Imps! Valued Books


General Animation
The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams
The Complete Animation Course by Chris Patmore

The Animation Book by Kit Laybourne

Timing for Animation by Harold Whitaker and John Halas

Acting for Animators by Ed Hooks

Animations of Mortality by Terry Gilliam

Rustboy - (re)Animating a Lifelong Dream by Brian Taylor


Stop-Motion Animation
Stop-Motion Craft Skills for Model Animation by Susannah Shaw
Cracking Animation - Aardman Book of 3D Animation Peter Lord & Brian Sibley

Stop-Motion animation software Web links


3D Applications
The Art of Computer Animation and Effects by Isaac V. Kerlow

3D Creature Workshop
by Bill Fleming and Richard H. Schrand (SI library)
Animation and 3D Modelling on the Mac
by Don and Melora Foley
(SI)
Digital Lighting and Rendering by Jeremy Birn

The Cinema 4D XL Handbook by Adam Watkins

Maxon Cinema 4D by Arndt von Koenigsmarck

Inside Lightwave 7 by Dan Ablan

Principals of 3-Dimensional Computer Animation by Michael O'Rourke
(SI)


Adobe After Effects
Creating Motion Graphics
by Trish & Chris Meyer
After Effects Most Wanted by Friends of Ed


Flash MX
The Complete Flash MX Handbook
by Computer Arts
Flash MX Upgrade Essentials by Sham Bhangal
Macromedia MX eLearning by Jeffrey Bardzell (SCC library)


Historical and Mythological Setting
The Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri translated by A Mandelbaum  Everyman's Library (Tot)
I: Hell translated by Dorothy L Sayers Penguin Classics (Totton College LRC) 850 DAN
further free translations on Imps! site by Longfellow and Norton from Project Gutenberg

Hieronymus Bosch by Walter Bosing (Totton College LRC) 759 BOS
Hieronymus Bosch by Walter S Gibson (Tot) 759 BOS

The Complete Paintings of Bosch by Mia Cinotti (Public Hangings)
William Blake
by Kathleen Raine (Tot) 759 BLA
Dürer - The Man and his Paintings by Simon Monneret
Egyptian Bookshelf - Boats by Dilwyn Jones  British Museum Press
The Ra Expeditions & The Tigris Expedition by Thor Heyerdahl
(SCL) 910.45
The Complete Book of Devils and Demons by Leonard Ashley (PH)
A Closer Look & Mythopoeikon by Patrick Woodroffe


Film Funding
Filmmakers and Financing
by Louise Levison (borrowed with thanks to PJ Parker)


British Sign Language
Sign Language LINK by Cath Smith (Southampton City College library)
British Sign Language - A Beginner's Guide by Dorothy Miles (SCC)
Communication Link Dictionary by Beverley School, Middlesbrough (SCC)

Key to source of books listed:
PH = Public Hangings gallery
SCC = Southampton City College library
SCL = Southampton City library
SI = Southampton Institute library
Tot = Totton College learning resource centre
unallocated books are mine, all mine.


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