Animation from Pencils to Pixels: Classical Techniques for the Digital Animator (repost)

For the animation community, this is a masterwork. Tony White, who's done just about everything in this business, has captured a whole career of wisdom in one book. This is everything: principles, 2D and 3D technique, workflow, tools, business, job hunting, and above all, inspiration.

White's work is subtitled "Classical Techniques for Digital Animators," and that captures its spirit. It's no wonder Roy Disney wrote the foreword. White teaches lessons he first learned at the knees of some of history's greatest animators: the legends who brought Bugs Bunny to life, and Roadrunner, and Pinocchio, and Fantasia.

White leaves nothing out. What contemporary digital animators most need to know can be found between this book's covers - from conceptions to creation and through the many stages of the production pipeline to distribution. This book is intended to serve as your one-stop how-to animation guide. Whether you're new to animation or a very experienced digital animator, here you'll find fundamentals, key classical techniques, and professional advice that will strengthen your work and well-roundedness as an animator.

Speaking from experience, White presents time-honored secrets of professional animaton with a warm, masterly, and knowledgeable approach that has evolved from over 30 years as an award-winning animator/director.