Animation Resource
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Many often wonder how long animation takes. From sketching, styleframes, storyboards, layouts, and animation, it's a multi-step process that can be expensive. Ask yourself: why does this project need to be animated?
When thinking about an animated segment, consider how many backgrounds environments will there be, how many people, how fluid their movements are, do they need to look life-like in order to communicate your story. All these factor into how long and how involved the animation process will be.
Here are some great resources
1. Wonder how to best to work with an animator? Animation is Hard podcast.
The first episode will save you a lot of time in the long-run whether you're the animator or the client.
2. Studio Pigeon: 6 weeks with breakdown for a 60-90 second involved piece.
3. IdeaMachine Studio: breakdown with cost estimates of time for different styles of animation. These are studio rates which will vary greatly depending on who you're working with.
4. Types of animation: there are SEVERAL! This article from Biteable covers a few.
5. Kelly Gallagher, a fantastic independent animator, has compiled an animation starter kit. Check out her writing and Animator Starter Kit here.
6. Stop Motion is a great way to get started, check out this $5 app available on iTunes and Android.
7. This resource from Maryville Institute has a lengthy list of animation software towards the bottom of the page.