Animator Sites and Blogs

Mark Mayerson
Mark Mayerson, a professional animator presented his MFA thesis about "Acting and Animation" to an audience in New York. His presentation is presented on his blog here.
The blog was interesting, and because of the format, people are allowed to share anonymous thoughts and comments about his topic. From the replies, you get the feeling that these are other animation professionals working in the field. I learned a lot by reading the repies.

The blog discusses the role of the animator within a character. It mentions different processes to get ideas across, examples from animation history and how character animation is compared to traditional stage acting. In his blog, Mayerson discusses the notion of typecasting in animation. In traditional stage or film acting, this works well and he uses the Marlon Brando example to illustrate that it was Brando's brain that created the character of Vito Corleone.

http://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2006/11/collaborative-nature-of-animated.html


Tim Kallock
Is a talented animator whose strength is in is posing and emotions. His blog can be see here.
http://www.timkallok.blogspot.com/