If OP is Canadian, then he can find work in the actual animation process as there are still animation studios operating in Canada that pump out a lot of content. Albeit, they only exist because they are subsidized by the government through a socialized creative arts program.
That said, even if OP is Canadian, he'd still to do what suggested and learn puppet rigging and tweening rather than traditional frame by frame animation, as Canadian studios only operate with digital puppet rigs via Toonboom (though it used to be Flash).
Adrian Bell
you're better off with the Richard Williams book
you'd might want to learn to rig and tween anyway but knowing the basic rules of traditional animation doesn't hurt
Cooper Smith
Here's my philisophical question: If the point of cartoon animation was to be a (commercial) art form where the point was to draw it, What is the point of going out of your way not to? Why even make it? It's like killing all your time and money on purpose for something a child can barely like. Why follow industry trends dumbly, like a dumbass waiting for someone else to make the change that will make you "happy?" I ask.
Nathan Kelly
Hey, if I had the money I would gladly found a studio dedicated to traditional animation committed to putting out a Disney Renaissance caliber feature every 2-3 years.
Ethan Bennett
>Richard Williams "The Animators Survival Kit" >Frank and Ollie's "The Illusion of Life" >Don Bluth's "Art of Storyboard" >Preston Blair's "Cartoon Animation" >Ed Hook's "Acting for Animators" >Walt Stanchfield's "Gesture Drawing for Animation" >Robert McKee's "Story" >Frank and Ollie's "Too Funny For Words" >Harold Whitwaker "Timing for Animation" >Bendazzi "100 years of Cartoon Animation" There are also smaller books covering individual studios like Pixar, WB or UPA, but those are more history and business oriented and these will cover animation theory and how it works.
Aaron Bennett
This is why you never listen to Yea Forums
Nathaniel Walker
You disagree? Who is putting out traditional hand-drawn animation outside of Japan at this point?
Hudson Reyes
France Spain Canada America Africa
Julian Myers
>Yes, in fact it's virtually essential reading. I doubt anyone in Japan has read that in many decades, assuming it was ever even translated.
