help before december!!!! looking for book

mnagaha · Post by **mnagaha** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:48 pm

hi everyone,

i want to buy a good book on the basics of animation.
i want it to be a good reference book
(something that i will not outgrow soon)
that will go into the basics of movement and things like storyboarding, character designing, animating in 1/2/3 etc.

i can spare about 40 US$

it should be available in the US now, i have a friend coming in December.

any titles that you recommend?

jahnocli · Post by **jahnocli** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:58 pm

"The Animators Survival Kit" by Richard Williams. Should be within your price range, and it is worth every penny.

Post by **Víctor Paredes** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:54 pm

jahnocli wrote:"The Animators Survival Kit" by Richard Williams. Should be within your price range, and it is worth every penny.

absolutely.

mkelley · Post by **mkelley** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:19 pm

Yep, you have to have this book.

You will never outgrow it, and the first few times you read it you probably won't be able to grasp much of what is written (but you WILL get some thing from it each and every time you go through it). No animator can be without this one, so it should at least start your library off.

mnagaha · Post by **mnagaha** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:48 pm

my friend is coming sooner than i expected.
had to make fast decision...
so since all of you recommend the same thing, i'm getting
"The Animators Survival Kit"

whoopie! can't wait!

thank you all for your help!!

Mikdog · Post by **Mikdog** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:24 pm

Good choice, you'll find it an invaluable aid in animation

mnagaha · Post by **mnagaha** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:50 am

FINALLY got it!! (there was some shipping problems)

what can i say.......

the mind is boggled !!!!!!

i dont know what i'v been doing all this time!

thanks all!!