Character animation crash course

Special Thanks
It turns out that creating an animation book is as collaborative a process as animation
itself. Herewith, a deferential nod and a raised glass of pencil shavings to those
who helped me make this a reality and not a pipe dream :
-The nice people at Silman-James Press, Tom Rusch, Tom Morr, and especially
the unbelievably patient and encouraging Gwen Feldman, who allowed my work
schedule to trample over my deadlines, but never wavered in her support to make
the book I really wanted.
- Stuart and Amy Ng, who hooked me up with the nice people at Silman-James
Press in the first place, and who continue to be great cheerleaders for animation.
- William Morosi, the fabulous (and animation-knowledgeable) designer of this
book's layout, and a swell fellow with whom to chew the animation fat as well.
- My esteemed animation colleagues Brad Bird, Ron Clements, Andreas Deja,
Roy E. Disney, Don Hahn, John Lasseter, John Musker, David Silverman, and Charles
Solomon, for lending their time and expertise in support of this project.
- Amy Ellenwood, Monica Elsbury, Cassandra Anderson, Karen Paik, and Heather
Feng for helping to wrangle the above esteemed animation colleagues.
- Kent Gordon of Disney Animation, who showed me, the world's most un-tech
person, the key to making high-quality animation movie files with no image degradation,
Scott Lowe, who mastered the disc material beautifully (and quickly!), and Chris
Lovejoy, who had the awesome task of duplicating all of them .
- Caroline Cruikshank, Theresa Wiseman, and Jon Hooper for providing their
copies of my original notes when I had gaps in my own collection.
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