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This site is the first place you need to go to learn about the Brothers Quay, Jan Svankmajer, and Art Clokey.
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Pantomime is expression through bodily poses. The free book download gives examples of how to do just that. It's especially helpful if your animating a puppets with little to no facial expressions. Paul Berry "the Sandman" was an expert in this field which is why he was such a great animator.
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Check out this How-To page from Tom Brierton, on creating foam latex characters, with instructions on building ball and socket armatures.
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Expert stop motion animator Barry Purves "Mars Attacks, Rigoletto" has a new site for his announcements and appearances, as well as many images of his work. He has a forum and gallery too.
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Mike Brent's official blog that talks about his projects, other peoples projects, eastern Euoropean stop motion and theory. A good place to visit often.
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The Official web site for Davey and Goliath. Has a store, news, a DVD and more.
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David Allen is interviewed about the creation of his King Kong remake as a TV commercial. There's tons of cool pictures and lots of questions and answers by the master himself.
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My primary profession is character animation. Here you will find examples of my painting, photography, sculpture, and filmmaking.
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Kathi makes a DVD on how to create foam latex puppets. Her work besides "Celebrity Deathmatch" includes making puppets for Nike commercials, doing work for Nickelodeon, HBO, MTV Germany, and other various independent projects. She made puppets for the Thanksgiving Special episode of the "Bernie Mac Show" for the Fox Television Network. She worked on the "Davey and Goliath Snowboard Christmas Special", doing puppet work and a few voices too!
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Here is a great page on the mystery surrounding the remains of all the artifacts behind the King Kong film by John Michlig.
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These guys are top notch in puppet and set building techniques.
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Nick Hilligoss has a really beautiful gallery of how-to information, sets, rigs, lighting and more. Don't pass this one up!
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Project Blog for an Independent Stop Motion Animation Series. Includes images, short movies and lots of information from Shelley Noble.
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A site that lists Phils creations, has articles and pictures.
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"Ransis & Alee is a 15-minute stop-motion animated fable which follows the daily struggle for survival between Ransis the mangy dog and Alee the emaciated cat, as they torment one another whilst scrounging dank medieval city streets in search of their next meal."
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Have you ever wondered what the secret behind Ray Harryhausen's Dynamation was? Well now you can know. The official Ray Harryhausen web site.
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Lio's page for stop motion news, links and info. He's the Matt Drudge of stop motion.
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Anthony Scott's web site with many good links and a very good forum. Has links to suppliers, articles and helpful hints. Also make sure to check out the handbook.
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Stop Motion Slapstick Comedy Adventure Movies by J D Roland
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Mostly known for their stop motion Rudolph Christmas TV specials.
