Recommended Readings | on the Web
Animator Island (www.animatorisland.com) Animation Resources (animationresources.org) Animation World Network (awn.com) Cartoon Brew (www.cartoonbrew.com) Sakuga Blog (blog.sakugabooru.com) Short of […]
Recommended Readings
10 posts
Learning Animation Readings
“The Animator’s Survival Kit” by Richard Williams (2001) “Cartoon Animation” by Preston Blair (1980) “Timing for Animation “by […]
CGI & Gaming Readings
“The Art of Pixar: 25th Anniversary: The Complete Color Scripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Animation” […]
Stop Motion Readings
“A Century of Stop Motion Animation: From Melies to Aardman” by Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton (2008) “Aardman […]
Anime Readings
“Anime: A History” by Jonathan Clements (2013) “Animated film in Japan until 1919: Western animation and the beginnings […]
Experimental and Independent Animation Readings
“Yuri Norstein and Tale of Tales: An Animator’s Journey” by Clare Kitson (2005) “Experimental Animation: From Analogue to […]
Soviet, Canadian, & European American Readings
“Cartoon Capers: The History of Canadian Animators” by Karen Mazurkewich (1999) “Soviet Animation and the Thaw of the […]
Disney & Other Large U.S. Studios Readings
“Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation” by Amid Amidi (2006) “Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its […]
Early Cinema & Animation Readings
“Felix: The Twisted Tale of the World’s Most Famous Cat” by John Canemaker (1991) “Muybridge’s Complete Human and […]
Global Overview Readings
“The World History of Animation” by Stephen Cavalier (2011) “A New History of Animation” by Maureen Furniss (2016) […]
