Stop-Motion

	Animation Express: Stop Motion Animations : Examples submitted by beginning and amateur stop motion animators. Requires QuickTime player. - www.wired.com/animation/stopmotion.html
	Armaverse Armatures : Ball-and-socket stop-motion animation armature kits and accessories, featuring an anatomically-accurate human figure. - www.armaverse.com/
	At Last, Foam Puppet Fabrication Explained! : 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. - www.awn.com/mag/issue2.11/2.11pages/2.11briertonani.html
	Bricks In Motion : This site is about the specialty area of using the Lego building brick components of this modular build-it-yourself toy system and bringing them to animated life using stop motion animation methods. Includes how-to information and tutorials. - mywebpages.comcast.net/tomfoote3/BIM/index.htm
	BTV - Mac Animation : Video software with frame capture features specifically for animation applications, such as stop motion, clay, and drawn. Also features timelapse and motion detection. - www.bensoftware.com/
	Building Ball-Socket Armatures : Description and photos showing the construction of stop motion animation puppet armature joints using common tools and basic metalworking methods. - www.montereymotiongraphics.com/armatures/
	Clay Animation & Sculpture : Stop motion animation movies and pictures created with clay. [Some pages from this site not viewable with some browsers] - members.tripod.com/~dragomir.n
	Clay Animation How-To Page : A brief tutorial on how to make clay puppets and animate/film them. Many links to stop motion/puppet animation related web sites. - www.animateclay.com/
	Clay Animation Made Easy : 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. - education.wichita.edu/claymation
	Darkstrider: Explorations in the Art of Stop Motion Animation : 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. - www.darkstrider.net/main.html
	Do it Yourself Foam Latex Puppet Making 101 : 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 & molding method, foam rubber latex casting, seaming, and final painting of the puppet. - www.angelfire.com/anime4/zungstudio/
	framethief.com - www.framethief.com/
	istopmotion.com - www.istopmotion.com/
	John Wright Modelmaking : A special effects shop in England that designs and fabricates miniature models for use in puppet animation, offers ball and socket joint parts for do-it-yourself armature fabrication, and they also engineer custom stop motion animation armatures. - www.jwmm.co.uk/frame.htm
	juergenkling.de - www.juergenkling.de/
	Lima SMA Website : Stop motion animation personal website page that also includes informational tips for those who want to make their own stop motion movies. - www.limanima.com/
	loudmotion.com - www.loudmotion.com/
	Magpie : A shareware program that helps in the analysis of a recorded voice for lip-sync. Applicable to a variety of animation methods including stop motion. It provides a set of tools for the precise timing of the character's mouth movements and suggests how it should look at each frame of the animation. - www.thirdwishsoftware.com/magpie.html
	McVey, Tony : Focusing on dinosaur and fantasy sculpture, including a beautiful Tyrannosaurus piece. - www.menagerieproductions.com/
	Michael Davy Film & TV : Distributor-supplier of a more user friendly 3 part foam latex system. M.D. Foam Latex can be used for casting stop motion animation puppets. Listed under "products" then go to "latex products". - www.michaeldavy.com/
	ModularHose.com: Armatures : A modular, poseable hose system that can be adapted and modified for use as stop motion puppet armatures, and can be used in "built-up" puppet constructions. - modularhose.com/merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=M&Category_Code=DA
	MonkeyJam : A freeware digital pencil test animation program for Windows. It also has additional features that can be used for stop motion animation, clay animation, cut-out animation and the creation of traditional puppet films. - www.giantscreamingrobotmonkeys.com/monkeyjam/index.html
	MovieStuff Transfers : For those shooting stop motion using Super 8 film format, this company offers low cost film-to-digital transfers of your Super 8 animation. Film is transferred to miniDV tape format and ready for downloading to your computer. - moviestuff.tv/
	Nick Hilligoss : Animator from Australia who has done many creative stop motion shorts which have won awards. His photo album site shows you some behind-the-scenes and fabrication methods overview in the creation of animation puppets. - www.picturetrail.com/hilligossnic
	Ray Harryhausen : The life and career of the special effects, stop-motion animator. - lavender.fortunecity.com/judidench/584/
	s5.com - clay.s5.com/
	Sanyo iDshot Digital Disk Cam : One of the very few consumer digital camcorders that can shoot single frames and can be used for stop motion work. When the iDshot is used for animation, it does not need to be connected to computer. - www.sanyo.com/entertainment/digitalcameras/index.cfm?productID=225
	Stop Motion Armature Machining Book : Provides general instructions about machining and metal working techniques for the fabrication of armature joints which are used inside stop motion puppets. This is an intermediate level book which assumes you have some understanding of metal working principles. - www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786412445
	Stop Motion E-mail Forum : Community for discussing the craft with other hobbyists and professionals. - groups.yahoo.com/group/Stopmotion
	Stop Motion Pro : For Windows PCs, a mid-priced frame capturing program for professional level stop motion animation, clay animation, pixillation, and cut out animation techniques. - www.stopmotionpro.com/
	Stop-Motion Filmography : A website reviewing this detailed book about stop motion animation in motion pictures or television, specifically, where the stop motion puppets were used to interact with live action/people. - www.aboyd.com/kong/pettigrew.html
	StopMoShorts Film Fest : A showcase-venue for beginning to advance animators specializing in stop motion techniques to display their works. Submission guidelines are established on a theme or subject to stimulate and encourage animator's story telling creativity. - www.stopmoshorts.com/
	StopMotionAnimation.Com : Information, resources, library, and how-to instructionals. - www.stopmotionanimation.com/
	stopmotionworks.com - www.stopmotionworks.com/
	The Art of Stop Motion Animation : Overview about stop motion animation and general how-to aspects. Covers films and television shows using stop motion. Also, behind the scene photos of professional animator's work. - pharosproductions.com/aosma/smhome.html
	The Clay Animation Station : For beginners/students, general information about getting started in clay animation. Includes tips, tricks, and resources. - library.thinkquest.org/22316/home.html
	The Puppetry Home Page : Lists information and resources; covering traditional puppetry, animatronics, and stop motion puppet animation. - www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/definitions/index.html
	theseventhvoyage.com - www.theseventhvoyage.com/
	Toxic Mom's Studio : A full facility sculpture, design, prototyping art studio specializing in toys and action figures. Also experienced in stop motion puppet fabrication and animatronics-cable puppetry work. - www.toxicmom.com/
	VideoBlender : This is an animation software for the use in stop motion and clay animation. Offered by Tech4Learning which has extensive online documentation and training manuals about VideoBlender. It can be used on the PC or Mac platform. - www.tech4learning.com/videoblender/index.html
	wmmedia.com - animatordv.wmmedia.com/
	xipster.com - www.xipster.com/