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This is a sticky post that I will update with all of the best animation books, guides, videos, etc. that I can find online.

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[–] THB@lemmy.film 1 points 1 year ago

Great list, the first 2 especially are my favorites! Couple more suggestions:

Stonehouse's Anatomy - honestly I've bought so many anatomy books and this can replace all of them. Wish I had it when I was starting out: https://superanius.com/products/stonehouse-anatomy-note

[–] Jonanim@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Character animation crash course - Eric goldberg

[–] wolfteeth@lemmy.film 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hultgren's The Art of Animal Drawing is really good, nice to see it highlighted here.

I'd like to suggest a couple more books:

Cartoon Animation by Preston Blair: A great introductory text for character animation, with lots of examples. If someone came to me with some basic cartooning skills and said they wanted to learn animation, I'd point them here first.
Character Animation Crash Course by Eric Goldberg: Some overlap with Blair's book, but includes more production skills.

[–] kingmongoose7877@lemmy.film 1 points 1 year ago

Seconding Blair's book. It's essential!