Arts Directories


Animation World Network - http://www.awn.com
Provides information resources to the international animation community. Arts. Features include searchable database archives, monthly magazine, web animation guide, the Animation Village, discussion forums and other useful resources.

About.com: Animation Guide - http://animation.about.com/
Keep up with developments in online animation for all skill levels. Download tools, and seek inspiration from brilliant online arts work.

Toonhound - http://www.toonhound.com
British cartoon, animation and comic strip creations - links, reviews and news from the UK.

History of Animation: Before Disney - http://www-viz.tamu.edu/courses/viza615/97spring/pjames/history/main.html
A short, illustrated essay by Patrick James on the basics of early animations.

Chronology of Animation - http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rllew/chronst.html
Timeline of animated films and related events.

Animation - American and Japanese - http://www.geocities.com/d-patanella/
Dan Patanella's essays and reviews on over three dozen films and animated series. Also includes list of animation books, articles, and arts magazines.

Cartoon Research - http://www.cartoonresearch.com/
Dedicated To classic arts cartoons: past, present and future. Animation historian Jerry Beck offers a vast resource for cartoon-related news, commentary, information, history, booklist, recommended links, original title cards, and complete list of animated feature films from 1937-2000.

Don Markstein's Toonopedia - http://www.toonopedia.com
On-line hypertext encyclopedia of comics, animation and other forms of cartoonery. "A vast repository of toonological knowledge."

CineMedia - http://afi.cinemedia.org/
Film and media directory subdivided by categories. Film-related content includes celebrities, arts, movies, studios, theaters, organizations, schools, festivals, and production.

Movies Top 20 - http://movies.nettop20.com
Lists links to several film sites, arts, with brief descriptions of each.

Movie Clicks - http://www.movieclicks.com/
Links to the official sites of current theater and home video releases.

Digital Media FX: The History of Animation - http://www.digitalmediafx.com/Features/animationhistory.html
Michael Crandol takes an exhaustive look at the history of animation arts and animators/visionaries like Max Fleisher, Walter Lantz, and Otto Messmer.

Spark Online: Only Genius Is Genius - http://www.spark-online.com/august00/media/romano.html
Chris Romano feels that the proliferation of Flash and other web-based animation technologies has not improved the overall quality of animation and cartoons.

Coobics - http://www.coobics.com/classifieds/html/gp5.html
Directory for cartoon, comics, anime, manga and game sites. Also includes message boards for conversing with fellow fans.

Enculturation: From Mouse to Mouse: Overcoming Information - http://enculturation.gmu.edu/2_1/pisters.html
Essay by Patricia Pisters on the animated arts image and its changing relationship with the cinematic image.

Toonarific Cartoon Archive - http://www.toonarific.com/
Expansive arts collection of toons from the 1950s through the 1990s, most with screenshots and description.

Toon.com - http://www.toon.com/
Comprehensive cartoon resource, including a directory of cartoon links, chats, forms, games, clip art, merchandise links, and other resources for cartoon enthusiasts.

Cinema Sites - http://www.cinema-sites.com/
Organized and annotated index of movie and television resources.

CinemaSpot.com - http://www.cinemaspot.com/
Film-related resources, including reviews, trivia, quotes, multimedia, arts,  filmmaking, and reference materials.

Movie Theology - http://www.cmu.ca/library/faithfilm.html
A directory of websites that offer film information from a Christian perspective.

OpenFlix - http://www.openflix.com
Listing of public domain films with descriptions, arts, and related resources.

Movie Target - http://www.movietarget.com/
Provides links to official arts movie sites.

Cult Films - http://www.cult-film.com/
Organized into categories with basic information and reviews.

Cinemaniac - http://frank.mtsu.edu/~jpurcell/Cinema/maincinema2.htm

 

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