Cartoon Character Animation with Maya (Required Reading Range)

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Review A great new book that teaches techniques, tips, and tricks of cartoony animation in Maya. - Cheryl Cabrera, Assistant Professor of Digital Media,University of Central Florida, USA The structure is clear and features easily digestible information with current and relevant examples. This fun book will provide a practical tips-and-tricks guide to applying 2D cartoony animation techniques in 3D (Maya). - Kate Corbin, lecturer in Animation, University of Salford, UK Reading this book by Animation Mentor Keith Osborn is like listening to a friend who has mastered an important secret through hard graft and really wants to save you the trouble. If you want to learn the secrets to great character animation then this book should be at the top of your list even if you don t use Maya. -- Paul Grant, course leader for Creative Media Production (Games Development), City College Brighton & Hove, UK About the Author Keith Osborn, is a freelance animator and animation instructor. He has over ten years' experience in various disciplines of animated film-making, specializing in character animation, including his work on the 2012 Oscar-winning short, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.