Stop-Motion (Subscribe)
Links
Animate Stop Motion
http://www.anim8stopmotion.com/
Free video hosting site for stop motion animations allowing participants to upload their videos for viewing and then receiving comments and feedback.
Animation Toolworks
http://www.animationtoolworks.com
The LunchBox Sync is a dedicated frame/image capturing device that provides instant feedback for animators. Uses include syncing for pencil tests or stop motion, also for demo reels, previews, animatics, reference tests, student projects, festival entries, and web animation.
Animation und Puppenbau - Juergen Kling
http://www.weirdoughmation.de/jkde/
Studio in Germany offering stop motion animation production services, ball-socket armatures, puppetmaking, sets, props, and modelmaking. There is also English version of this site.
At Last, Foam Puppet Fabrication Explained!
http://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.11/2.11pages/2.11briertonani.html
Article from Animation World Magazine. An overview of the general methods used in stop motion puppet fabrication starting from design, then machining jointed armature, sculpting, molding, and foam latex rubber casting.
Brickfilms
A large site and community for stop-motion animation using lego bricks. Includes a film database with 1000+ films, a forum and an encyclopedia.
Building Ball-Socket Armatures
http://www.montereymotiongraphics.com/armatures/
Description and photos showing the construction of stop motion animation puppet armature joints using common tools and basic metalworking methods.
Clay and Stop Motion Animation How-To Page
News updates and tutorials about clay and stop motion animation. Includes message boards, image galleries and resources for stop motion/puppet film makers.
Clay Animation & Sculpture
http://members.tripod.com/~dragomir.n/
Stop motion animation movies and pictures created with clay. [Some pages from this site not viewable with some browsers]
Clay Animation Made Easy
http://education.wichita.edu/claymation
Example of clay and stop motion animation used in an elementary school curriculum. Educators using this tactile animation medium to help encourage language, mathematical, logical, spatial, collaborative and creativity skills.
Darkstrider: Explorations in the Art of Stop Motion Animation
http://www.darkstrider.net/main.html
Information about the European style of puppet animation in the more purer form where characters are stylized, surreal (as puppets), and are not represented as photo realistic. Site also includes ongoing diary of experimentations with stop motion methods.
Do it Yourself Foam Latex Puppet Making 101
http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/zungstudio/
This video or DVD tutorial is available for purchase which shows the general basics of constructing a stop motion animation puppet using the clay sculpting and molding method, foam rubber latex casting, seaming, and final painting of the puppet.
Dragon Stop Motion
http://www.dragonstopmotion.com
Stop motion software for Mac OS X which interfaces with digital still cameras and Hi-def camcorders (with HDMI output) for single frame capturing of high resolution animations. Also compatible for standard definition capture using DV camcorders.
Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen
http://lavender.fortunecity.com/judidench/584/
The life and career of the special effects, stop-motion animator.
Frames
http://www.tech4learning.com/frames
Animation software for stop motion and clay animation techniques and emphasis on creativity exploration in educational curriculum. Online documentation and training manuals.
FrameThief
This is an inexpensive shareware stop motion animation program for the Apple/Macintosh platform, that enables the users, from novices to professionals, to capture and create animation.

