The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games,...
The definitive book on animation, from the Academy Award-winning animator behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Animation is one of the hottest areas of filmmaking today--and the master animator who bridges the old generation and the new is Richard Williams. During his more than forty years in the business, Williams has been one of the true innovators, winning three Academy Awards and serving as the link between Disney's golden age of animation by hand and the new computer animation exemplified by Toy Story.
Perhaps even more important, though, has been his dedication in passing along his knowledge to a new generation of animators so that they in turn could push the medium in new directions. In this book, based on his sold-out master classes in the United States and across Europe, Williams provides the underlying principles of animation that every animator--from beginner to expert, classic animator to computer animation whiz --needs. Urging his readers to "invent but be believable," he illustrates his points with hundreds of drawings, distilling the secrets of the masters into a working system in order to create a book that will become the standard work on all forms of animation for professionals, students, and fans.
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-23-2009
- the animators survival kit
like every person that has talked about this book said It is the best one if your into animation
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-19-2009
- Awesome!
My son is in college majoring in film/animation and asked for this book for Christmas. He read it immediately and said he learned tons of stuff from it (he's in his sophomore year). He knows about some of the stuff the book talks about,...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-28-2008
- The Animator's Survival Kit
Along with the Career guide this book will give any prospective Animator a great founding and help along the way. Another big smile on Christmas morning.
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-21-2008
- The best animation book so far
There are a million books who teach you how to start to animate (making bouncing balls, etc) - but this is the one that may actually take you further. It doesn't only explain how animation works in the movie, but also in real life - what...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-23-2009
- the animators survival kit
like every person that has talked about this book said It is the best one if your into animation
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- 3/5
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- Posted: Sep-16-2005
- Over sold by the title
First gripe is this book is only about cell animation, I suppose is an abstract way it would be help full to "Computer, Games, Stop Motion, and Internet Animators", but practically speaking there isn't much here that would help.Second,...
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- 1/5
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- Posted: Sep-11-2008
- I wouldn't recommed this book to anyone
Animation is now done in 3-D this book is dated. The book I have on by Don Bluth were much more elaborate on the animnation process then this book. The drawings are primative and don't offer much of the way of substance you can take them...
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