Lone Animator. Stop-motion animation, mask-making, rubber monsters and other food for the soul!

PUPPETS & ANIMATION:

A large, large forum on the subject of puppet animation, with articles, links, etc. Pros and amateurs alike are posting:

http://www.stopmotionanimation.com/

Everything about claymation; by and and with the passionate Marc Spess:

http://www.animateclay.com/

Mike Brent´s excellent site about seldom-seen East-European stop-motion. Articles, film clips and samples of his own work:

http://www.darkstrider.net/main.html

Kathi Zung´s invaluable DVD and VHS tutorial about stop-motion puppet making:

http://www.angelfire.com/anime4/zungstudio/

One-man puppet studio Nick Hilligoss from Australia. Lots of pictures and info:

http://www.picturetrail.com/hilligossnic

Pro animator and armature builder Lionel Ivan Orozco´s site on the art:

http://www.stopmotionworks.com/

Site dedicated to the works of Ray Harryhausen:

http://www.theseventhvoyage.com/

More of the same:

http://lavender.fortunecity.com/judidench/584/

Very good site about the art of stop-motion. With many rare pictures:

http://pharosproductions.com/aosma/aosma_home.html

Lots of links to sites about puppet-making and animation/motion:

http://dmoz.org/Arts/Animation/Stop-Motion/

A great site about Jim Henson´s Muppets and his legacy:

http://www.muppetcentral.com/

Huge site about all kinds of puppets and puppeteering:

http://www.sagecraft.com/puppetry/definitions/index.html

German stop-motion animator with many strange ideas:

http://www.susannajerger.de/index_english.html

Swedish puppet maker Jonna Grimstoft:

http://www.btt.nu/Jonna/

Puppet- and modelmaker Robert Vowles :

http://www.planetfx.ca/

Swedish/finnish animator and puppet builder Anders Haldin:

http://hem.passagen.se/anders.haldin/

Stop-motion animator and multi-artist Christiane Cegavske:

http://christianecegavske.com/

MASKS & MAKE-UP:

The site of make-up artist Lars Carlsson. Lots to read and a ton of links:

http://www.makeup-fx.com/

Tutorials, links and chat for everyone interested in monster mask-making and gruesome make-ups:

http://www.themonsterlab.com/index.html

MOVIE MAKING:

Lots about movie making. Both "real" film and video:

http://www.rondexter.com/

My buddy Daniel Leneer's very own site. Animations, cartoons and sundry projects(in Swedish):

http://www.lenneer.se/

The valiant lads at Stolpskott Film ("No Goal Films"), making movies without any valid reason (like it should be) (In Swedish):

http://www.stolpskottfilm.tk/

ART RELATED:

Amateur art and stories galore:

http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/elfwood.pike

Check it out and get amazed:

http://visionaryartforum.com/artlinks.htm

Big site about polymer clay hobbies:

http://www.polymerclaycentral.com

The incredibly talented Michelle and her remarkable one-of-a-kind polymer puppets. Links to many other similar artists:

http://www.pixiwillow.com/

Huge collection of paleonthological art:

http://dinosauricon.com/artists/index.html

Horror/fairy tale maestro Hans Arnold´s very own site:

http://www.hansarnold.se/

MIXED NUTS:

The only page you need about toy rayguns:

http://www.toyraygun.com/galleryhome.html

The most bizarre pasttime of them all; dress up as a giant rubber monster and fight in front of an audience:

http://kaiju.com/home.htm

Everything about swords, and I mean everything (in Swedish):

http://bjorn.foxtail.nu/swords.htm

The association for renaissance martial arts; in short how to fight with long sword, short sword, rapier, rapier and dagger, etc. Articles, film clips, links and more:

http://www.thehaca.com/

Much to read about "steam punk"; victorian sci-fi. From steam-driven robots to Martian war-machines:

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9094/STEAM2.html

Guide to weird and wonderful contributions to the art of motion pictures. With many sound- and film clips:

http://www.badmovies.org/

More about films not to everybody´s taste:

http://www.stomptokyo.com/

Site about the great German space hero; Kapitän Mors, der Luftpirat. Naturally has info on the mechanics for his airship ”Legend” and his spaceship ”Meteor”:

http://www.geocities.com/jessnevins/mors.html

Everything about horror, sci-fi, fantasy, detective/mystery and adventure produced by the popular culture of the victorian era. In a-z.

http://www.geocities.com/jessnevins/vicintro.html

"Centre for weak-kneed music", with many knowledgable articles about the more odd champions and items of popular culture, often with Swedish connections. (In Swedish)

http://www.sunkit.com/index.shtml

Don Glut; amateur film-pioneer, dino-enthusiast and scripter of publications of Masters of the Universe, Tarzan, Solomon Kane et cetera:

http://www.horrorseek.com/horror/moviemaker/homepage.html

Site about H. P. Lovecraft, with cute Cthulhu crafts:

http://www.templeofdagon.com

Everthing you need in the way of hats. Includes French and Brittish pith helmets:

http://www.villagehatshop.com

Lot of facts about the old movie serials:

http://www.serialexperience.com/

The film chronicles about Mexico´s greatest wrestling hero; El Santo! Viva:

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~dwilt/santo.html

And a site about Santo´s colleauges:

http://www.santoandfriends.com/

Lasse Henning´s supremo site about how you build your very own Star Wars models:

http://www.starwarz.com/modelshop/index.htm

The only Swedish magazine with Swedish super heroes:

http://www.svenskasuperserier.se/