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Character Animation Crash Course!
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.58
EAN: 9781879505971
Edition: Paper/DVD
ISBN: 1879505975
Label: Silman-James Press
Manufacturer: Silman-James Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 218
Publication Date: July 15, 2008
Publisher: Silman-James Press
Studio: Silman-James Press
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Editorial Review:
Character Animation Crash Course! is a veritable Genie's lamp stuffed with everything the aspiring animator could wish for! Renowned animator Eric Goldberg's detailed text and drawings illuminate how to conceive characters "from the inside out" to create strong personalities. Classic animation techniques are analyzed and brought to life through this unique book and its accompanying CD that offers readers animated movie examples that show, in real time or frame-by-frame, the author's principles at work. Add to this Goldberg's discussions of classic cartoons and his witty, informative observations based on the wealth of knowledge he's gained during his 30-plus years in professional animation, and you have a tour-de-force guide to character animation with the classic touch.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A great book!
An absolutely great book and a must have for artist and animators alike. If you like cartoony animation, this book,the preston blair book and the animating the looney tunes way will do it. The principles stressed in this book can be applied to CG, stopmotion animation and just pure drawing in general. This book is a great read and source. I highly recommend it.
Rating: - Best Animation Timing & Breakdown Manual published so far.
When I went to animation college 10 years ago, there were NO books to instruct you on actually HOW to practice weight balance, mass and volume in your character animation tests. Plenty of old books existed with great artwork, with the exception of Preston Blair's book Cartoon Animation (The Collector's Series) and later on (after I graduated) the great Richard William's book The Animator's Survival Kit. But there was nothing to actually show you step by step the principles of posing, timing and ... Read More
Rating: - Best Animation Book for Students and Pros Alike
This book by esteemed Disney animator Eric Goldberg is a must-have in your animation library. There are a lot of books out there which are hundreds of pages long and seem to have a lot of information in them, but the actual meat of the lessons get lost in history lessons and fluff. Not in this book: lessons are simple, clear, concise, heavily illustated, and even animated by Eric on the included dvd! This is a godsend to animation students and teachers -- it's like having a pro animator at your side ... Read More
Rating:  - Nice little package but nothing you haven't see befor.
If your new to producing small animated films for lets say flash or
gif animation this is the book for you but if you already
have the skills or any other books on the subject you wont need this one.
It's just more of the same.
Rating: - some of the animation just don't work
Most of this book is very inspiring for an animator; so you should definitively buy it.
But after looking at the cd that comes with the book, I'm a little disappointed.
The cd contain some short fully animated movies, and most of it is really fun and interesting; but some of the stuff just don't work from an animation point of view.
Main ex is his weight animation where there is a very simple fat character moving his belly up and down.
The drawings ... Read More
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