The Illusion of Life | Disney Animation | Book by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. Topping the list of "best animation books of all time" This book provides the theory behind every principle of animation 489 plates in full color. It covers from storyboard to entire animation & talks about history and process of Disney animation.

The Animator's Survival Kit is a book by award-winning animator and director Richard Williams, about various aspects of animation. The book includes techniques, advice, tips, tricks, and general information on the history of animation. Richard Williams was the creative mind behind the animation of the worldwide smash success Who Framed Roger Rabbit for which he won two Oscars. He directed and designed Roger and Jessica Rabbit, Baby Herman and all the new characters for the Walt Disney/Steven Spielberg blockbuster. http://www.theanimatorssurvivalkit.com/ "What has cost me millions of dollars and over 30 years to learn, I've now put into a 16-DVD box-set combining my Animation Masterclasses with over 400 specially animated examples." Richard Williams Animation Masterclass presents the ultimate animation course: "The Animator's Survival Kit – Animated" How would you like a triple Oscar winner as your personal animation instructor? Richard Williams, Director of Animation of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, is the link-man passing on the secrets of the masters to the present generation. This box-set is like having your own personal animation school. Over 16 sessions you are given a complete animation curriculum in it's most practical form and you will be able to put these animation lessons to work immediately. There's never been anything like it. Filmed at Blue Sky Studios in New York, the Masterclass is inter-cut with over 400 specially animated examples from Richard Williams' best-selling book – "The Animator's Survival Kit" {youtube}z7M3Eu8wrSA{/youtube} http://www.theanimatorssurvivalkit.com/