A crash course based on existing internet resources plus additional things I've learned in a year of experimenting with hand painting on cels.
Cel Animation for the Digital Era
Author: davemh
DIY Animation Club co-founder Dave Merson Hess taught animation and developed curriculum for Aurora Picture Show's youth workshops, 2014-2018, including stints as a resident artist in the Arts in Medicine programs at MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas Childrens' Hospital. He also started Rush Process, a Gulf Coast-based festival celebrating animators who work with physical media, which ran from 2015 to 2018. Dave is currently an MFA candidate in Experimental Animation at Calarts.
Modular Background Design
In which we borrow a classic technique from 2D level design, and put it to work in the context of a DIY animated short.
$60 Multiplane Animation Rig IKEA Hack
Animbingo Is Here
A 3-hour long animation game that's sure to shake ideas loose.
Plog Your Way To Filmic Victory
Robert Breer’s introduction to Byron Grush’s “The Shoestring Animator”
Robert Breer on getting started in animation, and working with index cards.
Portable 10F lightbox with pegbar for $40
h3ll y3s: A Chat With The Makers of “Stilton’s in Charge”
A rad cutout short from Jonni Phillips and Victoria Vincent, made with sharpies, construction paper, and a 10-year-old webcam.
Cut-Out Animation Basics: Persistence of Vision
Cameraless Direct Animation: A Paper-Based Approach
A cheap and easy approach to teaching cameraless direct animation for the post-celluloid era.