BBC
Bbc Arts: Today Is Lemonade (A Visual Poem)
A sip of lemonade recals childhood memories in this delightful animated poem.
Library of Congress
Loc: Cartoon America
includes political illustrations, gag cartoons, Online collection that includes comic strips, illustrations, animation, and caricature.
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon: Michael Morrison's History of Computer Animation
This Carnegie Mellon site features inventions and discoveries in the field of computer animation from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Rudiments of Wisdom
Rudiments of Wisdom: How to Make an Animated Film
Learn about film animation in a unique way. All information and instructions are done with cartoon drawings.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Ted Ed Lesson: Two Ways to Animate Slam Poetry
Slam poetry packs an emotional punch by using powerful verbal metaphors; animation can do the same using visual tools. TED-Ed animators show how two separate techniques- rotoscoping and more traditional hand-drawn animation- bring to...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Ted Ed Lesson: Animating Zombies With Puppets
What style of animation perfectly mimics the movement of zombies? Puppet animation allows for just the right amount of zombie-like stiff limbs and jerky stumbles. TED-Ed animators show how to bring a zombie to life through 2D puppet...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Animation Basics: The Optical Illusion of Motion
How do animators make still images come to life? Are the images really moving, or are they merely an optical illusion? TED-Ed takes you behind the scenes to reveal the secret of motion in movies. [5:12]
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Making a Ted Ed Lesson: Synesthesia and Playing Cards
How can a pack of playing cards accurately explain the complicated and nuanced neurological condition, synesthesia? TED-Ed animators explain the process of creating an original animation from planning to fruition, including the special...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Animation Basics: Homemade Special Effects
Animation is used everywhere to communicate big ideas-- in movies, television, and media. Do you ever stop and wonder about the magic of it all? And have you ever wanted to create your own special effects? TED-Ed animators show just how...
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Walt Disney
One-page profile of influential innovator, Walt Disney, a cartoonist whose vision and ideas created an entertainment empire that includes Disneyland and animated movies.
Other
Animation Meat: Animating and Drawing 4 Legged Animals [Pdf]
A printable guide to bringing animals to life through animation drawing.
Other
Animation Meat: Model Sheets
You can print out a variety of your favorite cartoon characters and begin practicing creating your own animations.
Other
Letters of Note: How to Train an Animator
Site features a memo by Walt Disney regarding the training of up-and-coming animators. Insightful, first-hand advice regarding methods, techniques, and talent and what it takes to become a world-class animator.
Other
Drs. Cavanaugh: Digital Cameras in Education
Learn from other educators what you might need to enhance learning in the classroom with digital cameras. If you want to know what kind of equipment you need or some practical applications, this site is valuable for a novice or...
Other
Exploring Computer Science: Scratch: Programming for All [Pdf]
A review of how the computer programming game, Scratch, has appealed to people who hadn't previously imagined themselves as programmers. It is an easy interactive activity for everyone of all ages, backgrounds, and interests, to program...
Other
Interactive Journalism Institute for Middle Schoolers
IJIMS is a project designed to introduce students from underrepresented populations to digital, web-based journalism opportunities. Participants create an online magazine to learn computational thinking via digital media, interactive...
Other
Idleworm: Animation Drawing Lessons
Animation drawing lessons for the beginner. There are two lessons: "The Bouncing Ball" and "The Walk Cycle." Both lessons are simplified for the beginner. A great resource!
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Pixar: The Math Behind the Movies
The folks at Pixar are widely known as some of the world's best storytellers and animators. They are perhaps less recognized as some of the most innovative math whizzes around. Pixar Research Lead Tony DeRose delves into the math behind...
Other
Graphics Visualization & Usability Center: Animation Lab
A university-level article describing complex computer animation techniques used to simulate human motion. Includes helpful images.
Other
Access Art: Drawing Together
This site is designed to encourage young students to make storyboards and animate their artwork.
Other
Web reference.com: 3 D Animation Workshop
WebReference provides dozens of tutorials on 3D graphics.
Other
Elated Communications: Understanding Image Formats
This tutorial looks at the three common image formats used on the web: GIF, JPEG and PNG. You'll learn how these image formats work, and where to use each type of image in your web pages.
New York Times
New York Times: Comically Dead
The artist Carlos Grangel discusses his character designs for the stop-motion animated film "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride."
New York Times
New York Times: Feats of Clay
Watch this short commentary about the character development of the people and creatures from the claymation film "Wallace and Gromit Includes images of how the clay characters were made.