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Don Bluth's Art Of Animation 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.

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.

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.

If you're looking for a how to draw book, this isn't the book for you. However, if you're a Don Bluth fan, and an aspiring animator this is a terrific book. This book is full of inspirational anecdotes, stories, and tips, than practical working knowledge. I'd recommend you get that the Preston Blair Animation book if you're looking to learn all that. However, I will say that Bluth goes deeper in to concepts of "timing" and "beats" and the art of story telling than Blair does (actually, Blair lacks the story telling chapters.)

This book also goes a bit in to story-boarding. Which for fans of Dragon's Lair makes this a really neat book, since it contains storyboards from an entire scene of the unmade DRAGON'S LAIR movie. I really wish it would get made someday. :(

All in all, it's a good book, a bit underwhelming (even as a fan, I can understand why it would sell for $5 and under here on Amazon), but a good purchase none the less.

Im a Don Bluth fan since small age, and this book it feels like if he was really talking to you.
As an animator enthusiast, i really find this book inspiring. Its more like a motivation book than a textbook.
It explains really well the basics of animation and it also includes thins like the musical score and voice recording.
I really recommend it if you want to read something that its not just a animation textbook.

This beautiful book is indispensable for those who want to approach the
world of animation, this book is the history of animation. Not only
Disney but a group of animators that created a new world animated
i have all books of Don Bluth.
These books are the official guide for NEMO Academy.

It has decent information. It goes over all the techniques that animators have used, including the authors own. This would be a book for a person who's beginning in animation.

This book was not what I thought it would be. The title is very misleading.

It's NOT a 'how-to-draw' of any of Don Bluth's characters. It has a more 'historical' feel to it.

It shows a few topical hand-drawn examples as it speaks on a topic, but it's not a how-to-draw book.

If you're interested in a broad overview of the animation process, then this will help you.

If, however, you're a fan of Don Bluth's characters and would like several step-by-step examples of how to draw them, then you will be diappointed.

Have a look at this book before you buy it. I was disappointed.

It's always beneficial to have a simple book to guide you when animation gets complicated, and this is one of those books.