The Art-of Raya and the Last Dragon (Disney) - Review (Book Flip Through)

The Art-of The Mitchells vss The Machines - Review (Book Flip Through)

Art-of Strange World (Disney) - Review (Book Flip Through)

One Small Step (Taiko Studios) making of - Review (Book Flip Through)

Design Your Own Anime and Manga Characters (by TB Choi) - Review (Book Flip Through)

The Art of Lightyear (Disney/Pixar) - Review (Book Flip Through)

The Art of The Bad Guys (Dreamworks) - Review (Book Flip Through)

The Art of The Batman - Review (Book Flip Through)

The Art of Batman The Animated Series - Review (Book Flip Through)

The Art of Turning Red (Pixar) - Review (Book Flip Through)

How to Draw Animals (by Jack Hamm) - Review (Book Flip Through)

Star Trek - The Original Series: A Celebration - Review (Book Flip Through)

As a Trek fan I had to check out the "Star Trek - The Original Series: A Celebration" book and just like the Voyager version it's a great summary of all the classic elements of that specific show!

Castlevania: The Art of the Animated Series (Netflix) - Review (Book Flip Through)

The art-of book I'm looking at today is for Castlevania: The Animated Series! It's a great show on Netflix and a recommended art-of book. Wish it had a deeper exploration in terms of inspiration, reference and rough sketches but all in all still really cool! 

 You can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3kdziV5 (Affiliate Link) 

 Here's the playlist of all of my reviews.

Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Season One) - Review (Book Flip Through)

This clip takes a look at the "Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Season One)". This is definitely the way! Lots of great artwork in it!

 

How To Think When You Draw (vol.3) - Book Review

Checking out the next volume of the "How to Think when you Draw" book series! It's not an animation book per se but still very useful in terms of reference, character & creature design, layout, composition and much more! Highly recommended for animators!

How To Think When You Draw (vol.1) - Review

"How to Think when you Draw (vol.1)" covers a lot of interesting topics, ranging from character design, creatures, vehicles, to layout and composition and much more! 

 Check out their Twitter to stay up to date on their Kickstarters and their frequent tweets of tutorials: twitter.com/EtheringtonBros 

And here's the Etherington Brothers blog: http://theetheringtonbrothers.blogspot.com/

Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation (by Wayne Gilbert) - Review

"Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation is packed with information about drawing the human form in a simplified way, for animators, illustrators, character designers and comic artists. It emphasizes simplified structure, balance and posing with sequential images." 

 I'm covering my old 1999 edition but the 4th edition "is an updated version with more character design information and animated examples from planning notes.", so make sure to check it out here.

Star Trek - The Official Guide To The Animated Series - Book Review

Game Anim - Book Review

This review takes a look at Jonathan Cooper's book "Game Anim" and its animation related content. I found it to be a really helpful general overview of the video game animation process with a lot of helpful tips and explanations.

100 Tuesday Tips by Griz and Norm - Book Review

It's review time! "100 Tuesday Tips" by Griz and Norm is today's review product, which features a great collection covering character design, posing, color design and much much more.