I recently received my copy of
Eric Goldberg's
Character Animation Crash Course! after pre-ordering it back in
June. It was well worth the wait!In my opinion, this how-to animation book ranks right up there with
"Animation by Preston Blair" and
"The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams".
Eric Goldberg is a veteran
Director,
Designer and
Animator who has created
feature films,
commercials,
title sequences and
television specials.
His best known
animation highlights include
Supervisor Animator on the
Genie from
Disney's Aladdin,
Co-Director on
Disney's Pocahontas, his
2 sequences from
"Fantasia 2000" that include
"Rhapsody in Blue" &
"Carnival of Animals", the animated
title sequence from the recent
Pink Panther film, and was the
Animation Director of
"Looney Tunes: Back in Action".
Goldberg is a unique animator in these modern times because he highly believes in the art of
acting and
"squash & stretch". Something that is slowly fading from today's animation scene.
The book covers a lot of material broken into 3 main categories:
"Conception", and
"Technique""Putting It All Together".
Eric Goldberg has even gone that
extra mile with his book! It's one thing to include pictures and drawings in an animation book, but it's another by actually seeing these animation examples in
movement. Eric has included a
CD that has
Animation Movie Files for your computer so you can follow along with what is being explained in the book. Very cool!
So if your an animation student, cartoonist, illustrator or animation fan you won't be disappointed with this great animation title.
Quick Draw's bloodhound, Snuffles, has a role in this cartoon and has an addiction to the dog biscuits his master gives him. Quick Draw offers Snuffles the box as a reward and I thought the design of the package looked awfully familiar.
I had recently picked up a copy of Ad Boy: Vintage Advertising with Character and flipped through the pages. There was the package of T-Bone Form Dog Biscuits from 1962.
I suppose that Gro-Pup was a sponsor of the early Hanna-Barbera series?
