock, rigging, walk cycles)
• 3ds Max - Cloth Sim to Bones by Mark "Vig" Dygert
• The Animation Clinic: Animation Training for the Masses ($) by Keith Lango
• Spungella Many tutorials and links, great resource for Porfolio Tips, Animation Resources, and Rigs
• Great Links at AndyToons More links, Tutorials, Interviews with Great Animators etc.gathered by Andres G. Lazaro
• The Angry Animator Bouncing Ball, Walk Cycle, and Lip Sync Tutorials by Dermot O' Conner
• Manipulating Rigs at Animation Buffet (norman rig but can be applied to any rig) by Nair Archawattana
• Jason Ryan Animation
• TraptCG - animation tutorials as well as others.

Motion Capture

Sources for free motion capture (mocap).

• http://mocap.cs.cmu.edu/ (3ds Max compatible bvh format here)
• http://stockmoves.e-motek.com/
• http://www.mocapdata.com/
• http://freemotionfiles.blogspot.com/

Blogs, Podcasts, Etc.

• http://www.navone.org/blogger/ Victor Navone's blog (The alien song guy who works for Pixar now)
• http://animationpodcast.com/ Animation Pod Cast
• http://research.animationsinstitut.de/45.0.html Facial Expression Library
• Speaking of Animation - Podcasts with Industry Professionals on current releases by Ben Willis, Adam Strick, Jacob Gardner, Stephen Melagrano
• Carlos Baena's Blog
• The Yelling Rocket

Must Read Books

• The Ilusion of Life by Frank and Ollie
• The Animators Survival Kit Richard Williams book
• Drawn to Life by Walt Stanchfield
• The Animators Workbook by Tony White
• Stop Staring by Jason Osipa
• Directing the Story By Francis Glebas
• Anamie - simplified Drawing/planning animation
• Draw the Looney Toons by Dan Romanelli

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