Animation: The Whole Story

by Howard Beckerman

“A valuable and exhaustive guide.”—Animation World



Professional animator Howard Beckerman has drawn them all: Popeye, Heckle & Jeckle, even Mickey Mouse. In Animation, he offers a road map to the complex art of making an animated feature. Vivid sketches, screen shots, and step-by-step illustrations show how to make a drawing come to life, create storyboards, use form and color, develop a soundtrack, edit, and more. This new edition is also thoroughly updated to reflect the latest trends surrounding digital technology. Animation provides artists and aspiring filmmakers with everything they need to carve their niche in today’s quickly evolving animation industry.




• Contains a well-chosen portfolio of 437 visual examples and step-by-step instructions

• Copublished with the School of Visual Arts

Genres: Nonfiction

322 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 1989

Reviews

[Eric Helfman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good overview of animation, it covers history, techniques, and specific examples. it does go into some depth so this skews more towards someone who is a student or a reader with a desire to know more than the casual enthusiast. If one is looking for a broad overview that allows the reader chances to explore topics that require a bit more research outside the book to grasp the concepts, the. This book is relevant to you. I enjoyed the aspect of researching as I came across content such as I would come across artists, techniques and history I wanted to learn more about and this book gave me a good platform to start along with me continuing to search outside the book as well.