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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
Stop motion animation movies and pictures created with clay. [Some pages from this site not viewable with some browsers]
members.tripod.com
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
Lists information and resources; covering traditional puppetry, animatronics, and stop motion puppet animation.
www.sagecraft.com
Message Board, informational, resources, library, and how-to instructionals.www.stopmotionanimation.com
Award winning stop motion animation company using puppets, clay animation and CGI. Best known for their Brisk Iced Tea television commercials.
www.loosemoose.net
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.
www.framethief.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
Site that includes, resources, discussion group, materials & supplies links, and other information for those wanting to learn about stop motion clay animation.
clay.s5.com
For beginners/students, general information about getting started in clay animation. Includes tips, tricks, and resources.
library.thinkquest.org
Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen
The life and career of the special effects, stop-motion animator.
lavender.fortunecity.com
Community for discussing the craft with other hobbyists and professionals.
groups.yahoo.com
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
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.
www.burmanfoam.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