After seeing it mentioned several times in the forums, I finally broke down and ordered the Richard Williams book from Amazon.ca. It was delivered today and I sat down to start through it after dinner tonight.
I highly recommend using Google and Youtube to suppliment the read. I've been here all night (a few hours now), and I'm only on page 30. BUT, I've watched A BUNCH of classic and innovative animation and learned a little about some of the personalities that shaped the art. Cool stuff!
Scott
The Animator's Survival Kit ... Internet Age
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Perhaps you should also check out this thread over on the Animation Forum:
Download the videos from YouTube and study the pencil tests frame by frame.
As usual, I was a bit skeptical at first (as you can read in the thread), but the fine animators over there convinced me there is great value in studying these pencil tests.
As usual, I was a bit skeptical at first (as you can read in the thread), but the fine animators over there convinced me there is great value in studying these pencil tests.