Preston Blair's Animation First Edition You are all probably very familiar with Preston Blair's classic book "Animation"...



But look at this scan a little more closely and you'll see a big difference between the copy on your shelf and the first edition that Jerry Beck of Cartoon Brew loaned to the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive to digitize!

Media: Preston Blair's Animation First Edition

John Kricfalusi, the creator of Ren & Stimpy just posted an online drawing lesson for young cartoonists based on this landmark book. He says, "You can go to animation school, spend a $100,000 and not learn a damn thing about the basics of good animation drawing- OR you can buy a Preston Blair book for $8 and learn it all in a couple months. You pick... if you learn the principles correctly, you will be able to draw in any style today. You'll be miserable having to dumb down your abilities, but you will be in demand." Read the rest of what he has to say about the Preston Blair book.

I'll be working over the weekend to digitize more pages from this rare book. Bookmark the Archive Blog and check back then.

Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive  ¶ 2:28 AM