Cartoon Animation (Collector's Series)

As an animator I can say this goes everywhere with me. I choose it over the Richard Williams book any day (personal preference). Its alot less mechanical and more about the re-tinkered character designs Preston Blair used to illustrate these teachings. It has clear drawings which harken back to Golden Age Animation (you can see what characters hes reworked to not look like Tom and Jerry!). Had my copy since 2003 but bought this for my 6yo Nephew as hes started drawing alot more. This book is a treasure...Ill probably be buried with it! XD

Great book

I have bought so many many books on drawing and how to draw, and have become so knowledgeable on the subject I have considered a career in art teaching! Finally I stumbled upon this book and it's what I wanted. Something of a workbook, entirely practically based, giving the reader plenty of scope to experiment with an ultimate goal of being able to draw from the imagination. I guess it teaches Disney style cartoons and expressions, but that is not an issue with me as I like that style. Once you have got a grounding in that you can always proceed to develop your own style.

Bought for my ten year old grandson who wants to learn about animation. He was amazed and excited when he opened it.

Great book if you're interested in animation

Also one of my best purchases. This book is full of practical examples of Animation to get you going. The ~author was one of Disney's top animators

Fantastic book for the novice.

I love this book. Useful for all ages and abilities. I borrowed this book before finally buying it. So glad I did. Delivery of the book was prompt.

Regalo a mi nieto, estudiante de Grado Universitario en diseño, imágen y animación en universidad internacional

I hear its the FIRST (or one of the first) animation book written. Covers a great overview of basic animation techniques. It is one of the better how-to draw books. other draw books show HOW this disects characters and fearures that make: Goofy, Cute, Bully, etc. characters. Other concepts are timing, squash and stretch, spacing, staging (drawing so the eye can make out what is shown easier by not overlapping elements). A concept I carry in all professional design. Even though this book is about 2D traditional animation, the concepts carry over to 3D. For those starting out learning or interested in animation and how it is done, I recommend this book as a great starting point.

Ich mache überhaupt keine Animationen, habe aber ein Buch gesucht, in dem man Cartoon-Figuren in verschiedenen Posen finden kann. Ganz wichtig war mir dabei zu sehen, ob z. B. der Fuß bei einer bestimmten Stellung der Figur nach links oder nach rechts zeigen muss. Neben der Gestik war mir auch die Mimik sehr wichtig. All das und noch einiges mehr habe ich hier gefunden. Die Figuren sind nicht nur sehr süß, sie sind, dank der guten Anleitungen, auch sehr einfach nachzuzeichnen, bzw. kann man schnell und einfach eigene Figuren damit entwickeln. Anhand von einigen Beispielen wird auch gezeigt, was man falsch machen könnte. Für mich ist dieses Buch eine wertvolle Hilfe mit der ich meine Skizzen schnell und einfach erstellen und dann in Illustrator als Grafik umsetzen kann. Daher kann ich das Buch auch Leuten empfehlen, die keine Animationen machen sondern wie ich einfach nur zeichnen möchten.

livro maravilhoso, sempre quis ter. E ta em perfeito estado.

In the 1980s, when I was a Pratt student in Brooklin, I was experimenting with a super 8 camera. (Who remembers super 8 now, right?!) But with that I was able to try out the information on movement from veteran animater, Preston Blair! I love the old Disney classics, Pinnochio, Fantasia, etc. as well as the warner Brother cartoons and MGM cartoons and Blair contributed to Golden age of cartoons in the 40s and 50s! His drawings from Fantasia( the dancing hippo) and "Red" the sexy girl from "Red hot riding hood" are so inspiring to any wanna be animater! No one book can have everything you need to be a great animater and it takes a fasination with how people and animals move as well as dedication to finishing the work to improve but Blairs drawings are clear with simple direct communication! I have the original How to animate cartoons vol 1 and 2 and I have worn out the covers so it's great to have this later edition that combines the 2 books with new illustrations from this master animater! Pages 80 to 87 include drawings of a wicked witch, cute kids and a pretty heroine that are not in the earlier volumes. The witch drawings have strong "wicked" attitude with evil poses and hand gestures that say "witch!" while the heroine drawings have that pretty Dorothy damsel quality from the Wizard of Oz! I also think of Wendy from Disney's Peter Pan. Blair made what he did look easy when it certainly wasn't but the pages make the art of animation accessable and understandable and fun to draw! Pages 184 and 185 show his drawings of the Honeymooners and the character and attitude of Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton are clearly there! And we all know that the Flintstones are Hanna and Barbera's stone age version of that classic series. The pages that show run , walk, gallop, sneak cycles etc are drawn so they can be easily adapted to any character you can imagine and draw! I'm so glad to have this mint condition book to go with my earlier Blair vol1 & 2 on animation at a good low price! There is great nostalgia in looking at these techniques today in the midst of all the CGI hype! Thanks Amazon. com!