Acting for Animators, Revised Edition: A Complete Guide to Performance Animation
“Ed Hooks is Stanislavsky for animators, but fun! I advise all my animation students to read Ed's amazingly insightful book.”–Dave Quesnelle, Professor of Animation, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning“Ed Hooks' Acting for Animators was the first book on the subject and is still the best. His analysis of character motivation and expressing emotion is the difference between animating and just moving furniture.”–Gene Hamm, Animation instructor, Academy of Art College, San Francisco“Character animators, using pencils and/or pixels, will discover a wealth of information about how to make their characters express empathetic emotions in the revised edition of this book. . . . Highly recommended.”–John Canemaker, Animator/Director of Animation, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University“If I can't figure out what is wrong with one of my characters, I can pick up Ed's book, scan for just a short while, and come back with my direction. It's the I Ching for animators.”–Matt Brunner, Director, Xbox“Wonderful teaching! Ed Hooks is fascinated and fascinating.”–Michael Dudok de Wit, Winner, Academy Award, Short Animation, Father and Daughter