Animation Books

New and Published Books

1. Ideas for the Animated Short

   Finding and Building Stories, 2nd Edition

   By Karen Sullivan, Karen Sullivan, Kate Alexander, Kate Alexander, Aubry Mintz, Ellen Besen

   From demo reel creation to festival shorts, students and professionals alike are creating animated shorts that are dynamic and eye catching but the time constraints of these shorts are challenging in their own right. The unique format of the animated short of two to five minutes in length presents...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Focal Press
2. Rig it Right! Maya Animation Rigging Concepts

   By Tina O'Hailey

   Rigging a character can be a complicated undertaking. Move from a bi-pedal character to a quad- or poly-pedal and, well, things just got real. Where do you begin? Unlike all of those button-pushing manuals out there, Rig it Right! breaks down rigging so that you can achieve a fundamental...

   Published February 25th 2013 by Focal Press
3. Getting Started in 3D with 3ds Max

   Model, Texture, Rig, Animate, and Render in 3ds Max

   By Ted Boardman

   Learning a 3D visualization software is a daunting task under any circumstances and while it may be easy to find online tutorials that tell you what to do to perform certain tasks you'll seldom learn "why" you are performing the steps. This book approaches training from a top-down perspective way...

   Published July 31st 2012 by Focal Press
4. How to Cheat in Maya 2013

   Tools and Techniques for Character Animation

   By Eric Luhta, Kenny Roy

   All professional animators know a handful of secrets that give them an edge in a production environment. "How to Cheat in Maya" puts these secrets in your hands! Learn time and energy-saving techniques tested in real Hollywood productions in this book, jam-packed with screenshots and scene files...

   Published July 8th 2012 by Focal Press
5. Stop Motion - Tradução Da 2ª Edição

   By Susannah Shaw

   To make great animation, you need to know how to control a whole world: how to make a character, how to make that character live and be happy or sad. You need to create four walls around them, a landscape, the sun and moon - a whole life for them. You have to get inside that puppet and first make...

   Published March 20th 2012 by Focal Press
6. Social Game Design

   Monetization Methods and Mechanics

   By Tim Fields, Brandon Cotton

   Social Game Design reveals what you need to know in order to create and monetize online social games. Using examples from successful game designs, you'll learn what makes these games compelling, and why people will pay to play them. This book will inspire you to apply these...

   Published December 11th 2011 by CRC Press
7. Criando Arte De Jogos 3d Para Iphone Com Unity

   By Wes McDermott

   Revolutionize your iPhone and iPad game development with Unity iOS, a fully integrated professional application and powerful game engine, which is quickly becoming the best solution for creating visually stunning games for Apple's iDevices easier, and more fun for artists. From concept to...

   Published November 17th 2011 by Focal Press
8. 3D Game Textures

   Create Professional Game Art Using Photoshop, 3rd Edition

   By Luke Ahearn

   A broadly enhanced new edition of Luke Ahearn's cornerstone game art book "3D Game Textures" is here. When digital art software was in its infancy, most digital art, especially vector art, was textureless. With the advance in software, it is now possible to incorporate texture into most types of...

   Published October 16th 2011 by Focal Press
9. Maya Python for Games and Film

   A Complete Reference for Maya Python and the Maya Python API

   By Adam Mechtley, Ryan Trowbridge

   Maya Python for Games and Film is the first book to focus exclusively on how to implement Python with Maya. Written by trusted authorities in the field, this in-depth guide will help you master Maya Python, whether you're a seasoned technical artist looking to make the transition from MEL to Python...

   Published September 27th 2011 by CRC Press
10. Acting for Animators

    By Ed Hooks

    Ed Hooks' indispensable acting guidebook for animators has been fully updated and improved! Hooks uses basic acting theory to explain everything from character movement and facial expressions to interaction and scene construction. Just as acting on film and on stage are very different disciplines...

    Published August 8th 2011 by Routledge