[practice] recommended books

Reference book list (recommended, you don' t need to buy)


1. For the basis of character drawing
The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion, and Internet Animators


2. Adobe Illustrator 10 or higher
The Adobe Illustrator CS3 Wow! Book (WOW!) (Paperback)
Publisher: Peachpit Press; 9 Pap/Cdr edition (September 29, 2007)


3. Adobe Flash CS3 (for animation and motion)
How to Cheat in Flash CS3: The art of design and animation in Adobe Flash CS3
Publisher: Focal Press; Pap/Cdr edition (August 6, 2007)
* The most recommended one for class.


Foundation Actionscript 3.0 Animation: Making Things Move! (Paperback)
Publisher: friends of ED (April 2, 2007)


Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers (Foundation)
Publisher: friends of ED (July 24, 2007)


4. Adobe Flash CS3 (for actionscript)
Essential ActionScript 3.0 (Essential)
Publisher: Adobe Dev Library; 1 edition (June 22, 2007)



* There is no book that makes you become a professional in a second. Book is just a book.
Train yourself not by the book but by yourself.