Presents the private notebooks, sketches and doodles of over 50 of the worlds most inventive, innovative and admired contemporary animators. From left-field satire to hit childrens TV series, from short animations for websites to full-scale, internationally distributed films, this title features an array of creative work.
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Rebecca Skelton –
I love this book so much! The different styles shown throughout are all so inspiring and quirky. Definitely the book to get if you are interested in anything to do with art or animation!
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I Wonder –
I own quite a few books about sketchbooks and work in the animation industry, so when I saw this I felt quite excited. However when I received it disappointment soon followed.
When you look at the pages it soon becomes apparent it’s a bad representation of what animators can do. Most of the artwork is something you might expect from GCSE students and I didn’t feel convinced a lot of the contents was even from sketchbooks. Also the artwork seemed to show very little about how it related to animation, they could have related to anything. From my experiences of animators they tend to show great creativity and draftsmanship. This book showed little of that, with hardly any examples of storyboards, strong character development or just animator’s working out problems on the page.
There were some exceptions, like Luis Cook’s work on the Pearce Sisters, but these examples were few and far between.
I sent it back as it felt shoddy and an insult to good independent animators.
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A. Addison –
Animation Sketchbooks is a weighty tome. It’s a visual feast of drawings, doodles, notes and the germs of ideas from some of the most important people working in animation today. A must for any animation enthusiast or practising animator.
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Juan Dalebrook –
I love this book.
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Adam Clements –
As an animator, I’m biased. But that said, this is one of the more inspiring books I’ve read and I don’t think that would be different if I weren’t an animator. It is also a beautifully presented book, with interesting interviews with/comments from the animators themselves. Highly highly recommended!
Rebecca Skelton –
I love this book so much! The different styles shown throughout are all so inspiring and quirky. Definitely the book to get if you are interested in anything to do with art or animation!
I Wonder –
I own quite a few books about sketchbooks and work in the animation industry, so when I saw this I felt quite excited. However when I received it disappointment soon followed.
When you look at the pages it soon becomes apparent it’s a bad representation of what animators can do. Most of the artwork is something you might expect from GCSE students and I didn’t feel convinced a lot of the contents was even from sketchbooks. Also the artwork seemed to show very little about how it related to animation, they could have related to anything. From my experiences of animators they tend to show great creativity and draftsmanship. This book showed little of that, with hardly any examples of storyboards, strong character development or just animator’s working out problems on the page.
There were some exceptions, like Luis Cook’s work on the Pearce Sisters, but these examples were few and far between.
I sent it back as it felt shoddy and an insult to good independent animators.
A. Addison –
Animation Sketchbooks is a weighty tome. It’s a visual feast of drawings, doodles, notes and the germs of ideas from some of the most important people working in animation today. A must for any animation enthusiast or practising animator.
Juan Dalebrook –
I love this book.
Adam Clements –
As an animator, I’m biased. But that said, this is one of the more inspiring books I’ve read and I don’t think that would be different if I weren’t an animator. It is also a beautifully presented book, with interesting interviews with/comments from the animators themselves. Highly highly recommended!