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graphic design
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digital video and audio


978-2-88893-014-3
£25.00
Paperback with flaps
176 Pages
265 x 190 mm
August 2009

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Secrets of Digital Animation

A master class in innovative tools and techniques

by Steven Withrow

Secrets of Digital Animation sets out to demonstrate and showcase a range of cutting-edge work, new techniques, and influential practitioners within all forms of contemporary animation, from anime to flashware, and from animated shorts to machinima, offering creative hints and tips from the genre masters.

This book offers young practitioners, and those interested in broadening their skills, an insider’s view of the fast evolving work of animation; showcasing professionals and their creations, working methods, and inspiration, along with jargon-busting explanations and easy to follow demonstrations. Stunning examples of finished work are shown alongside conceptual drawings and works in progress. The book contains practical advice and case studies that explore the professional techniques behind designing innovative characters and fantastical worlds, and bringing them to life.

  • Explains professional processes with case studies and step-by-step work-throughs
  • Showcases the best contemporary animation from around the world
  • Explores the styles of anime, flashware, machinima, and animated shorts

About The Author

Steven Withrow is a writer and editor, and is the author of Character Design for Graphic Novels and Vector Graphics and Illustration. He studied creative writing, print and electronic publishing, and journalism at Roger Williams University and Emerson College and teaches children’s literature and sequential art in the continuing education program at Rhode Island School of Design.



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