{"product_id":"cartoon-animation","title":"Preston Blair: Cartoon Animation [1994] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCartoon Animation, \u003c\/i\u003eacclaimed cartoon animator Preston Blair shares his vast practical knowledge to explain and demonstrate the many techniques of cartoon animation. By following his lessons, you can make any character-person, animal, or object-come to life through animated movement!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnimation\u003c\/b\u003e is the process of drawing and photographing a character in successive positions to create lifelike movement. \u003cb\u003eAnimators bring life \u003c\/b\u003eto their drawings, making the viewer believe that the drawings actually think and have feelings. \u003ci\u003eCartoon Animation \u003c\/i\u003ewas \u003cb\u003ewritten by an animator\u003c\/b\u003e to help you learn how to animate. The pioneers of the art of animation learned many lessons, most through trial and error, and it is this body of knowledge that has established the \u003cb\u003efundamentals of animation. \u003c\/b\u003eThis book will teach you these fundamentals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Animators must first know how to draw; good drawing is the cornerstone of their success. The animation process, however, involves much more than just good drawing. This book teaches all the other knowledge and skills animators must have. In \u003cb\u003echapter one, \u003c\/b\u003ePreston Blair shows how to \u003cb\u003econstruct original cartoon characters,\u003c\/b\u003e developing a character's shape, personality, features, and mannerisms. The \u003cb\u003esecond chapter \u003c\/b\u003eexplains how to \u003cb\u003ecreate movements \u003c\/b\u003esuch as running, walking, dancing, posing, skipping, strutting, and more. \u003cb\u003eChapter three\u003c\/b\u003e discusses the\u003cb\u003e finer points of animating\u003c\/b\u003e a character, including creating key character poses and in-betweens. \u003cb\u003eChapter four\u003c\/b\u003e is all about \u003cb\u003edialogue,\u003c\/b\u003e how to create realistic mouth and body movements, and facial expressions while the character is speaking. There are \u003cb\u003ehelpful diagrams\u003c\/b\u003e in this chapter that show mouth positions, along with a thorough explanation of how sounds are made using the throat, tongue, teeth, and lips. Finally, the \u003cb\u003efifth chapter\u003c\/b\u003e has clear explanations of a variety of \u003cb\u003etechnical topics, \u003c\/b\u003eincluding tinting and spacing patterns, background layout drawings, the cartoon storyboard, and the synchronization of camera, background, characters, sound, and music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Full of \u003cb\u003eexpert advice\u003c\/b\u003e from Preston Blair, as well as\u003cb\u003e helpful drawings and diagrams, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eCartoon Animation\u003c\/i\u003e is a book no animation enthusiast should be without.","brand":"Blair, Preston","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49210083705171,"sku":"XV81560100843","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/blair-preston-cartoon-animation-xv81560100843-58269210607955.jpg?v=1727635443","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/cartoon-animation","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}