Hands of Bresson - Reference

Simple As Pie Progress

Simple As Pie Progress from Eric Chou on Vimeo.

Anticipation with a twist ending - Reference

Great anticipation with surprise ending reference.

Diving Jaguar Reference

The Legend of Tembo - Various Tests

So good!!

The Legend of Tembo - Various Tests from John Textor on Vimeo.

Sean Mack July 2015 demo reel

Sean Mack July 2015 demo reel from Sean Mack on Vimeo.
"Get Off The Phone" from AnimSquad Expert Workshop
Jack and Jill rigs courtesy of AnimSquad.com

Excerpt from Scout's introduction in "Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved" by Harmonix Music Systems and Disney Interactive

"Hundred-and-Ten Percent" from AnimSquad Expert Workshop
Jack rig courtesy of AnimSquad.com

Chuck Jones - The Evolution of an Artist

Chuck Jones - The Evolution of an Artist from Tony Zhou on Vimeo.

Reference - Jetman Dubai

Pretty crazy.

Jaws - Beach Scene Analysis

There are a lot of really good clips online by people analyzing scenes and sequence (big fan of Every Frame a Painting for instance), and there are a lot of them about the Jaws beach sequence, but this one packs a lot of details in it that I found really interesting:

The Discarded Image: Episode 01 - Jaws (Spielberg, 1975) from 1848 Media on Vimeo.

Buster Keaton: Symmetry of Laughter

So many awesome set ups and crazy scene. Great reference.

No Small Parts

Great series (thanks Aziz for the tip!). (was Anne Ramsey the model for Cartman?) The full playlist is here.

Octopus gets crabby in Yallingup - Reference

That's faster than I thought they would move!

Kevin Andrus Animation Demo Reel - 2015

So good!

Big Hero 6 Character Study

Really nice.

The Physics of Doing an Ollie on a Skateboard

Very in-depth analysis and fun read on top of being handy reference. Check it out here.

Flight Videos Deconstructed

Frozen - "Do you want to build the snowman" animation breakdown

Aniref - reference app

Head over to aniref.com for more info!

- See an interesting walk? Personality trait? Record it and add it to your library for future reference!
 - Analyze footage frame by frame, at multiple frame rates
- Track arcs, spacing and timing by positioning trackers
- View your tracking in 4 different display modes
- Export and Email your tracked footage as .mov and import it into your 3D / 2D software for ease of workflow
- Playback in slow motion or at 24 FPS
- Bookmark your key poses with the StarPose tool and toggle from key to key.
- Know exactly what frame you are on with the embedded frame count - Save your reference to the AniRef library, separate from your regular videos for easy finding and privacy

AniRef : Spontaneous Reference #1 from Paolo Cogliati on Vimeo.

Composition reference - Ukranian Parliament fight

This joke picture is just too awesome:

"Someone took a candid photo of a fight in Ukranian Parliament that is as well-composed as the best renaissance art" 

 

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Father Daughter time featuring: The Conjuring - Reference