The Animator's Survival Kit

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 more than forty 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.

• The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation
• Cartoon Animation (Collector's Series)
• Character Animation Crash Course!( DVD not included)
• Timing for Animation, Second Edition
• How to Draw: drawing and sketching objects and environments from your imagination
• Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 1: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures
• Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation
• Animation 1: Learn to Animate Cartoons Step by Step (Cartooning, Book 1)
• Living With Art, 10th Edition
• Animated Storytelling: Simple Steps For Creating Animation and Motion Graphics