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It is the text animation resources drawing course is based upon. I ran across preston blairs advanced animation in the walter foster howto series many years ago. Preston blair october 24, 1908 april 19, 1995 was an american character animator, most noted for his work at walt disney productions and the metro goldwyn mayer animation department at disney, blair animated cartoon short subjects, mickey mouse scenes in the sorcerers apprentice section of fantasia, and the hippoalligator dance in fantasias dance of the hours sequence. By following his lessons, you can make any characterperson, animal, or objectcome to life through animated movement. Preston blairs advanced animation pdf animation resources. Cartoon animation collectors series blair, preston. Animation is the process of drawing and photographing a character in successive positions. In cartoon animation, acclaimed cartoon animator preston blair sh. Blair, a disney and mgm animator, put the book together in 1947 to illustrate the various basic principles of animation, only to have the book pulled from shelves after the rights to use some of the characters were revoked. Preston blair was an american character animator, most noted for his animations for disney and metro goldwyn mayer. Here you can find cartoon animation preston blair pdf shared files. Preston blairs book advanced animation is one of the best books on the subject.
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