     
The more you know, the more you can do.
Animation and Comics Resources
The Shoujo Manga Home Page
-- valuable information on shoujo comics and manga history.
Animania -- if you live
near Ann Arbor, Michigan, don't pass these screenings up.
Animation Meat -- an archive
of information for both animators and animation fans.
Anime on DVD
Anime on TV -- anime TV listings
for American and Canadian channels.
Anime Web Turnpike -- hundreds
of links to online stores, fan sites, and more.
Japanese <-> English
Dictionary
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Independent Animators and Self-Publishers
Michel Gagné
Bill Plympton
Terrence Walker
Life Drawing Instruction
American
Animation Institute -- if you live near North Hollywood, consider these
classes.
Karl Gnass -- a great
artist, and a great teacher.
Glen Vilppu -- author of
the Vilppu Drawing Manual and other learning materials.
Played or May Still be Playing in United States Theaters:
Akira
The Animatrix
Cowboy
Bebop
Blood: The Last Vampire
Escaflowne
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell: Innocence
Howl's Moving Castle
Jin-Roh
Memories
Metropolis
Perfect Blue
Princess Mononoke
Sin
Spirited Away
Spriggan
Steamboy
Vampire Hunter
D: Bloodlust
X
LightWave 3D Cel Shading
Ani-Temp -- several
celshaded pieces here.
D-Creation --
LightWave celshader plug-ins
(unReal) and gallery.
Flay.com -- not a celshader-specific
site, but wonderful nonetheless.
LightWave Tutorials
on the Web
Sergio Rosas -- pioneer of celshading
and co-creator of Mission to Avalon.
Superthruster
-- looks like LightWave to me...
URDA
-- LightWave and Hash:Animation Master.
Avalon
Sergio
Rosas' portfolio (contains images from Mission to Avalon)
Dark Orb Digital's Avalon
Section
Human Code Japan
Japanese trailer
for Mission to Avalon
Hotaru ("Firefly") -- a short animation using the unReal plug-in
for its celshaded surfaces.
Animation
-- in MPG and VideoCD format.
Stills --
from the short itself.
Character and
Mecha renders
Postcard images
Comments
from the LightWave3D.com message board
Invader Zim (available on DVD)
(Celshaded 3D models used for mechanical objects, backgrounds
and -- on one occasion -- for Zim himself).
Official
Site
AintItCool
Review
"Bring Back Invader
Zim" Petition -- please sign this.
Let Love Be Your Energy -- a music video. (Warning: contains adult material)
Passion Pictures --
the studio that created the animation.
project: Messiah
Theatre -- scroll down to download both the video and the "bloopers."
Robbie Williams (official
site) -- has both the "X-rated" and edited versions of the video.
Alex Aberle
Sara & David web
comic
Rob Baldwin
Celshaded.com -- Rob Baldwin's page, once host to the BESM plug-in.
Dark Orb Digital -- Fighting
Crush Valkyrie and the "Rapsaurian".
Makoto Shinkai
Personal Site
Makoto Shinkai Promotional
Site
Official English page -- contains the Voices
from a Distant Star trailer
Biography
Nekotom
Main Site
Chris Norpchen
Mystics
Mechamon
PolyTank
Official Site -- beautiful celshaded stuff in this blog.
Sergio Rosas
Official site
Gallery
Shade01
Explosive Creativity Works
Terrence Walker
StudioArtFX.com
Anime: From Concept to Reality -- contains both Understanding Chaos and Shadowskin.
Dave Young
Einstein's Cat (7-4-05 update -- site is down).
Newtek -- the official LightWave
3D site.
3D Studio MAX Cel Shading
DavidGould.com -- the Illustrate!
plug-in.
Final
Toon -- another celshader plug-in for 3DS MAX.
3D Anime in the Making -- nice stuff here.
Corto Maltese (Illustrate! used for the train)
Official site
Additional
gallery
Discreet -- the official 3DS
MAX site.
Hash: Animation Master Cel Shading
Anime
Festival Orlando2 Opening Animation (2001)
Anime
Festival Orlando3 Opening Animation (2002)
Momentum Animation
Studios -- creators of the Macca Strewth short and the Bardot
music video.
John Spain
Main Site
Gallery
Maki Yoshida
NekokoImage.jpg
-- the hair on this cat girl is just beautiful!!!
URDA --
LightWave and Hash:Animation Master.
Hash, Inc -- the official Hash:AM
site.
Maya Cel Shading
The Iron Giant
(Celshaded 3D models used for the Giant and other mechanical
objects).
Official Site
Brad
Bird interview -- part of this covers techniques used to blend 3D with
2D in the film.
Molly, Star-Racer
PocketMovies.com
-- download the trailer from here.
Sav! The World
Sparx
Alias|Wavefront -- the
official Maya site.
(Unknown) Celshading
Appleseed
PsyOp
Toon
Opening animation
Cutscene animations
from the game
A picture of a game character
Teatime's homepage
Treasure
Planet (Celshading used for John Silver's arm, leg and eye and
the BEN character)
VectorTV.com's gallery
of celshaded work
Online Stores
For Domestic Releases:
AllDirect.com
Amazon.com
BookFinder.com
DVDPriceSearch.com
For Japanese Imports:
CD Japan -- for laserdiscs,
CD's, and DVD's.
JIGS -- for laserdiscs, DVD's,
and CD's.
Manga Shopping Guide -- guide to online Japanese bookstores.
Apex Guide to ordering manga online -- another guide, with a shipping-cost calculator.
Also of Interest...
Project DogWaffle -- a nice paint program. Version 1.2 is free.
Passport -- Audri Phillips' work
opened my eyes to the importance of color in art and animation. Check it
out.
Pix Inc.
DigitalTreats.com
SplineGod -- Larry Shultz:
Jedi Master of LightWave's Modeler, bones, and IK.
David Hibsher
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