Animation Rules!

This book is a distillation of a lifetime in film that discusses the theory, practice, aesthetics, history and personal experiences of the author in the world of animated film. This book is the over 1000 illustrations which accompanies the text, which is in a separate book called Animation Rules! Book One; Words. These illustrations which not only show completed art work done by the author, but also include rough looser drawings that show the process by which a final result is attained. An additional bonus is art from films of fellow UCLA Animation Workshop animators such as Phil Faroudja, Phil Denslow, Valerie Lettera, Jay Shipman, Celia Mercer, Brian Wells and Tami Tsark, as well as art of Bill Mitchell and Emily Hubley from the author's personal collection. Complimenting everything is additional art by Adam Holmes and Michael Schmitt. If the philosophy of the UCLA Animation Workshop is One Film, One Filmmaker the philosophy of this book is Two Books, One Field.