Animation Book
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- thejudders
Im a keen animatior, (flash mostly but in the past clay and cel) and i was wondering if anyone can suggest a book which every animator should own ?
ive never found a book for animation which I could use all the time and enjoy reading and looking at.
Character animation is something im really into.
all skill level suggestions welcome.
thanks guys
- spl33nidoru0
first i thought you were talking about this book :
http://www.idnworld.com/proshop/…
take a look at it, it's a good book/dvd to own anyway, and you might even see inspiring stuff.
- Lop0
this is THE animation bible
The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams
- scooby0
The definitive bible on traditional character animation (specifically Disney) is "The
Illusion of Life" by animation legends, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. This is a huge tome that instructs not only on the process of animation but really focuses on character animation and the skills of turning static scribbles into true living, breathing ones.
- thejudders0
The Animator's Survival Kit
by Richard Williams seems like the kinda book im after in conjunction with "Flips 7: Animation" its nice to look at other peoples works, and what a nice cover! and its got a DVD that sounds great.The Art of 3-D Computer Animation and Effects sounds good too.
anyone got any comments on the books mentioned ?
- JamesEngage0
haven't seen the disney one... but the richard williams one is ace... and got me through college... not that i did a lot of animating... it's extremely cheap on amazon too (in paperback)
- thejudders0
i think its time to spend some hard erned cash, thanks guys i think i will add a few to my amazon wish list for now.
cheers