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The Animator's Survival Kit (Paperback)
by (shelved 237 times as animation)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,239 ratings — published 2001
The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 201 times as animation)
avg rating 4.37 — 5,001 ratings — published 1981
Cartoon Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as animation)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,156 ratings — published 1980
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 1: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as animation)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,560 ratings — published 2009
Timing for Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as animation)
avg rating 4.31 — 431 ratings — published 1981
Character Animation Crash Course!( DVD not included)
by (shelved 64 times as animation)
avg rating 4.35 — 387 ratings — published 2008
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 2: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as animation)
avg rating 4.47 — 977 ratings — published 2009
Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as animation)
avg rating 4.28 — 633 ratings — published 2008
Dream Worlds: Production Design for Animation: Production Design in Animation (Library Binding)
by (shelved 42 times as animation)
avg rating 4.33 — 553 ratings — published 2007
Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as animation)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,035 ratings — published 1989
The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as animation)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,515 ratings — published 2019
Acting for Animators: A Complete Guide to Performance Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as animation)
avg rating 4.12 — 224 ratings — published 2003
Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators (Force Drawing Series)
by (shelved 35 times as animation)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,025 ratings — published 2006
The Art of Pixar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as animation)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,510 ratings — published 2011
Animation (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 33 times as animation)
avg rating 4.51 — 474 ratings — published 2009
Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as animation)
avg rating 4.28 — 388 ratings — published 1980
The Animator's Workbook: Step-By-Step Techniques of Drawn Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as animation)
avg rating 4.15 — 207 ratings — published 1986
Setting the Scene: The Art & Evolution of Animation Layout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as animation)
avg rating 4.41 — 85 ratings — published 2011
Starting Point 1979-1996 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as animation)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,687 ratings — published 1996
The Alchemy of Animation: Making an Animated Film in the Modern Age (Disney Editions Deluxe (Film))
by (shelved 29 times as animation)
avg rating 4.43 — 312 ratings — published
The Art of Tangled (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as animation)
avg rating 4.41 — 7,161 ratings — published 2010
Story (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 28 times as animation)
avg rating 4.40 — 309 ratings — published 2008
Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as animation)
avg rating 4.07 — 11,925 ratings — published 2006
Layout & Background (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 26 times as animation)
avg rating 4.55 — 216 ratings — published 2011
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.20 — 106,515 ratings — published 2014
Framed Ink (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,174 ratings — published 2010
Creating Characters with Personality (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.22 — 465 ratings — published 2006
Disney's Art of Animation: From Mickey Mouse to Beauty and the Beast (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.21 — 826 ratings — published 1991
The Nine Old Men: Lessons, Techniques, and Inspiration from Disney's Great Animators (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as animation)
avg rating 4.43 — 187 ratings — published 2015
Design (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 24 times as animation)
avg rating 4.62 — 221 ratings — published 2010
Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as animation)
avg rating 4.00 — 71 ratings — published 2006
The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as animation)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,493 ratings — published 1975
The Art of Brave (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.42 — 2,926 ratings — published 2012
Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.01 — 134 ratings — published 1999
The Art of Up (Disney)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,771 ratings — published 2009
Creating 3-D Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as animation)
avg rating 4.24 — 157 ratings — published 1998
The Hidden Art of Disney's Golden Age: The 1930s (They Drew As They Pleased #1)
by (shelved 21 times as animation)
avg rating 4.27 — 371 ratings — published 2015
The Art of Spirited Away (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as animation)
avg rating 4.55 — 4,476 ratings — published 2001
The Art and Flair of Mary Blair (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as animation)
avg rating 4.31 — 987 ratings — published 2003
The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.60 — 209 ratings — published 2013
The Art of Ratatouille (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,212 ratings — published 2007
The Art of The Incredibles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,700 ratings — published 2004
Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as animation)
avg rating 4.50 — 248 ratings — published 2006
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse -The Art of the Movie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 4.70 — 1,621 ratings — published 2018
The World History of Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 4.03 — 100 ratings — published 2011
Prepare to Board! Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 4.36 — 106 ratings — published 2007
Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation (Focal Press Visual Effects and Animation)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 3.99 — 100 ratings — published 2003
Elemental Magic, Volume I: The Art of Special Effects Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 4.38 — 117 ratings — published 2009
Animation Now! (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 3.62 — 143 ratings — published 2004
Treasures of Disney Animation Art (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 4.30 — 96 ratings — published 1982
“Any time you design a character for a Disney picture, especially a fairy tale, it's going to become the definitive design for that character, so you don't want to hack something out. You need to put in the kind of care it warrants if it's going to live in history.”
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“More than one person told us that we simply couldn't pull it off. Luckily, we had a crew who believed in Avatar as much as we did, and they were dedicated to helping us try to prove the skeptics wrong.”
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