221 books
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Animation Books
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The Animator's Survival Kit (Paperback)
by (shelved 230 times as animation)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,028 ratings — published 2001
The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 192 times as animation)
avg rating 4.37 — 4,916 ratings — published 1981
Cartoon Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as animation)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,150 ratings — published 1980
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 1: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as animation)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,562 ratings — published 2009
Timing for Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 64 times as animation)
avg rating 4.31 — 425 ratings — published 1981
Character Animation Crash Course!( DVD not included)
by (shelved 63 times as animation)
avg rating 4.35 — 385 ratings — published 2008
Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as animation)
avg rating 4.27 — 611 ratings — published 2008
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes: Volume 2: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as animation)
avg rating 4.47 — 978 ratings — published 2009
Dream Worlds: Production Design for Animation: Production Design in Animation (Library Binding)
by (shelved 40 times as animation)
avg rating 4.32 — 549 ratings — published 2007
Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as animation)
avg rating 4.34 — 967 ratings — published 1989
Acting for Animators: A Complete Guide to Performance Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as animation)
avg rating 4.13 — 223 ratings — published 2003
The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as animation)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,258 ratings — published 2019
Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators (Force Drawing Series)
by (shelved 34 times as animation)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,990 ratings — published 2006
The Art of Pixar (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as animation)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,498 ratings — published 2011
The Animator's Workbook: Step-By-Step Techniques of Drawn Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as animation)
avg rating 4.14 — 205 ratings — published 1986
Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as animation)
avg rating 4.28 — 378 ratings — published 1980
Setting the Scene: The Art & Evolution of Animation Layout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as animation)
avg rating 4.43 — 82 ratings — published 2011
Animation (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 30 times as animation)
avg rating 4.51 — 475 ratings — published 2009
The Art of Tangled (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as animation)
avg rating 4.41 — 7,100 ratings — published 2010
Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as animation)
avg rating 4.07 — 11,404 ratings — published 2006
The Alchemy of Animation: Making an Animated Film in the Modern Age (Disney Editions Deluxe (Film))
by (shelved 26 times as animation)
avg rating 4.42 — 309 ratings — published
Framed Ink (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,009 ratings — published 2010
Creating Characters with Personality (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.21 — 462 ratings — published 2006
Story (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.40 — 306 ratings — published 2008
Starting Point 1979-1996 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,607 ratings — published 1996
Disney's Art of Animation: From Mickey Mouse to Beauty and the Beast (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as animation)
avg rating 4.21 — 825 ratings — published 1991
Creating 3-D Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.23 — 153 ratings — published 1998
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.21 — 101,674 ratings — published 2014
Layout & Background (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.55 — 213 ratings — published 2011
The Art of Brave (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.42 — 2,924 ratings — published 2012
The Art of Up (Disney)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.43 — 1,761 ratings — published 2009
The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as animation)
avg rating 4.14 — 2,481 ratings — published 1975
Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as animation)
avg rating 4.02 — 130 ratings — published 1999
Design (Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Archive Series)
by (shelved 21 times as animation)
avg rating 4.63 — 217 ratings — published 2010
Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as animation)
avg rating 4.00 — 71 ratings — published 2006
The Art and Flair of Mary Blair (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as animation)
avg rating 4.31 — 969 ratings — published 2003
The Nine Old Men: Lessons, Techniques, and Inspiration from Disney's Great Animators (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as animation)
avg rating 4.43 — 177 ratings — published 2015
The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.61 — 204 ratings — published 2013
The Art of Ratatouille (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,198 ratings — published 2007
The Art of The Incredibles (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,695 ratings — published 2004
The Art of Spirited Away (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as animation)
avg rating 4.55 — 4,312 ratings — published 2001
Elemental Magic: The Art of Special Effects Animation (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as animation)
avg rating 4.37 — 110 ratings — published 2009
The Hidden Art of Disney's Golden Age: The 1930s (They Drew As They Pleased #1)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 4.26 — 364 ratings — published 2015
Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation (Focal Press Visual Effects and Animation)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 4.00 — 97 ratings — published 2003
Animation Now! (Taschen 25th Anniversary) (English and French and German Edition)
by (shelved 17 times as animation)
avg rating 3.62 — 142 ratings — published 2004
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse -The Art of the Movie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as animation)
avg rating 4.71 — 1,511 ratings — published 2018
The World History of Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as animation)
avg rating 4.03 — 95 ratings — published 2011
Disney's Aladdin The Making of an Animated Film (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as animation)
avg rating 4.40 — 345 ratings — published 1992
Prepare to Board! Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as animation)
avg rating 4.36 — 103 ratings — published 2007
Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in 1950s Animation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as animation)
avg rating 4.51 — 245 ratings — published 2006
“One of the significant aspects of Love, Death + Robots is that it offers up a buffet of the visual styles and technologies available in animation today.”
― The Art of Love, Death + Robots
― The Art of Love, Death + Robots
“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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