Well, I know some of you have been anxiously waiting for this update...the last two charcaters, Rogue and Spyke, have been added to the "How To" section of my web-site. The really fun title cards that were designed foir this were done by my web-master himself, Francesco Francavilla. I really like them a lot and I also like a lot of his other work too. Here's an ink job he did (apparently all done on computer) to the Batman pencils I posted below.
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He's quite an artist. I'm in awe of his abilities...and he sure can improve on my pencils.
Someone was asking me if there were any good books I could recommend to help somone interested in animation so I thought I'd post these links.
Richard Willaims book is a good "this is how to do this" guide -
Animator's Survival Kit![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_septYhtrBZpro_-AQABHFirR4Ss_zXliPJgQ_t1PoeOXE_7m-ywQTvGKZvjgu51UGs-8nEyOTTJNZLbu_WqTkM-eWSEL6hFhXTaFf8kurenIhIIRdhyl-PjB0PWmxo0tU=s0-d)
. There's also Dob Bluth's
Art of Animation Drawing![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_septYhtrBZpro_-AQABHFirR4Ss_zXliPJgQ_t1PoeOXE_7m-ywQTvGKZvjgu51UGs-8nEyOTTJNZLbu_WqTkM-eWSEL6hFhXTaFf8kurenIhIIRdhyl-PjB0PWmxo0tU=s0-d)
and his
Art of Storyboard![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_septYhtrBZpro_-AQABHFirR4Ss_zXliPJgQ_t1PoeOXE_7m-ywQTvGKZvjgu51UGs-8nEyOTTJNZLbu_WqTkM-eWSEL6hFhXTaFf8kurenIhIIRdhyl-PjB0PWmxo0tU=s0-d)
and, of course, Frank and Ollie's book -
The Illusion of Life![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_septYhtrBZpro_-AQABHFirR4Ss_zXliPJgQ_t1PoeOXE_7m-ywQTvGKZvjgu51UGs-8nEyOTTJNZLbu_WqTkM-eWSEL6hFhXTaFf8kurenIhIIRdhyl-PjB0PWmxo0tU=s0-d)
is a definite must have for anyone interested in animation.
And just for books of how to draw I recommend Andrew Loomis'
Figures in Action![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_septYhtrBZpro_-AQABHFirR4Ss_zXliPJgQ_t1PoeOXE_7m-ywQTvGKZvjgu51UGs-8nEyOTTJNZLbu_WqTkM-eWSEL6hFhXTaFf8kurenIhIIRdhyl-PjB0PWmxo0tU=s0-d)
(Any book you can find by Loomis is well worth it) and Ben Caldwell's
Fantasy! Cartooning![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_septYhtrBZpro_-AQABHFirR4Ss_zXliPJgQ_t1PoeOXE_7m-ywQTvGKZvjgu51UGs-8nEyOTTJNZLbu_WqTkM-eWSEL6hFhXTaFf8kurenIhIIRdhyl-PjB0PWmxo0tU=s0-d)
and
Action! Cartooning![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_septYhtrBZpro_-AQABHFirR4Ss_zXliPJgQ_t1PoeOXE_7m-ywQTvGKZvjgu51UGs-8nEyOTTJNZLbu_WqTkM-eWSEL6hFhXTaFf8kurenIhIIRdhyl-PjB0PWmxo0tU=s0-d)
. I even bought these last two for my son.