Cracking Animation

The Aardman Book of 3–D Animation

By Peter Lord & Brian Sibley

Foreword by Nick Park

 

The adventures of Wallace, a Lancashire inventor with a fondness for cheese, and Gromit, his long-suffering canine companion, have enjoyed incredible success. Cracking Animation reveals their creators and provides a unique guide to making your own 3-D animated films.

 

The first part of the book sets Aardman’s achievements and the history of the studio into the tradition of 3-D animation. The main component of the book is a guide by Peter Lord, co-founder of Aardman, to the process of 3-D animation, culminating in a practical, fully illustrated step-by-step description of how to create effective characters, a storyboard, sets, and eventually make an entire film. There is no other book that provides the same information in such detail, making it possible for everyone to create their own 3-D animated classic. For fans and enthusiasts of all ages, as well as for serious students of animation, this book is not only a lot of fun – it is essential reading.

 

  • The multiple Oscar-winning creators of Wallace and Gromit show you how to make your own successful animation films in a revised edition of this acclaimed book

 

  • Published just ahead of the release in 2005 of the new Wallace and Gromit film

 

  • This new edition adds an extra 32 pages incorporating two entirely new elements: 1. The making of a feature film, showing the technical side of the creation of Chicken Run, one of the biggest box office successes of 1999 2. For the first time, the book looks at the use of computer graphics in animation, now all pervasive – the reader will learn how to understand the use of computers in this area, and will see examples from Aardman’s recent creative work

 

  • Aardman characters are recognized worldwide

 

  • The book is now required reading on animation courses throughout the world

 

Peter Lord is the founder of Aardman Animations. Nick Park has received three Academy Awards for The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave. Brian Sibley is the author of numerous books, including The Disney Studio Story and Shadowlands: The Story of C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman.

 

Acclaim for Cracking Animation

‘Like animation? You’ll love this!’ – The Times

 

‘A book that all animators will marvel at’– Computer Arts Special

 

Extent 192pp

Size 25.0 x 23.5cm

Illustrations 500 illustrations, 450 in colour

Binding Hardback

Provisional Publication September 2004

ISBN 0 500 51190X

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