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Re: Foundations of Animation

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Post by onlyrealcuzzo »

metakermit wrote: post #4

If you’re interested in this topic I really recommend The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams (the director of animation in Who Framed Roger Rabbit): https://www.amazon.com/Animators-Survival-Kit-Richard-Willia... Most of the points from the article seem to be derived from the stuff the book covers in more details.

Do you have any recommendations for someone who wants to learn to draw, but currently can't even scribble a decent stick figure?

Re: Foundations of Animation

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Post by mkl »

onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #11
metakermit wrote: post #4

If you’re interested in this topic I really recommend The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams (the director of animation in Who Framed Roger Rabbit): https://www.amazon.com/Animators-Survival-Kit-Richard-Willia... Most of the points from the article seem to be derived from the stuff the book covers in more details.

Do you have any recommendations for someone who wants to learn to draw, but currently can't even scribble a decent stick figure?

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, by Betty Edwards. Learning to draw is actually mostly about learning to see; not seeing the objects as we usually do, but seeing the light and shadow that form them.

Re: Foundations of Animation

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Post by mkl »

thedaemon wrote: post #10

Way to mess it up from the get go. #1 as Appeal is not even close. You don't do appeal as an animator, you are not a character designer. You give life to someone else's creations. The same goes for #2. Not a bad updated list otherwise.

There may be separate character designers in big productions, but that's not what this is aimed at. An individual learning to animate for their own purposes will almost certainly be both character designer and animator.

Also, from the article: "The sequence is not ordered by priority."

Re: Foundations of Animation

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Post by pcwalton »

onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #11
metakermit wrote: post #4

If you’re interested in this topic I really recommend The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams (the director of animation in Who Framed Roger Rabbit): https://www.amazon.com/Animators-Survival-Kit-Richard-Willia... Most of the points from the article seem to be derived from the stuff the book covers in more details.

Do you have any recommendations for someone who wants to learn to draw, but currently can't even scribble a decent stick figure?

These are really old, but I found them very helpful for beginning cartooning years ago: http://karmatoons.com/drawing/drawing.htm

Re: Foundations of Animation

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Post by egypturnash »

thedaemon wrote: post #9
egypturnash wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s a great resource if you like learning from a cranky old man who hates everything made after 1962 and is a serial child abuser. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/arianelange/john-kricfa...

Separate the art from the artist.

I worked under him while this was going on. Learnt a ton from him. He's very good at teaching the fundamentals of drawing for animation; I would not be the pro I am without his cruel tutelage.

When all the details came out of what he'd been doing to Robyn, Katie, and a long string of other women, all my art skills felt tainted and nasty.

I'd prefer to attach warnings to all mentions of his stuff, to help anyone looking to learn about drawing know what they are getting into.

Re: Foundations of Animation

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Post by si1verbu11et »

onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #11
metakermit wrote: post #4

If you’re interested in this topic I really recommend The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams (the director of animation in Who Framed Roger Rabbit): https://www.amazon.com/Animators-Survival-Kit-Richard-Willia... Most of the points from the article seem to be derived from the stuff the book covers in more details.

Do you have any recommendations for someone who wants to learn to draw, but currently can't even scribble a decent stick figure?

andrew loomis has really helped me, search on archive.org, the books are not in copyright anymore..

Re: Foundations of Animation

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Post by jessejmc »

onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #11
metakermit wrote: post #4

If you’re interested in this topic I really recommend The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams (the director of animation in Who Framed Roger Rabbit): https://www.amazon.com/Animators-Survival-Kit-Richard-Willia... Most of the points from the article seem to be derived from the stuff the book covers in more details.

Do you have any recommendations for someone who wants to learn to draw, but currently can't even scribble a decent stick figure?

Drawabox has some great exercises and starts by teaching the mechanical skills necessary for drawing.

https://drawabox.com/

Re: Foundations of Animation

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Post by avtar »

onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #11
metakermit wrote: post #4

If you’re interested in this topic I really recommend The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams (the director of animation in Who Framed Roger Rabbit): https://www.amazon.com/Animators-Survival-Kit-Richard-Willia... Most of the points from the article seem to be derived from the stuff the book covers in more details.

Do you have any recommendations for someone who wants to learn to draw, but currently can't even scribble a decent stick figure?

Check out the Traditional Drawing list here: https://www.ctrlpaint.com/library/
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