The Animator’s Survival Kit
The definitive book on animation, from the Academy Award-winning animator behind Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Animation is one of the hottest areas of filmmaking today–and the master animator who bridges the old generation and the new is Richard Williams. During his more than forty years in the business, Williams has been one of the true innovators, winning three Academy Awards and serving as the link between Disney’s golden age of animation by hand and the new computer animation exemplified by Toy Story.
In this course we will focus on the fundamentals of digital drawing We'll begin by learning about some of the basic types of line and the tools used to create these lines. From there, we'll use both contour and blind contour lines to explore the basic shapes of an object and learn how construction lines can assist us in drawing these shapes. Next we'll learn what value is and discuss some techniques for creating value using line. Finally we'll practice simplifying more complex objects into basic shapes so that they are easier to draw.
In this DVD, David Finch reveals his step-by-step process for drawing hands and feet. He starts with simple block shapes, and moves on to more complex shapes before showing how to place fingers and toes correctly. David discusses common 
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