Shamus Culhane is one of the worlds best animators. He created the walk cycle of the seven dwarfs in snow white. He demonstrated each characters personality walking in a line. All the characters are in synch. Amazing. He explains the basics of animation. This book is a great way to understand the techniques of hand drawn animation. I have a few of the pages of this book Xeroxed and I keep them in my sketchbook. I have come across it in almost every animation studio and almost every animators bookshelf.
This book got me started in animation. Despite of a lot of helpful information, it also offers good excercises and points out other sources of great value. This book is written by the late former Disney artist who has been in the buisness from the first hour of animated cartoons. While all animation studios Ive worked at consider Frank Thomasand Olli Johnstons book "Illusion Of Life" as the animation bible, Culhanes book is a definate book for anyone who is just starting. It is also a great book for fans of the all time classic cartoons.
This book should be on every animator personal library. Its very interesting to read how everything it has to be done in a good animation studio. (Spanish)Este libro esta muy bueno, el texto te atrapa por lo interesante de laas anecdotas y lo bien planteados que estan los temas. No debe faltar en la biblioteca del buen animador.
