The Animation Bible: A Practical Guide to the Art of Animating, from Flipbooks to Flash

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Unsurprisingly, drawing and sketching are skills integral to animation. Therefore, it’s crucial you get them right. Great sketches act as great planning, while high-quality drawings create characters and objects with realistic, convincing physical attributes and proportions. The Animation Bible' covers every conceivable animation process and technique, eplaining and exploring their use through case studies of eminent and cutting-edge animators of the past and present An animation pitch bible is a document that contains all the necessary and relevant information regarding your project. This compiles all of your pitch ideas into an easy-to-digest format for potential animation clients. The animation pitch bible can also help your clients recall your presentation at a later time at their convenience.

Future episodes. This also should be short and snappy. Not too much detail; just highlight the fun ideas you have, the dramas, the comedic situations and why the episodes will be interesting to watch. Preston Blair was a predominant animator in his time and worked in many big studios such as Disney and Hanna Barbera. He worked on famous scenes in the original Fantasia such as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice and the hippo – alligator dance.

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Straight ahead action:this is undoubtedly the most lengthy process of the two. Straight ahead action requires each individual frame of the animation to be drawn in sequence. While this takes as long as it sounds, it results in much more realistic and fluid movement, making for some truly stunning scenes. An animation pitch bible is an important document that organizes all of the elements of your presentation into a coherent and succinct format for your clients. Thanks to the format, it’s a great way for you to accurately describe the nature and themes of the animation project during your presentation. Being able to describe these elements in your animation pitch will not only help you accurately describe the project’s themes, but also provide your client with a better understanding of how the project will reflect their business’ mission and vision. Not just for action-adventure shows either, this goes for comedies as well. Just remember that if your target audience is children, not to make the villains too scary, mmkay? Just pretend he’s evil.

However, there are 3 books that need to be on the shelf of any aspiring animator, regardless of the type of animator they are. The Animator’s Survival Kit / Richard Williams Since hundreds of artists work on an animated feature together, they can’t just do whatever and guess what the director wants. They need key aspects to keep in mind when creating concepts. Keep reading to find out what makes a good art bible and how it may come in handy for individual artists like you! Who is an art bible for? This book (produced and written for Bloop Animation) is a step-by-step guide to becoming an animator (even if you’ve never animated before). The difference between an art bible for a featured project versus for personal style is that the visual style for a featured project should be established before creating the art bible. When making an art bible for personal use there should be room for updates as personal style often evolves. What does an art bible typically include? I basically wrote the book I wish I had when I was starting up with animation. It has all the information a person needs to find their way towards starting a career in animation.Here you'll discuss the world where your animated series takes place and some specific details why that is special or unique and why it affects your characters. Sometimes in a pitch bible, the setting comes before the character section (ex: you need to explain the setting first for your readers to have a better idea of what the characters are going to be like). 5. Episode Synopses/Story Springboards Movements that are affected by gravity follow an arcing path, as dictated by the laws of physics. As this applies to a great many movements, this principle should be kept in mind when animating. Don’t write generic descriptions for the characters in your pitch bible, even the supporting ones. Give them flaws. Make them interesting. Show their outlook on life, and what they think of the other characters. “Sally Sombrero can’t stand Freddy Fedora’s constant demand for high-fives.” An audience tends to sympathize with a character that is so obsessed with getting something, they go to great lengths to obtain it. That “it” could be a Red Ryder BB gun, the last slice of pizza, or revenge. Concepts based on current IPs: Basing a concept around an existing property—such as a book, comic, song, or famous identity can be an easier sell when pitching the idea. The reason is that it poses less of a risk to potential investors if the property already has a popular following.