Timing for animation

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1. commienekoOct 2018
   Not exhaustive, or in any particular order:

   _Animator's Survival Kit_, by Richard Williams.

   _Illusion of Life_, by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.

   _Animation from Script to Screen_, by Shamus Culhane.

   _Natural Way to Draw_, by Kimon Nicolaïdes.

   _Creative Illustration_, by Andrew Loomis.

   _Timing for Animation_, by Harold Whitaker and John Halas.

   _Drawn to Life_, vols. 1 & 2, by Walt Stanchfield.

   _Character Animation Crash Course!_, by Eric Goldberg.

   _Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation, by Wayne Gilbert.

   _The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design_, by Tod Polson.

   _Elemental Magic: The Art of Effects Animation_, vols. 1 & 2, by Joseph Gilland.

   _Story Boarding Essentials_, byDavid Harland Rousseau.

   _Directing the Story_, by Francis Glebas.

   _Animated Storytelling_, by Liz Blazer.

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2. GuiAMay 2014
   I own all of the books mentioned above, as well as the flipbooks. They're really great, but you have to have a certain appreciation of animation beforehand to enjoy the details. It's really just the flipbooks - no accompanying text or anything. It gives you great insight into how talented animators animated certain movements, but you have to know what to look out for.

   Not Disney, but the Animator's Survival Kit is also heavily recommended. Also recommended: Timing for Animation. I also have been meaning to check out "Elemental Magic" (2 volumes, about animating substances such as water, fire, etc.), and "Setting the Scene".

   /signed a computer scientist who wishes he can retire and attend CalArts on his startup millions ;)

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