The Animator's Survival Kit, Expanded Edition: A Manual of Methods, Principles and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animators

Five Stars Super helpful for beginners :). Great for Animation Students! Marcelina Muszczynska I was looking into traditional animation so I picked up this book at the recommendation of both amazon and my professor. I was surprised to find that a lot of the exercises and advice is great for digital animation as well! The author does a great job of taking a somewhat dry topic and making it interesting, it's hard to put the darn book down! And even when you do, you jus. This is so good I honestly cannot believe it. Amazon Customer I'm 60 pages in without realizing it and it is so far a really solid and thorough read. Indepth history of the development of animation, quotes from staple-greats, beautifully crafted lessons, the author has an enjoyable voice, and you don't feel as if you're reading a textbook, yet you are definitely learning valuable lessons, and it's full of wonderful insights into the i

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. 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. 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.. 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. During his fifty 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 a

"Williams is miles ahead of anyone in the world of animation."--The New York Times