Animation Workshops and Lessons
NFB Hands on Workshops
http://www.nfb.ca/handson/html/en/
Discover clay animation techniques and storyboarding to create your own movies.
How To Create Clay Animation in 5 Easy Steps
http://www.sfsu.edu/~teachers/workshops/clayanimation/stepone.html
Detailed lesson on creating an animation. INcludes photos, descriptions, and demonstration movies.
Clay Animation Lessons and Links
http://robinson.usd259.org/clayanimation/clay.html
Lessons on creating a basic animations in the classroom.
Lip Sync - Making Characters Speak
http://www.comet-cartoons.com/toons/3ddocs/lipsync/lipsync.html
Article by By Michael B. Comet on Phoneme lip synching. Shows many 3D facial images of the 9 basic phonemes and emotional examples.
Preston Blair Phoneme Series
http://www.garycmartin.com/mouth_shapes.html
Good examples of 3D phoneme mouth shapes by Gary C. Martin.
How to Stop-Motion and Clay Animation
http://www.animateclay.com/about.htm
An overview of the basics such as creating armature and models, equipment and set construction.
How to Animate Tutorials
http://aimee.wyvernweb.com/anim/tutorial.html
A few basic tutorials on getting started, and character design.