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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060737131
ISBN-139780060737139
eBay Product ID (ePID)30510108
Product Key Features
Book TitleAnimation Art : from Pencil to Pixel, the World of Cartoon, Anime, and CGI
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral
Publication Year2004
GenreArt
AuthorJerry Beck
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight75.6 Oz
Item Length11.1 in
Item Width10.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"How can you not admire such an ambitious project that dares to chronicle the evolution of animation?" -- Animation Magazine
SynopsisThis large format, comprehensive, high quality and visually rich art book covers the history of animation throughout the world, focusing heavily on the North American creative engines of Disney, Warner and now the new, small production CGI houses.The book is divided into world regions to reveal the clear developments in each area, but heavy cross referencing will show the increasing internationalization of animation from the 1930's when the industry and creative imagination of Walt Disney began to infect artists and producers the world over, revealed most recently in The Matrix phenomenon where the bridge between the first and subsequent films, (Animatrix, nine animated shorts), was provided by a pioneering collaboration between US and Japanese animation studios. Beginning with the earliest in animation, we follow the few individuals who worked on their own to develop techniques that would soon transform animation into a mass-market phenomenon. In recent years, animation has been hugely impacted by the arrival of the computer, seen in films such as Toy Story and Shrek. Computers have pushed animation to the limit by achieving fine, detailed, real-world rendering techniques that challenge the next generation of animators.