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The Animator's Survival Kit (Paperback)
by (shelved 233 times as animation)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,148 ratings — published 2001
The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 198 times as animation)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,953 ratings — published 1981
Cartoon Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as animation)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,152 ratings — published 1980
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 1: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 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 — 429 ratings — published 1981
Character Animation Crash Course!( DVD not included)
by (shelved 63 times as animation)
avg rating 4.35 — 384 ratings — published 2008
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 2: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 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 4.27 — 622 ratings — published 2008
Dream Worlds: Production Design for Animation: Production Design in Animation (Library Binding)
by (shelved 41 times as animation)
avg rating 4.33 — 553 ratings — published 2007
Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as animation)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,012 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 4.19 — 3,454 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 — 2,005 ratings — published 2006
The Art of Pixar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as animation)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,511 ratings — published 2011
Animation (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 32 times as animation)
avg rating 4.51 — 475 ratings — published 2009
Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as animation)
avg rating 4.28 — 385 ratings — published 1980
Starting Point 1979-1996 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as animation)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,674 ratings — published 1996
The Animator's Workbook: Step-By-Step Techniques of Drawn Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as animation)
avg rating 4.15 — 206 ratings — published 1986
Setting the Scene: The Art & Evolution of Animation Layout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as animation)
avg rating 4.42 — 84 ratings — published 2011
The Alchemy of Animation: Making an Animated Film in the Modern Age (Disney Editions Deluxe (Film))
by (shelved 29 times as animation)
avg rating 4.42 — 311 ratings — published
The Art of Tangled (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as animation)
avg rating 4.41 — 7,139 ratings — published 2010
Story (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 27 times as animation)
avg rating 4.40 — 308 ratings — published 2008
Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as animation)
avg rating 4.07 — 11,742 ratings — published 2006
Layout & Background (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.55 — 216 ratings — published 2011
Framed Ink (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,103 ratings — published 2010
Creating Characters with Personality (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.22 — 462 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 — 188 ratings — published 2015
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as animation)
avg rating 4.20 — 105,235 ratings — published 2014
Design (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.63 — 221 ratings — published 2010
The Art of Brave (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.42 — 2,923 ratings — published 2012
Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 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 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,489 ratings — published 1975
Creating 3-D Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as animation)
avg rating 4.23 — 154 ratings — published 1998
Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as animation)
avg rating 4.02 — 133 ratings — published 1999
The Art of Up (Disney)
by (shelved 22 times as animation)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,766 ratings — published 2009
The Art of Spirited Away (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as animation)
avg rating 4.55 — 4,399 ratings — published 2001
The Hidden Art of Disney's Golden Age: The 1930s (They Drew As They Pleased #1)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.26 — 368 ratings — published 2015
The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.60 — 207 ratings — published 2013
The Art of Ratatouille (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,210 ratings — published 2007
The Art and Flair of Mary Blair (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.31 — 983 ratings — published 2003
The Art of The Incredibles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,700 ratings — published 2004
The World History of Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 4.02 — 98 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 — 105 ratings — published 2007
Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation (Focal Press Visual Effects and Animation)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 4.01 — 98 ratings — published 2003
Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 4.50 — 247 ratings — published 2006
Elemental Magic, Volume I: The Art of Special Effects Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 4.38 — 116 ratings — published 2009
How to Make Animated Films: Tony White's Masterclass Course on the Traditional Principles of Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as animation)
avg rating 3.97 — 29 ratings — published 2009
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse -The Art of the Movie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as animation)
avg rating 4.71 — 1,585 ratings — published 2018
Animation Now! (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as animation)
avg rating 3.62 — 142 ratings — published 2004
“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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“If we all reacted the same way, we'd be predictable, and there's always more than one way to view a situation...It's simple: overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. It's slow death.”
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