Book Review

Character Animation Crash Course! (2008)

Eric Goldberg

Reviewed by Steve Daly | Sep 12, 2008

Steve Daly

Steve Daly is a senior writer at EW, and also author of EW.com's Money Shot column

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EW's GRADE

A-

Details Release Date: Jul 15, 2008; Writer: Eric Goldberg; Genres: Art/Fine Art, Nonfiction

Best known for designing the Genie in Disney's Aladdin, Eric Goldberg is a cartoon-comedy master who's crafted a terrific how-to. Character Animation Crash Course! is not a coffee-table tome but a textbook, full of technical detail (and accompanied by a neat CD of visual examples). There's plenty to engage casual browsers, though. As he diagrams what makes great 'toons tick, whether hand-drawn or CG — the physics of double takes, the best way to splat a face into an immovable object — Goldberg will leave you bug-eyed at the intricacy of the medium. A-

Originally posted Sep 12, 2008 Published in issue #1012 Sep 19, 2008 Order article reprints

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