As I searched the Internet for news and tips about Animation I found this website:
The 11 Second Club holds a monthly competition for animation. You get 11 seconds of sound and can animate what ever you want to it. Traditional, Stop-Motion and CG (Computer Grafics) or any other sort of animation are allowed. But everyone who isn't even into animating can find something on this site. You can see all the old entrys and there are quite a few funny ones!
The focus for the contest is on acting. The art of a believeable, emotional, characteristic and above all entertaining clip. There are prebuilt and rigged characters to use from the site and forums to discuss your work or give critique to others. So its a good perspective to start off with.
The winners get awarded a "personal" e-Critique from a Proffesional-Top-Notch- (ILM, Dreamworks, Pixar ...) Animator. So here's the chance to be seen by the giants and to sharpen your skill set in an open challenge.
