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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 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 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.
PDF The Animator Survival Kit A Manual of Methods Principles and Formulas for Classical Computer Games Stop Motion and Internet Animators Richard Williams 9780865478978 Books
"This is an amazing book!!! I cannot see why anyone would give this book less than a five. For the people out there that have never attempted to do an animation or find it very difficult and though if they bought this book they would be able to instantly do it with minimal effort. I'm sorry to say, the answer is No; animation is a difficult yet extremely underrated skill that most people assume to be easy. This book helps you with some of the steps to make a lot of the common animations you may encounter (Lip syncing was very helpful). It is more of a tool or reference guide to help you out during the animation process; It will not do the work for you; even thought I wish it would."
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The Animator Survival Kit A Manual of Methods Principles and Formulas for Classical Computer Games Stop Motion and Internet Animators Richard Williams 9780865478978 Books Reviews :
The Animator Survival Kit A Manual of Methods Principles and Formulas for Classical Computer Games Stop Motion and Internet Animators Richard Williams 9780865478978 Books Reviews
- I bought this at the recommendation of animator Ross O'Donovan from Game Grumps (he recommended this book during the Pokémon Art Academy series). I haven't started really diving into it, but so far the book is AMAZING.
For one thing, the Animator's Survival Kit is no casual reference - it's a brick of a book overflowing with learning material. There are chapters upon chapters of really rich references and diagrams.
I hope to learn a whole lot from following this book. I will update this review when I've explored it in more detail. But so far, everything about this book seems top knotch. - Awesome book to understand how animation works. The history/biography, in the beginning, was a little boring. But once I got past that, it was really good. I have been spending most of my time learning how animation software works from Adobe and Toon Boom Harmony (personal fave). And this book really fills all the holes on how animation works. I'm about 1/3 of the way done with the book already. I will have to update when done...but so far...I love it!
- This is an amazing book!!! I cannot see why anyone would give this book less than a five. For the people out there that have never attempted to do an animation or find it very difficult and though if they bought this book they would be able to instantly do it with minimal effort. I'm sorry to say, the answer is No; animation is a difficult yet extremely underrated skill that most people assume to be easy. This book helps you with some of the steps to make a lot of the common animations you may encounter (Lip syncing was very helpful). It is more of a tool or reference guide to help you out during the animation process; It will not do the work for you; even thought I wish it would.
- As a budding animator, reading this book was extremely helpful in thinking about animation in a different way from one of the pros.
A lot went over my head as I'm a digital animator and a lot of the tips and tricks were more specifically for traditional, hand-drawn, cel animation, but the techniques are still extremely handy.
The book is also quite easy to read. And not just because the language isn't overly complicated or technical. It's just a joy to sit down and study. Not dry at all and doesn't feel like a textbook.
Absolutely recommend for anyone who wants an offline guide for animation techniques. - Super helpful for beginners )
- If you are an animator and you don't own this....*sigh* Nevermind.
If you want to be an animator, this is a MUST in your library sitting right next to your copy of the Illusion of Life.
This is CORE reading for aspiring animators and a survival guide for working professionals. For the last 11 years of my career, I have referred to this guide religiously. - 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 industry, the way to setup animations, and an unbeatable amount of referencesto animations, artists, books, that are all worth the lookup. I've never been happier.
- I'm no kind of animator, and not a 'great' artist or anything (need far more practice ^_^). But even just skimming this book, it's amazing! It goes into depth that feels like someone is tutoring you on each little topic, and you're like "Yeah, that makes a LOT of sense!" It SHOWS everything that it's saying. I have enjoyed it immensely so far and once I ever actually try to animate anything I'm sure it will come in even more handy.
