• Artists
• Blogs & Reading
• Communities
• Online Learning

• Reference
• Rigs / Assets
• Tools / Plug-Ins
• Other

• Alvise Avati
• Andreas Deja
• Aaron Blaise
• Atsushi Sato
• Bobby Pontillas
• Cameron Fielding
• Chuck Duke
• Craig McPherson
• Dave Hardin
• Derek Tannehill
• Hal Hickel
• Humberto Rosa
• Jamaal Bradley
• James Baxter
• Jason Ryan
• Jason Snyman
• Jean Denis Haas

• Joakim Riedinger
• Justin Rasch
• Kai-Hua Lan
• Keith Roberts
• Kevin Jackson
• Kiel Figgins
• Mark Oftedal
• Meena Ibrahim
• Michael Holzl
• Phil Tippett
• Ted Ty
• Richard Smith
• Shawn Kelly
• Sidney Kombo-Kintombo
• Steve Nichols

Blogs

• AnimationMentor Blog
• Anim Expat Blog (no longer updated)
• AnimSchool Blog
• Animators Resource Kit
• Escape Studios Animation Blog
• FXRant
• iAnimate.net Articles

eBooks

• Acting for Animators
• Animal Locomotion for Animators
• Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Masterclasses
• The Animator's Survival Kit
• The Illusion of Life
• Masters of Anatomy Series
• Simplified Planning for Animation

Industry Websites

• Art of VFX
• Animation Magazine
• Animation World Network
• Before & Afters

Challenges

• 2 Hour Anim Challenge
• 11 Second Club
• Agora Community AnimChallenge

Forums

• Ragoll Dynamics Forums

Online Communities

• Agora Community

Subreddits

• reddit.com/r/animation
• reddit.com/r/animationcareer
• reddit.com/r/vfx/

YouTube Channels

• Arvid Schneider (Lighting / Lookdev)
• Animate with Arran (Animation)
• Animators Journey (Animation)
• before & afters (VFX)
• Corridor Digital (VFX)
• Ducky3D (Blender)
• Edwin Schaap (Animation)
• Ilse Zamarripa (Animation)
• James Baxter (Animation)
• Jean-Denis Haas (Animation)
• Mark Masters (Animation)
• Pierrick Picaut (Blender)
• Shot, Drawn & Cut (Film)
• Sir Wade Neistadt (Animation)

Animation Courses & Mentorships

• Animation Collaborative
• AnimFocus
• Animation Guild: 2D Animation Courses
• AnimationMentor
• Animation Sherpa
• Animotion Academy
• AnimSchool
• CG Spectrum
• Creature Station
• Griffin Animation Academy
• iAnimate.net
• Jason Ryan Animation
• Lupin House Animation
• Monster Emporium
• P2Design Academy (Blender)
• Spungella Animation Workshop
• Sophoria Academy
• TOAnimate (Blender)

Animation Exercises & Tutorials

• 51 Great Animation Exercises to Master
• 150+ Animation Exercises to Boost Your Skills
• Aaron Blaise: Animation Lessons
• Anima.to Tutorials
• Animate your 1st walk cycle in Blender
• Keith Lango Tutorials
• Quadruped Blog Beta

General CG Courses & Tutorials

• FXPhD
• Lesterbanks
• Pluralsight
• MotionShape
• VFX Grace

Python / MEL

• Delanimation Tutorials
• Python for Maya: Artist Friendly Programming

Rigging / Character Simulations

• Houdini Muscle Simulations for Maya & Ziva Users

FX / Simulation / Scientific Papers

• PhysicsBasedAnimation

Unreal Engine

• Create Natural Lighting in Unreal Engine
• MetaHuman Animator Tutorial

Other

• Foundry's Guide to USD

2D / Drawing

• Animatior Guild
• Character Design Visual Library
• Etherington Brothers: How to Think When You Draw

Anatomy

• Anatomical Basis of Facial Expressions
• Anatomy for Animation
• Human Anatomy by Stuart Sumidia
• Masters of Anatomy eBooks
• Skeletons for Animators/Riggers by Stuart Sumida

Animals & Creatures

• Animal Gaits for Animators
• Animal Locomotion for Animators by Stuart Sumida
• Bug Gaits for Animators
• Greenscreen Animals
• Muybridge Animals
• Nature Footage
• Quadruped Blog Beta
• RhinoHouse

Cinematography & Camera

• EyeCandy
• [FILMGRAB]
• ShotCafe
• ShotDeck

Flight

• Bird Flight for Animators
• Flight Deconstructed (GIF)
• How to make birds fly good (by Brendan Body)

Humans

• AnimationReference.org - Live Action
• Animator Guild: Motion Lab
• Bodies in Motion
• Endless Reference
• GingerNinjaTrickster
• Kevin Parry: 50 Ways Series
• Motion Actor Inc
• Muybridge Humans
• Stickybones

Physics Fundamentals

• Physics for Animation Artists

Underwater

• Swimming Underwater Reference for Animation

VFX & Motion Graphics

• Anatomy of an Explosion

3D Rigs & Props

• Agora Community Assets
• AnimationBuffet
• AnimationMentor Free Rigs
• Animation Methods
• Anima.to
• AnimProps
• Ashwin Inamdar Rigs
• Kiel Figgins Store
• Misset.com
• Mrinal Soni Rigs
• ProRigs
• Truong CG Artist
• Universal Human (Blender)

3D Models

• Reallusion 3D Character Base
• TurboSquid

3D Environments

• CG Trader
• Animation Methods

Textures

• CG Book Case
• GameTextures.com
• Poliigon
• Quixel Megascans
• Textures.com

VFX Stock Footage & Motion Graphics

• ActionVFX
• FootageCrate

Stop Motion Components

• Animation Supplies
• Kinetic Armatures
• Malvern Armatures
• Stickybones

Maya Plug-Ins

• Flair Stylized 3D Renderer
• Ragdoll Dynamics
• Real Camera Motion Library

Maya Scripts

• arShake (generate camera shake)
• CameraShake (generate camera shake)
• Camera Shake / Noise Maker
• Debris Emitter
• Generate cv curves from motion trails
• kfSaver (version up scene ui)
• LMspring (easy overlap)
• OverlapHelper (easy overlap)
• Overlapper (easy overlap)
• Smart Layers (suped up animation layers)
• SwitchCams (shortcut based cam switcher)
• Universal IK/FK Switcher

Maya Tool Sets

• animBot
• aTools (replaced by animBot)
• Aaron Koressel Tools
• Animation Methods
• Brian Horgan Tools
• BroTools for Maya
• Josh Janousky Tools
• MG Tools
• Morgan Loomis Tools

Blender

• Animation Layers
• Blender Market

Unreal Engine

• MetaHuman

Content Viewers

• Keyframe Pro
• SyncSketch
• RV

Software Packages

• Autodesk Maya
• Blender
• Cascadeur
• DragonFrame
• Unreal Engine

Other

• Apple ARKit
• Brekel Pointcloud