Ani­ma­tion In Process by Andrew Selby
Pub­lished by Lau­rence King Pub­lish­ing Sep­tem­ber 2009

New Lau­rence King title Ani­ma­tion In Process has finally hit the shelves of good book­shops across the world. The book fea­tures a range of ani­ma­tion from dif­fer­ent gen­res and gives an insider’s guide to the process behind the fin­ished work. It dis­cusses the notion of what is ani­ma­tion in the 21st cen­tury and looks at the plat­forms that mov­ing visu­als can be devel­oped for and screened on. I worked as the pic­ture edi­tor for this project and can hon­estly say that the end prod­uct is a great source of infor­ma­tion and inspi­ra­tion for any­one inter­ested in animation.

The con­trib­u­tors range from Oscar win­ning ani­ma­tor Suzy Tem­ple­ton to mobile device ani­ma­tors The Lycette Broth­ers, span­ning the globe and the dif­fer­ent facets of this fluid indus­try. Sketch­books are opened to the reader, screen­grabs are dis­played and clips of works in progress are vis­i­ble on the accom­pa­ny­ing dvd. Some of the images in this pub­li­ca­tion have never been shown before and give a real insight into how each indi­vid­ual works.

This book really attempts to go behind the scenes of the gor­geous, com­plex prod­ucts that some of the world’s best mov­ing image artists pro­duce and show just how the process behind the ani­ma­tion func­tions. Some exam­ple spreads are below and for more infor­ma­tion visit the Lau­rence King web­site.

‘Ping Pong’ from Ani­ma­tion In Process

‘Once Upon A Time’ from Ani­ma­tion In Process

‘Madame Tutli-Putli’ from Ani­ma­tion In Process