 | Cartoon Animation (The Collector's Series) by Preston Blair
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $5.00 A bible for the beginer, very useful and easily written. Generations learned how to animate, reading this book.
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 | The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $11.15 An unique book from a master of the animation trade
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 | Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation by Giannalberto Bendazzi
Buy new: $45.85 / Used from: $15.48 The most complete text ever written about the subject;
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 | The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation by Ollie Johnston
Buy new: $40.50 / Used from: $35.98 A must.The most brilliant and useful book written by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston
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 | The Art of Monster, Inc. by Pete Doctor
Buy used from: $119.87 Nicely and richly illustrated, this book proves the importance of mastering the design thecniques in digital animation.
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 | The Animator's Workbook: Step-By-Step Techniques of Drawn Animation by Tony White
Buy used from: $5.51 The author provides the foundation for apprenticeship training in order to preserve the animator's craft.
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 | Animation: From Script to Screen by Shamus Culhane
Buy new: $15.56 / Used from: $2.43 Though this is not a book full of illustrations and color is one of the most serious about the art of animation.
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 | Acting in Animation: A Look at 12 Films by Ed Hooks
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $14.99 Acting is so important in animation, but you will not find many books about the theme, this is one of them, and it's a very interesting book.
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 | The Art of Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $13.99 Hayao Miyazaki is the most significative creator of the modern Japanise animation; it's an unique privilege to read abou the secrets of his technique.
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 | Muybridge's Complete Human and Animal Locomotion: All 781 Plates from the 1887 Animal Locomotion: New Volume 3 (Reprint of original volumes 9-11) by Eadweard Muybridge
Buy used from: $157.73 This is a must. It shows all the pictures from the pioneer Muybridge, with excellent quality, considering the time they were shot.
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 | The Animation Book: A Complete Guide to Animated Filmmaking--From Flip-Books to Sound Cartoons to 3- D Animation by Kit Laybourne
Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $3.61 A multilevel book, very important for the beginner, only B&W illustrations, but full of them.
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 | Cartoon Animation: Introduction to a Career by Milton Gray
Buy used from: $0.01 A book with very useful information to all who are aspiring to become a professional animator.
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 | Timing for Animation by Harold Whitaker
Buy used from: $22.71 Full of illustrative drawings, this is very good guide for the beginner.
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 | Force: The Key to Capturing Life Through Drawing by Mike Mattesi
Buy used from: $24.99 If you want to be a 2D or 3D animator, you must have a good skill in draw human figure in motion; this book will help you in being successfull in this task.
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 | The Art of 3-D : Computer Animation and Imaging, 2nd Edition by Isaac Victor Kerlow
Buy used from: $0.50 An excellent book that hits the target for beginners of CG and also great reference book for veterans as well.
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