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Here are some great animation books that you'll want to pick up.

The Illusion of Life - by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston
ISBN: 0786860707

The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion, and Internet Animators - by Richard Williams
ISBN: 0571212689 HARDCOVER

The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles, and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion, and Internet Animators - by Richard Williams
ISBN: 0571202284 PAPERBACK

also available in the UK as:
The Animator's Survival Kit - by Richard Williams
ISBN: 0571212689 HARDCOVER

also available in the UK as:
The Animator's Survival Kit - by Richard Williams
ISBN: 0571202284 PAPERBACK

Cartoon Animation (How to Draw and Paint Series) - by Preston Blair
ISBN: 1560100842

Timing for Animation - by Harold Whitaker, John Halas

ISBN: 0240517148

Talking Animals and Other People - by Shamus Culhane
ISBN: 0306808307

Walt Disney's Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation (Hardcover)
ISBN: 0786864966


Great for Model Sheets

Hanna-Barbera Cartoons - by Michael Mallory
ISBN: 0883631083

The Flintstones : A Modern Stone Age Phenomenon - by T. R. Adams
ISBN: 157036012X

Warner Brothers Animation Art - by Jerry Beck, Will Friedwald
ISBN: 0883631075


More great books:

Muybridge's Complete Human and Animal Locomotion: New Volume 1 (Reprint of original volumes 1-4) - by Eadweard Muybridge, Anita V. Mozley
ISBN: 0486237923

Paper Dreams: The Art And Artists Of Disney Storyboards - by John Canemaker
ISBN: 0786863072

Wallace & Gromit: "The Wrong Trousers" Storyboard Collection - by Brian Sibley
ISBN: 0563380845

Wallace & Gromit: "A Close Shave" Storyboard Collection - by Nick Park
ISBN: 0563380586

Creating 3D Animation - by Peter Lord, Brian Sibley, Aardman Animations
ISBN: 0810919966

also available in the UK as:
Cracking Animation - by Peter Lord (Introduction), Brian Sibley, Nick Park
ISBN: 0500018812

Toy Story : The Art and Making of the Animated Film - by John Lasseter, Steve Daly
ISBN: 0786861800

A Bug's Life : The Art and Making of an Epic of Miniature Proportions - by Jeff Kurtti
ISBN: 0786864419

The Art of Monster's Inc. - by John Lasseter, Pete Doctor
ISBN: 0786864419

The Art of Finding Nemo - by Mark Cotta Vaz ,John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton
ISBN: 0811839753

The Art Of The Incredibles - by Mark Cotta Vaz ,Brad Bird, John Lasseter
ISBN: 0811844331

The Great Cartoon Directors - by Jeff Lenburg
ISBN: 0306805219

Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist - by Chuck Jones
ISBN: 0374123489

Chicken Run : Hatching the Movie - by Brian Sibley
ISBN: 0810941244

Look Alive:Behind the Scenes of an Animated Film - by Elaine Scott, Richard Hewett
ISBN: 068809936X

Don Bluth's Art of Storyboard
ISBN: 1595820078

Don Bluth's Art of Animation Drawin
ISBN: 1595820086

Thinking Animation: Bridging the Gap Between 2D and CG
ISBN: 1598632604