Basics Animation 03: Drawing for Animation

by Paul Wells

Overview

Basics Animation 03: Drawing for Animation introduces readers to the practice of drawing images for use in animation. It examines the thinking process and techniques involved with drawing characters, composition and movement, narrative and adaptation.

Drawing is a fundamental part of the preparatory stages of virtually all design-led projects. It is the core method by which ideas and concepts are envisaged and ultimately shared with collaborators, clients and audiences.

Aimed at students and those interested in entering the animation business, this book explores the pre-production work essential for producing great animation. It gives readers a real insight into this work through its outstanding range of images.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782940373703
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	12/01/2008
Series:	Basics Animation , #3
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	9.04(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Professor Paul Wells is director of the Animation Academy at Loughborough University. He has also lectured extensively in universities across the world on animation. Joanna Quinn is a major figure in world animation, receiving two Academy Award nominations and winning Emmys, Baftas, and Jury prizes worldwide. She lectures at universities and film schools in Britain and abroad. Les Mills was the course director in Film and Animation Production at the University of Wales. He now runs an animation production studio in Cardiff with Joanna Quinn. Les's work has received an Oscar nomination and won three Emmys.

Table of Contents

Introduction. How to get the most out of this book. Thinking about drawing: Observation; Perception; Memory; Interpretation; Representation; Imitation; Experimentation. Practice: Composition and perspective; Life and figure drawing; Movement and dynamics; Thinking animation; Drawing characters. Pre-production and production procedures: The inciting idea; Script; Storyboard; Scenes; 2D to 3D. Drawing and narrative: Sketchbooks as narrative resources; Character as narrative. Drawing and adaptation: Commercials; Literary adaptation and graphic narrative; Adapting aesthetics. Drawing characters and concepts: Frederic Back; Paul Driessen; Richard Reeves; Michael Dudok de Wit; Luis Cook; Gerrit van Dijk. Glossary. Notes on drawing. Conclusion. Bibliography. Filmography. Webography. Picture credits and acknowledgements.

Editorial Reviews

It covers a huge subject area in an accessible and readable way. The layout is good and helps the reader access areas of particular interest. The best thing about the book is the quality and relevance of the illustrations.
Samantha Moore, University of Wolverhampton, UK

This book is an excellent text explaining the importance of drawing for animation with relevant illustrations.
Diane Joyce, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK

This is an extraordinary book about drawing for animation. This is a book with significant amount of fully-colored and amazing pictures, and I personally would love to own it. This will be a perfect book for a course like "drawing for animation" or "storyboards and animation," etc.
Lien Fan Shen, University of Utah, USA

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