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Favorite Reading Materials

The Animator's Survival Kit Cover

The Animator's Survival Kit

The Academy Award-winning artist draws on his master instruction classes to demonstrate essential techniques required of animators of any skill level or method, in an updated edition that provides expanded coverage of such topics as animal gaits and live action.

Contents: 

Why this book? -- Drawing in time -- Time to draw -- It's all in the timing and the spacing -- Lesson 1 -- Advancing backwards to 1940 -- More on spacing -- Walks -- Runs, jumps and skips -- Flexibility -- Weight -- Anticipation -- Takes and accents -- Timing, staggers, wave and whip -- Dialogue -- Acting -- Animal action -- Directing -- Review -- The enlarged edition.

Animation Magazine Jan 2020

Animation Magazine (Flipster)

Based in Los Angeles, California, Animation Magazine has been covering the art, technology and business of animation and visual effects for more than 25 years. This monthly print publication and online daily news site offers informative and insightful in-depth articles as well as timely news items about this highly influential world to readers all over the world. Editorial covers all forms of animation including information on film, television, gaming, anime, technology, commercials, conferences, events and trends in the animation industry including education and training. www.animationmagazine.net.

Art Journaling Cover Autumn 2024

Art Journaling (Flipster)

In each 144-page issue of Art Journaling, artists open their journals and share creative techniques for capturing their emotions. From stamping and collage art to painting and sketching, each journal is filled with innovative techniques that you'll want to try in your own art journal. Detailed photos and commentary will help you discover your journaling style, with hints and tricks for creating a stand-out page

Artists Back To Basics Cover July 2024

Artists Back To Basics (Flipster)

Artists Back to Basics is an entry level magazine for all artists. From setting up a studio to what easel to choose it's a must for all artists. Featuring the latest in news, reviews and products from the art world as well as exhibition previews and reviews

Favorite Movies

Spirited Away Movie Poster

Spirited Away

When a young girl gets trapped in a strange new world of spirits, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and rescue her parents

My Neighbor Totoro Movie Poster

My Neighbor Totoro

Two young sisters spend a summer in the Japanese countryside with their father. The children's strange new home turns out to be a wonderland filled with creatures and a trio of furry woodland sprites who can only be seen by children.

Song of the Sea Movie Poster

Song of the Sea

When Saoirse and Ben's mother mysteriously disappears into the ocean, the two children go on an epic journey to find out the truth about her, and in the process, discover mystical secrets about both their mother and Saoirse herself. The film takes inspiration from the mythological Selkies of Irish folklore, who live as seals in the sea but become humans on land.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse Movie Poster

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse

Miles Morales becomes the masked superhero of his reality and crosses paths with his counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat to all reality.

Sully Movie Poster

Sully

On Thursday, January 15th, 2009, the world witnessed the "Miracle on the Hudson" when Captain Chesley Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career.

Ponyo Movie Poster

Ponyo

When a feisty baby goldfish/mermaid called Ponyo runs away from her home in the sea, she ends up stranded on the shore and is rescued by Sosuke, a human boy who lives on a nearby clifftop. Ponyo yearns to become human herself so that she can be with Sosuke, but many obstacles stand in her way.

Kiki's Delivery Service Movie Poster

Kiki's Delivery Service

On her 13th birthday, a young witch named Kiki must fly away from home to a new city to find her niche in life. Accompanied by her chatty cat, Jiji, she starts a flying service and discovers lots of fun-filled escapades and meets plenty of new friends.

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