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When I read this at the library, I knew this book was worth buying. I had started cartoon animation on my cartoon character (named Sam the Fearless Cat), but this book really helped my flat, stiff, animation come to life! Includes model sheets, little animation tricks, plenty of art work (almost like a video), and drawing the looneytunes characters. I highly recomend this book!
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My main complaint about most books on animation is that they don't really show you the crude nature of the drawings you actually animate with. The Preston Blair book, in most respects my favorite, starts with very worked out structural drawings. But for most of its life, right up until just before clean-up, an animated character is a stick figure based on the line of action with a few swirls to indicate the volumes of head, ribs, etc. This book covers all of those stages very well. And the senior animators at Disney start out and largely animate with very primitive forms and get those moving right before they worry about structure. Anyway, this book is 100% essential information, IMO. And I'm 39!
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Anyone who is a fan of animation knows the Looney Tunes. The Warner Bros. animation department developed and created so many memorable characters and cartoons, which have inspired many in the entertainment business.
This book covers many things in a light hearted and enjoyable way and is well worth having in your personal library. The art of hand drawn cel animation is a dying art, in today's production world of computer animation. But the principles of cel animation are important for any animation artist.
While there are many books which focus on the technical aspects of animation, there are very few which focus on the principles which make it an art. If your want to learn and understand what can make animation great, then you will find some valuable things in this book.
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...baby was a book instead of a person, then this book would be that baby. Is that right? Yes, yes it is.
You'll find the entire panopoly of Warner characters here,expertly rendered. Cervone is one of the country's finest art mentors,bar none. He actually spent time in IndoChina teaching animation and organic farming to the destitute. His teaching experience shines through.
Cervone's handling of Daffy Duck borrows heavily from Campbell's Transformational Mythology and his presentation of Taz and Sylvester echo the multi-linear story telling of Will Eisner as well as the cool refined lines of designer Linus Van Pelt. His portrayal of the Warner animation Universe is cinematic, almost Kurosawa-esque.
I've met Cervone on two seperate occasions. Once at a sconery on Martha's Vineyard and again on a bawdy singles cruise to the Greek Isles. I found him affable,chatty,knowledgeable and most shockingly,easy on the eyes, as he most resembles a crusty,grizzled Steve Gutenberg. I believe his eyepatch is purely for effect. Highly recommended!
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This book is really awesome. It has a super-light text and very beautiful drawings and sketches. I just love Looney Tunes since I was a kid.
But be warned: this book is not another Animator's Survival Kit. It is, really, for kids. The coolest thing in the book are the characters charts. Tons of info on how to draw your favorite Looney Tunes characters!
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