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Visual Development Subject Guide
Visual Development
- Design essentials for the motion media artist: a practical guide to principles & techniques (2011)
- Setting the scene: the art & evolution of animation layout (2011)
- Animated performance: bringing imaginary animal, human, and fantasy characters to life (2010)
- Framed ink: drawing and composition for visual storytellers (2010)
- Layout and composition for animation (2010)
- Drawn to life: 20 golden years of Disney master classes (2009)
- The animator's survival kit (2009)
- Character animation crash course! (2008)
- The art of the storyboard: a filmmaker's introduction (2008)
- Visual thinking for design (2008)
- Animation from pencils to pixels: classical techniques for digital animators (2006)
Visual Storytelling
- Children's picturebooks: the art of visual storytelling (2012)
- Directing the story: professional storytelling and storyboarding techniques for live action and animation (2009)
- Dream worlds: production design for animation (2008)
- Graphic storytelling and visual narrative: principles and practices from the legendary cartoonist (2008)
- Cinematic storytelling: the 100 most powerful film conventions every filmmaker must know (2005)
- How to write for animation (2003)
Human Anatomy
- Figure drawing: the structure, anatomy, and expressive design of human form (2011)
- Classic human anatomy: the artist's guide to form, function, and movement (2009)
- The artist's complete guide to drawing the head (2004)
- The artist's guide to human anatomy (2004)
- Drawing people: how to portray the clothed figure (2003)
- Drawing the human head (2002)
- Anatomy lessons from the great masters (2000)
- The book of a hundred hands (1971)
Animal Anatomy
- Animal character design: grizzly bears (2011)
- Force: animal drawing: animal locomotion and design concepts for animators (2011)
- Animals real and imagined: the fantasy of what is and what might be (2010)
- Drawing and painting animals: the essential guide (2008)
- The cartoonist's big book of drawing animals (2008)
- Draw birds (2007)
- The Weatherly guide to drawing animals (2003)
- Vilppu animal drawing manual (1996)
- The art of animal drawing: construction, action analysis, caricature (1993)
Drawing Scenery & Props
- Spectrum: the best in contemporary fantastic art (Annual)
- The art of urban sketching: drawing on location around the world (2012)
- Mechanika: creating the art of science fiction with Doug Chiang (2008)
- Drawing & painting fantasy worlds (2006)
- Lift off : air vehicle sketches & renderings from the drawthrough collectio (2006)
- Fantasy art masters: the best in fantasy and SF art worldwide (1999)
- Art forms in nature (1974)
- How to draw trees (1972)
"Art Of" Books
- Snow White and the seven dwarfs :[the art and creation of Walt Disney's classic animated film] (2012)
- The art and making of Hotel Transylvania (2012)
- The art of Brave (2012)
- The art of DreamWorks Rise of the guardians (2012)
- The art of Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
- The ballad of Rango: the art & making of an outlaw film (2011)
- The art of DreamWorks Megamind: bad, brilliant, blue (2010)
- The art and making of Sony Pictures Animation's Cloudy with a chance of meatballs (2009)
- The art of Pixar short films (2009)
Careers in Animation
Current Magazines
- 3D World
- A Journal
- Animation Magazine (Available Online)
- Cinefex
- Computer Arts
- Computer Graphics World (Available Online)
- Draw
- Illustration
- ImagineFX
- Post
- Dynamic figure drawing (2010)
- Visual development with Marc Gabbana (2009)
- Creature design with Terryl Whitlatch. Volume 1: bovine creature, "moo monster" (2008)
- Creature design with Terryl Whitlatch. Volume 2: avian creature, "white fright" (2008)
- Creature design with Terryl Whitlatch. Volume 3: the marine mare and uberhorse (2008)
- Creature design with Terryl Whitlatch. Volume 4: toad-ogre creature concept and story (2008)
- The animator's survival kit: animated (2008)
- Conceptual storyboarding: storytelling and struggle: storyboarding techniques with Derek Thompson (2007)
- Visual storytelling with Iain McCaig (2005)
Articles and Reference Resources
- Digital Tutors
- You must sign up with your Academy of Art University email address (@art.edu or @academyart.edu). For more information see the Digital Tutors FAQ page.
- ebrary – Full Text Online Books
- IMDbPro (email daponte@academyart.edu for username and password)
- EBSCO Cinema Image Gallery
- Full Text Online Journal and Magazine Articles
Image Websites
Blogs
Job Websites
Professional Organizations
Grant Information
Other Websites
- Image Resources in the Library (Printed)
- Picture Files
- Safari Technical Books are available with a San Francisco Public Library Card.
- Includes books on Animation, Maya, Adobe Flash, ActionScript, and more.
- San Jose Public Library and Berkeley Public Library users (with a library card) may also access Safari Books Online through those library websites.
- For Non Bay Area Students, check out your local public library for online access to technical manuals or for technical manuals in their physical collection.
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