From Don Bluth - master animator, artist and director of such cartoon classics as The Secret of N.I.M.H., An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Anastasia, and Titan A.E. - comes The Art of Animation Drawing, a companion textbook to 2004's The Art of Storyboard. While Storyboard described in detail the technical and creative processes involved in crafting the visual blueprints for animated films, The Art of Animation Drawing focuses on the process of designing characters; adapting those characters to script, voice talent and music; directing the "performances" of your characters; the timing and rhythm of movement; analyzing action; and much more. Loaded with Bluth's gorgeous artwork and lively, inspirational commentary, The Art of Animation Drawing is a must for animators of any level and a delight for animation enthusiasts of any age.
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Emphasis on "Animation", not "Drawing",
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I looked through this book at a bookstore. Its focus is on the animation process; it talks about backgrounds and models and voice actors, and it gives examples of how to match a character's mouth movements with a vocal track. It also shows how to punctuate a character's animation with frames that show extremes of emotion. There's a reason, though, why this is in the "Filmmaking" section of a bookstore, and not the "Drawing" section - the emphasis of the book is on the techniques used to bring an animated character to life, NOT on how to draw them. There are lots of pictures of lots of characters from lots of Bluth projects, everything from Banjo the Woodpile Cat to Dirk the Daring to Space Ace to Anastasia to Rasputin to Mrs. Brisby to Jenner and more, and the pictures would be really interesting to someone with some drawing skills; there are some character sheets in there, and lots of rough animation drawings showing the characters in various poses. This is not a "how-to", nor is it a comprehensive history of Bluth's work, but it's still a really interesting book.
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This is great book for aspiring animators or fans of Don Bluth's work. I wish is was more available. It is hard to find copies.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Intro to animation,
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This is not so much a book on drawing as it is an introduction to the process of traditional animation. Written in a conversational style with plenty of illustrations, it contains amusing anecdotes and tidbits of wisdom from master animator and director Don Bluth. The model sheets and sketches have rarely been seen anywhere else, and the drawings as always are pure genius. I would recommend this book for anyone new to animation or Don Bluth Fans.
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