Tony White's Animator's Notebook

Introduction

Imagine you have rummaged through the drawers of a dusty old studio animation desk and found inside a rare personal notebook that had in it all the core secrets of movement. Imagine if all those core secrets told you everything you’ll ever need to know to become a master animator yourself. Imagine that these notes were clearly written down, illustrated, and easy to understand—as if the author of the notebook wrote them down as he learned those key secrets from his own teacher. That is what I hope you’ll find when you open the pages of this book!

It has to be said that I have a passion for teaching animation—traditional or digital! In every book I’ve written I tried to consistently improve the ways I teach the core underlying principles ...