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.
Clay Animation & Sculpture Stop motion animation movies and pictures created with clay. [Some pages from this site not viewable with some browsers]
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.
The Puppetry Home Page Lists information and resources; covering traditional puppetry, animatronics, and stop motion puppet animation.
StopMotionAnimation.Com Message Board, informational, resources, library, and how-to instructionals.
Loose Moose Animation Award winning stop motion animation company using puppets, clay animation and CGI. Best known for their Brisk Iced Tea television commercials.
FrameThief This is an inexpensive shareware stop motion animation program for the Apple/Macintosh platform, that enables the users, from novices to professionals, to capture and create animation.
The Clay Animation Home Page Site that includes, resources, discussion group, materials & supplies links, and other information for those wanting to learn about stop motion clay animation.
The Clay Animation Station For beginners/students, general information about getting started in clay animation. Includes tips, tricks, and resources.
Stop Motion E-mail Forum Community for discussing the craft with other hobbyists and professionals.
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.
Burman Industries, Inc. This company offers materials, supplies, how-to videos and books for prosthetic/animatronic special effects, which use many similar fabrication techniques to create stop motion animation puppets.
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.
Building Ball-Socket Armatures Description and photos showing the construction of stop motion animation puppet armature joints using common tools and basic metalworking methods.
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.
Animation Toolworks This company offers the LunchBox Sync which is a dedicated frame/image capturing device to provide instant feedback for animators. Many uses include syncing for pencil tests or stop motion, also for demo reels, previews, animatics, reference tests, student projects, festival entries, and web animation.
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.
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.
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.
Stop Motion Film A resource and informational website from Germany about stop motion animation. Also, there is an English version of this site.
Armaverse Stop motion animation armature parts and kits for building a variety of jointed armatures such as humans, elephants, and grasshoppers. Affordable prices for those starting in puppet animation.
Stop Motion Works Information and how-to technical tips on animated puppetry. Dedicated web site for hobbyists and professionals practicing the unique art and craft of stop motion animation.
iStopMotion Easy to use Stop Motion animation software for Mac OS X. Allows you to use your computer and DV camcorder or USB webcams to capture single frames for stop motion or time lapse applications.
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".
Animation und Puppenbau - Juergen Kling Studio in Germany offering stop motion animation production services, ball-socket armatures, puppetmaking, sets, props, and modelmaking. There is also English version of this site.
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.
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.
The Seventh Voyage.Com Site which is dedicated to the films and creations of stop motion animator Ray Harryhausen. Updated regularly.
Menagerie Productions Fantasy and paleo sculpture, one-of-a-kind commissions, character design and maquette creation for special projects. Also experienced in stop motion model fabrication, covering the entire process from design through armature construction, molding, foam casting and finishing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Miles and Jules Studio Independent studio in Australia utilizing stop motion animation techniques. Included are many behind the scenes photos and general overview description of methods used in producing their stop motion projects which is outlined in their online journal.
RonDexter.com A source for beginners, seasoned professional and people in between who want to upgrade their skills and knowledge in film and video and includes tips and tricks about stop motion production.
StopMoShorts Festival A showcase-venue for beginning to advanced animators to display their stop motion works, tests, demo reel. Also, online stop motion tutorials.
I Can Animate Designed for all ages, a software product especially designed for stop animation on the Mac OS X. Includes a variety of features for the creation of animation. The program has earned various recognition awards.
Def Animations Showcasing animated movies by amateur clay animator who lives in Eygpt. Also includes brief behind the scenes of animation methods.
La Pate à Modeler Animée A clay animation site using digital still camera to record the animation and includes basic, finished animations. Includes some tutorials showing how it was done. The site is in French and has English translation.
Fussball Comedy This is a German language website. Includes behind the scenes photos and sample clips of a stop motion comedy TV series from Germany.
Ray Harryhausen.com The official website of the pioneering stop motion animator. Before computer animation, he gave life to puppet animated creatures, aliens, and monsters. All the latest news on his current projects.
The Art of Joel Fletcher A gallery of stop-motion work and behind the scenes photos. Many of the photos are presented in the 3D stereo anaglyph format.
