Make your own anime with this unique introductory guide to Japanese animation. You'll learn every stage of the animation process from scripting and storyboarding to preparing and distributing your film. Everything is clearly explained with step-by-step tutorials and packed with color screengrabs, stills and artwork illustrating every technique and process, including: * Hand-painting characters and backgrounds on to separate cel layers* Working with 3D graphics* Using digital pen-and-tone techniquesApply the core style elements and visual language of anime to your own work and learn to:* Simplify characters without losing their impact* Create exaggerated facial expressions* Use shadows and shading for dramatic effects* Add lip syncing and speed lines to convey movement

Making Anime: Create mesmerising manga-style animation with pencils, paint and pixels

Computers & Technology

Scott-Baron, Hayden

Patmore, Chris

Hang Li, Chi

Programming

Routledge

Animation is one of the most creative and exciting areas of filmmaking - but if you're new to the subject, where do you start? This complete animation course shows you how and more, covering everything from the art of storytelling - the secret of all great animation - to cel, stop action and 3D computer-generated animations. Richly illustrated with animation stills, screen-grabs and artworks, this book is a resource for beginner and advanced animators, and should be a source of inspiration for those who commission animated films.

The Complete Animation Course : The Principles, Practice and Techniques of Successful Animation

Cowan, Finlay

Humor & Entertainment

Gardners Books

This carefully structured book is an introduction to the filmmaking process. It teaches a full range of basic filmmaking skills for anyone interested in creating short films for private screenings, festivals, competitions and broadcast on television or the web. From initial planning to assembling a cast and crew, this book provides all the information you need to get your movie up and running. Practical projects give experience of working in a range of different genres, from ten-minute documentaries to pop videos and action sequences. There is also professional advice on how to get your film seen.

Get Started in Short Filmmaking: Principles, Practice and Techniques: an Inspirational Guide for the Aspiring Filmaker (Professional Media Practice)

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Methuen Drama

Desktop computer artists will find a wealth of information in this heavily illustrated book. It instructs in the principles, practice, and techniques of successful animation. The author covers all forms of animation, starting with the basics of making sketches in flip books, and concluding with the latest developments in computer-generated imagery. He demonstrates with practical examples that utilize key areas of modern animationï¿½cell art, stop-action with clay or plastic models, and 3D computer-generated and web-based animations. This volumeï¿½s six chapters cover the following topics: The art of story telling and storyboarding . . . How to create stop-action animation . . . Simple cell animation, the technique for simple movie cartoon sequences . . . Full cell animation, as used by Disney, Warner Brothers, and similar studios . . . Web animation for showcasing your skill over the Internet . . . and Computer modeling and animation, including 3D modeling. The bookï¿½s concluding sections discuss modern hardware and software, with emphasis on affordable beginnersï¿½ equipment. Also provided is an overview of the animation industry and its applications to movies, TV, and computer games. More than 250 instructive illustrations enhance this fascinating how-to volume.

The Complete Animation Course: The Principles, Practice, and Techniques of Successful Animation

Arts & Photography

B E S Pub Co

Graphic artists who open this scintillating tutorial discover the beauty secrets of cartoon bombshells, then learn how to give them active roles in stories. Step-by-step illustrations show female anatomy and proportion, ways to render poses and body shapes, and methods to exaggerate or simplify female shapes for special effects. Artists learn to create convincing drawings of seductive supergirls, action heroines, sexy cyberpunks, feisty Manga babes, and other types. Instruction includes methods for drawing facial features, head-turning hairstyles, and fantasy wardrobes with eye-popping metal bikinis and skin-tight jumpsuits. A historical overview of females in animation and comics covers styles from Betty Boop to Tank Girl. The author explains the importance of storytelling in art and discusses ways to develop story concepts before starting to draw. Chapters that follow focus on choosing art equipment (pencils, papers, brushes, inks, paints, and pixels), selecting appropriate drawing styles to match characters' personalities, rendering different feminine types, from goddess to the girl next door, and more.The book concludes with a brief survey of the business of commercial art, with advice on how and where to sell finished work, how to draw characters to order, and how artists can protect their rights. More than 200 flamboyant, full-color illustrations.

How to Draw Fantasy Females: Create Sexy Cyberpunks, Seductive Supergirls, And Raunchy All-action Heroines

Graphic Design

Moviemaking Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: The Ultimate Guide for the Aspiring Filmmaker

This information-packed volume helps filmmaking students master a wide range of techniques, and then shows them how to put their skills into practice. Its main focus is on short movies, ranging in length from 15 seconds to 15 minutes, and intended for private screenings, festivals, competitions, or broadcasts on TV or the Web. All essential equipment and techniques are clearly explained with diagrams and step-by-step photos. Novice filmmakers learn to formulate story ideas, shoot footage, edit, lay down soundtracks, and add special effects. The book presents practical projects and exercises that give students the opportunity for hands-on experience. They also get advice on putting together a showreel and getting their finished film seen. Printed in full-color throughout, this instructive volume features more than 400 how-to photos and illustrations.

Movie making Course: Principles, Practice, And Techniques : the Ultimate Guide for the Aspiring Filmmaker

Movies

Art students learn to reproduce the distinctive style and vibrant colors that characterize Japanese movie animation--or anime. The author explains every stage in the creative process, from storyboarding to preparing and distributing the finished movie or video. Step-by-step tutorials demonstrate fundamental skills, such as hand-painting characters and backgrounds on separate cel layers, working with 3D graphics, and using digital pen-and-tone techniques. Separate chapters focus on stylistic techniques, animation basics such as characters' movements and lip synching, application of styles that comprise fundamentals of animated visual grammar, and other vital topics for successful movie animation. This very useful manual features more than 400 instructive color illustrations.

Complete Guide to Anime Techniques: Create Mesmerizing Manga-style Animation With Pencils, Paint, And Pixels

Li, Chi Hang

Baron, Hayden Scott

Inventez vos personnages: BD - Fantasy - Animation

EYROLLES

Curso completo de animación: Los principios, práctica y técnicas de una animación exitosa

EDITORIAL ACANTO S.A.

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