Elemental Magic , Volume 2: The Technique of Special Effects Animation
£35.20£44.60 (-21%)
Design beautiful, professional-level animated effects with these detailed step-by-step tutorials from former Disney animator and animated effects expert Joseph Gilland. Filled with beautiful, full-color artwork, Elemental Magic, Volume II, breaks down the animated effect process from beginning to end-including booming explosions, gusting winds, magical incantations, and raging fires. He also breaks down the process of effects “clean-up,” as well as timing and frame rates. The companion website includes real-time footage of the author lecturing as he animates the drawings from the book. In these videos, he elucidates the entire process from blank page to final animation. See it all come to life like never before. Throughout the book, Joseph refers to and includes examples from his own professional work from feature films such as Lilo & Stitch and Tarzan.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Routledge, 1st edition (21 Sept. 2011) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 315 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0240814797 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0240814797 |
| Dimensions | 1.91 x 27.94 x 22.23 cm |
by Narf
This book doesn’t so much teach you how to animate fx, but more how you’re supposed to feel and what mindset you should be in when you’re animating the fx. It tells you how to see and what to look for in the world around you, and how to analyse that information to put it on to paper/computer. Drawings are beautiful, text is easy to read. A good gift for any animator, whether or not they’re fx, you can sit and read it like a novel. Good for the soul. I think it should be recommended reading for animation courses.
by declan o keeffe
Book was exactly as advertised. Great service.
by Peter Stringer
Elemental magic volume II does a superb job of building on the skills learnt in volume I. Although there is a lot of text inside the book it does have some wonderful examples of animated elements such as waves, fire, smoke etc. There is also a good deal of photographic reference in the book and Joseph Gilland shows how to use them as inspiration and how to simplify the forms to make them more appropriate for animation.
Anyone interested in traditional animation and especaily effects animation will find this book no end of use.
On a slightly different note, anyone wanting to see more of the contents of the book before buying should it out over at Parka’s blog: http://www.parkablogs.com
Hope this helps.