I have the expanded edition and bought it mainly because it was recommended to me by a friend, and at the time I was doing a project based on the walk cycle. I cannot tell you how many times I used this book as reference, every type of walk cycle you need, human and animal, a run or a slow walk, a sneak or a tip-toe, and so many more…..
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It has a good section on ‘pressures and weight’ and how to draw your characters in positions that are realistic to their action. It shows you how the body holds itself whilst carrying objects, how the body moves while throwing, punching etc.
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There are lots of pages on facial expressions, lip-synching techniques, the timings needed and how the mouth looks whilst saying each sound and letter. Although I haven’t needed to use these YET, I have spent a lot of time looking at the information and it is fascinating.
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This book will help you a great deal with frame-by-frame animation and the timings of animation. Whether traditional or digital it really covers everything.
The illustrations are brilliant and the annotations are really informative. There is so much more than what I have described but hopefully it gives you a small insight to the book, and whether it may be right for you to buy for yourself.
382 pages…’A Manual of Methods, Principles and Formulas’……’For Classical, Computer Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animations’, Richard Williams.
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