By
Tony White, is a renowned animator, director, professor, lecturer, and author. He has been in the animation industry for over 30 years, and currently
teaches 2D animation and oversees principal animation production classes at DigiPen Institute of Technology.
Description
Just add talent!
Award-winning animator Tony White brings you the ultimate book for digital animation. Here you will find the classic
knowledge of many legendary techniques revealed, paired with information relevant to today's capable, state-of-the-art technologies.
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.
The book's enclosed CD-Rom presents classic moments from animation's history
through White's personal homage to traditional drawn animation, "Endangered Species." Using movie clips and still images from the film,
White shares the 'making of' journal of the film, detailing each step, with scene-by-scene descriptions, technique by technique. Look
for the repetitive stress disorder guide on the CD-Rom, called, "Mega-hurts." Watch the many movie clips for insights into the versatility
that a traditional, pencil-drawn approach to animaton can offer.
Audience:
Practicing animators of all levels: traditional, 2D, and 3D, web animators, broadcast animators, and games animators - strong market of students and professionals.
