 | The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $12.60 Lots of good info and methods
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 | Acting for Animators by Ed Hooks
Buy used from: $15.00 Good acting tips on giving your character emotion
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 | Animation: From Script to Screen by Shamus Culhane
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $2.66 Some tips here you won't find elswhere
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 | Inspired 3D Character Animation by Kyle Clark
Buy used from: $16.96 Very good industry tips applying directly to computer character animation. For some additional tutorial stuff, I'd recommend www.keithlango.com/tutorials
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 | Cartoon Animation (The Collector's Series) by Preston Blair
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $9.45 More methods and techniques (there's an online version too)
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 | The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation by Ollie Johnston
Buy new: $40.50 / Used from: $33.49 Several lifetimes of animation knowledge boiled down into one book.
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 | The Animator's Workbook: Step-By-Step Techniques of Drawn Animation by Tony White
Buy used from: $4.76 I kind of skimmed through this one at school
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 | Timing for Animation by Harold Whitaker
Buy used from: $29.60 I haven't read, but would like to improve my timing skills
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 | Laban for Actors and Dancers: Putting Laban's Movement Theory Into Practice: A Step-by-Step Guide by Jean Newlove
Buy used from: $11.88 Interesting exercises and ideas to help you get out of your chair and get your body moving
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 | Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre by Keith Johnstone
Buy new: $20.84 / Used from: $13.95 I've not read it, but I hear the chapter on status is worth the price of the book
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 | Creating Unforgettable Characters by Linda Seger
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $2.22 Help creating interesting characters. I've only read a bit of it though
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 | Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right by Jason Osipa
Buy used from: $5.00 Method of facial animation that's based on combining facial movements and observation, rather than creating shapes from scratch
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 | Michael Caine - Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making (The Applause Acting Series) Revised Expanded Edition by Caine
Buy new: $7.65 / Used from: $6.25 Interesting ideas about acting. They say animating is acting
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 | Force: The Key to Capturing Life Through Drawing by Mike Mattesi
Buy used from: $48.37 I don't think I totally comprehend the concepts, but I know once I grasp it, it will be useful
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 | Muybridge's Complete Human and Animal Locomotion: New Volume 1 (Reprint of original volumes 1-4) by Eadweard Muybridge
Buy used from: $129.78 Muybridge's books are basically picture sequences of movement. I still need to check his stuff out.
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 | How to Create Animation by John Cawley
Buy used from: $5.60 This book has a bunch of interviews with animators and other jobs in the field of animation. It's kind of like the 'ask a pro' section at http://cgchar.toonstruck.com except for traditional animators
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 | Character Animation in 3D, : Use traditional drawing techniques to produce stunning CGI animation (Focal Press Visual Effects and Animation) by Steve Roberts
Buy used from: $21.00 I haven't gotten a chance to read this one so I don't really know anything about it.
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