Recommended reading.
| Title | Author | ||
| The Illusion of Life | Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas | ||
| Introduction to Perspective | Ray Smith | ||
| Drawing Figures | Ray Smith | ||
| Anatomy Step by Step | Emmet Alvin | ||
| Digital Lighting and Rendering | Jeremy Birns | ||
| Digital Texturing and Painting | Owen Demers | ||
| Timing for Animation | Whitaker & Halas | ||
| Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain | Betty Edwards | ||
| The Animators Survival Kit | Richard Williams | ||
| The Animation Book | Kit Laybourne | ||
| The Animator’s Workbook | Tony White | ||
| Acting in Animation: A Look at 12 Films | Ed Hooks | ||
| Animation: From Script to Screen | Samus Culhane | ||
| Cartoon Animation | Preston Blair | ||
| Digital Character Animation | George Maestri | ||
| Digital Character Animation 2 Vol 1 | George Maestri | ||
| Digital Character Animation 2 Vol 2 | George Maestri | ||
| Digital Character Animation 3 | George Maestri | ||
| Chuck Amuk – The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist |
Chuck Jones | ||
| Muybridge’s Complete Human and Animal Locomotion New Vol 1 (Re-print of original vol 1-4) |
Eadweard Muybridge | ||
| Muybridge’s Complete Human and Animal Locomotion (Re-print of original vol 5-8) |
Eadweard Muybridge | ||
| Force: The Key to Capturing Life Through Drawing | Mike Matessi | ||
| The Film Sense | Serge Eisenstein | ||
| The Portable Film School | DB Giles | ||
| Film Directing: Shot by Shot: Visualising from Concept to Screen |
Steven Katz | ||
| Industrial Light & Magic: Into the Digital Realm | Mark Cotta Vaz | ||
| Industrial Light & Magic-the Art of Special Effects | Thomas G. Smith | ||
| The VES Handbook of Visual Effects: Industry Standard VFX Practices and Procedures | Jeffrey A. Okun, Susan Zwerman | ||
| From Star Wars to Indiana Jones: The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives | Mark Cotta Vaz, Shinji Hata | ||
| The Art of Animation Production Management | Ranjit Singh 😉 |