Interesting Animation Blogs

http://pixartimes.com/   

1. The Pixar Times is the first professional animation blog that I want to write about in this post. As one of the most influential animation companies of all time, it is interesting to read about everything that is going on with them and their research. Constantly updated and dealing with the vast empire of films that are in their collection, this blog covers characters and films with articles that link to the animation processes and research ideas. 

http://www.speakingofanimation.com/

2. Speaking of Animation is a blog that was created by four professional animators.  who work in industry. They give news about the world of animation in their posts as well as providing inspirational elements and educational bits on animating. They don't update the blog very often though and so the site suffers from a lack of regular material but there are still videos with interviews and industry related information.


http://www.animationphysics.com/

3.  This blog is a free educational site for animators. It deals with information from traditional 2D animation to 3D computer graphics and stop-motion related material. It contains lots of information on providing context to how the principles and laws of physics apply to the world of animation. Unlike the others on this list, it is less news related and more focused on teaching. It provides multiple tutorials, some of which i have looked at, The tutorials are organised into four categories for easier access and understandung, basic animation, character animation, effects and character effects animation and lighting and visual effects. Looking through these, it is clear that this blog contains some very nice content.