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Animation Books
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The Animator's Survival Kit (Paperback)
by (shelved 232 times as animation)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,037 ratings — published 2001
The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 194 times as animation)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,922 ratings — published 1981
Cartoon Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as animation)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,151 ratings — published 1980
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 1: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as animation)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,563 ratings — published 2009
Timing for Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as animation)
avg rating 4.31 — 424 ratings — published 1981
Character Animation Crash Course!( DVD not included)
by (shelved 63 times as animation)
avg rating 4.35 — 385 ratings — published 2008
Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as animation)
avg rating 4.28 — 614 ratings — published 2008
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 2: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as animation)
avg rating 4.47 — 978 ratings — published 2009
Dream Worlds: Production Design for Animation: Production Design in Animation (Library Binding)
by (shelved 40 times as animation)
avg rating 4.32 — 551 ratings — published 2007
Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as animation)
avg rating 4.34 — 969 ratings — published 1989
Acting for Animators: A Complete Guide to Performance Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as animation)
avg rating 4.13 — 223 ratings — published 2003
The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as animation)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,275 ratings — published 2019
Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators (Force Drawing Series)
by (shelved 34 times as animation)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,995 ratings — published 2006
The Art of Pixar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as animation)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,501 ratings — published 2011
The Animator's Workbook: Step-By-Step Techniques of Drawn Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as animation)
avg rating 4.14 — 205 ratings — published 1986
Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as animation)
avg rating 4.28 — 378 ratings — published 1980
Animation (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 30 times as animation)
avg rating 4.51 — 475 ratings — published 2009
Setting the Scene: The Art & Evolution of Animation Layout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as animation)
avg rating 4.43 — 83 ratings — published 2011
The Art of Tangled (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as animation)
avg rating 4.41 — 7,110 ratings — published 2010
The Alchemy of Animation: Making an Animated Film in the Modern Age (Disney Editions Deluxe (Film))
by (shelved 27 times as animation)
avg rating 4.42 — 309 ratings — published
Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as animation)
avg rating 4.07 — 11,432 ratings — published 2006
Framed Ink (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,021 ratings — published 2010
Creating Characters with Personality (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.21 — 463 ratings — published 2006
Story (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.40 — 307 ratings — published 2008
Starting Point 1979-1996 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,617 ratings — published 1996
Disney's Art of Animation: From Mickey Mouse to Beauty and the Beast (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.21 — 827 ratings — published 1991
Creating 3-D Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.23 — 154 ratings — published 1998
The Nine Old Men: Lessons, Techniques, and Inspiration from Disney's Great Animators (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.42 — 178 ratings — published 2015
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.21 — 102,060 ratings — published 2014
Layout & Background (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.55 — 214 ratings — published 2011
The Art of Brave (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.42 — 2,925 ratings — published 2012
The Art of Up (Disney)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,767 ratings — published 2009
The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,480 ratings — published 1975
Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as animation)
avg rating 4.02 — 131 ratings — published 1999
Design (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 21 times as animation)
avg rating 4.63 — 218 ratings — published 2010
Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as animation)
avg rating 4.00 — 71 ratings — published 2006
The Art and Flair of Mary Blair (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as animation)
avg rating 4.31 — 969 ratings — published 2003
The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.61 — 204 ratings — published 2013
The Art of Ratatouille (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,201 ratings — published 2007
The Art of The Incredibles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,697 ratings — published 2004
The Art of Spirited Away (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.55 — 4,326 ratings — published 2001
The Hidden Art of Disney's Golden Age: The 1930s (They Drew As They Pleased #1)
by (shelved 18 times as animation)
avg rating 4.26 — 366 ratings — published 2015
Elemental Magic: The Art of Special Effects Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as animation)
avg rating 4.38 — 112 ratings — published 2009
Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation (Focal Press Visual Effects and Animation)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 4.00 — 97 ratings — published 2003
Animation Now! (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 3.61 — 141 ratings — published 2004
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse -The Art of the Movie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as animation)
avg rating 4.71 — 1,519 ratings — published 2018
The World History of Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as animation)
avg rating 4.03 — 95 ratings — published 2011
Disney's Aladdin The Making of an Animated Film (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as animation)
avg rating 4.39 — 346 ratings — published 1992
Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in 1950s Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as animation)
avg rating 4.50 — 246 ratings — published 2006
Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney's Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as animation)
avg rating 4.41 — 225 ratings — published 2017
“Since the earliest days of the art form, humans have been the most difficult characters to animate. The more realistic the human being, the more difficult the animation becomes. Audiences will accept distortions in the actions of a cartoony character: no one has ever seen a four-foot-tall rabbit walk on its hind legs, so an artist animating Bugs Bunny enjoys considerable freedom. But everyone knows how human beings move, and if those movements are not rendered accurately, viewers won't believe in the characters.
Ward Kimball, one of Disney's "Nine Old Men," commented, "As long as we deal in fantasy, we are on safe ground. The eye has no basis for comparison. But the more we try to duplicate nature realistically, the tougher our job becomes. The audience compares what we draw with what it knows to be true. Any false movement is easily detected.”
― Tale as Old as Time: The Art and Making of Beauty and the Beast (Disney Editions Deluxe
Ward Kimball, one of Disney's "Nine Old Men," commented, "As long as we deal in fantasy, we are on safe ground. The eye has no basis for comparison. But the more we try to duplicate nature realistically, the tougher our job becomes. The audience compares what we draw with what it knows to be true. Any false movement is easily detected.”
― Tale as Old as Time: The Art and Making of Beauty and the Beast (Disney Editions Deluxe
“To infinity…and beyond!”
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