The Animation Book: A Complete Guide to Animated Filmmaking--From Flip-Books to Sound Cartoons to 3- D Animation

best guide book for animation students or independent animators.

not as informative as i was looking for

This animation book is the food equivalent of Thanksgiving at a pot-luck, or a buffet. I can sample one bite of everything, end up so full I can't walk. The ingredients and all it's parts are a mystery, but I get to sample the end product. Anotherwords, this book will not teach you how to operate complicated software, such as Photoshop, but it will teach you what software you want to sample. Sort of like going to the video store and reading the captions, but not actually watching the movie, just get an idea for what movie you want to see. Anyway, I really like it and look forward to reading the whole thing. So far I have read chapter 1 and skipped to chapters 23 and 24(about software and hardware), then will return to chapter 2.

This book is a bit dated but most of the info in it is timeless. As a former computer animator, I picked this up out of interest without any expectations. I found it an incredible guide to animation, as complete as you could hope in any book. The author covers all aspects of the art and gives a fairly good rundown of each technique. Its an overview book but a very, very good one.I highly recommend it.

We checked this out from our library and liked it so much, we decided to buy it. Great book for the price! Very informative:)