Richard Williams Expanded Survival Kit
I usually don’t review books here on Spline Doctors, but since Richard was nice enough to do a great Spline Cast with us, I wanted to talk about his new Expanded Edition Animation Survival Kit. Most animation students have the first book. It has so many great tidbits of information. The new book looks to be twice as thick and has so much more info, its a must have for animation students and professionals. I have been paging through it and some of the stuff I really like are the example of animal action. Fellow animator Holger has some examples of the images on his blog… I’m not sure if its out yet, but when it does come out, its a great book to have.
-Andrew
Dave
This looks great! Thanks for the heads up.
Andrew Cothill
I just bought this the other week and it’s so clear and concise. I feel it’s going to become a life long reference book.
Nathan
Fantastic! I read the first book and loved it, but it wasnt until I read it again and actually started understanding what Richard was explaining that I truly got the value in it.
Thanks for letting us know about the new edition!
Josh Bowman
Yeah, definitely be picking this up soon! Wish I’d bought it sooner though, I was just animating a horse ^_^
Herman G.
Cool the 1st one I have already split in the binding and is ready to retire..Just in time, plus with more addition, very cool. Thanks for the heads up.
Grant
Fine for technical information, but Richard Williams isn’t particularly known for his great CHARACTER animation. He’s so caught up in the details, that story and character–and thereby good acting–fall by the wayside.
NOT to say that the basics posited in this book aren’t valuable. It’s a good beginners book.
Jonah Sidhom
Grant: I agree with you, but can you even learn those things from a book? Technical info belongs in books, but I always thought character animation is something that needs to be learned through direct observation and practice.