Comments on: Walt Stanchfield Books

By: AO

AO — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:03:48 +0000

Tom Catley teaches Gesture Drawing at Animation Collaborative http://www.animationcollaborative.com. I feel very honored to be able to attend his classes. Tom is awesome teacher! And with each class the importance of gesture and figure drawing for any serious animator is so evident. I enjoy classes very much and pleased to see how my skills are dramatically change with each passing week!

By: Christine

Christine — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:56:21 +0000

Bought these books and met Don Hahn too! He was very passionate speaking to a group of animation students, like myself mostly in the room, about these books. They are an amazing collection. I’m glad that I bought these!

By: :: smo ::

:: smo :: — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:25:32 +0000

wow what a great review! i’ll really have to pick these up soon, thanks!

By: coNs

coNs — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:46:23 +0000

I’ve read volume 1, now I’m on volume 2, and God, they’re amazing! It’s the best guide I could ever ask for. That man was (and is!) so good at motivating people to search for the pose and draw better… I never get tired of reading it (and drawing, haha.) A toast to Walt Stanchfield!

By: Mahesh

Mahesh — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:46:32 +0000

Hi Clay ,

From the day when i studied his “Gesture Drawing For Animation” book , i’m searching for essence of pose.

I just want to share the most important belief i learned ,

Get the ” first impression ” (Like Ahaa moment), capture the essence of pose, with minimum lines (quick sketch may be)… let the right brain do his job …:)

I wish , but i cant buy his book …… ..

still i learned so many things from his Gesture Drawing book , literally freed me from drawing problems, gave the right direction to look for motion, tension, balancing, stretch and uniqueness in the gestures…

By: mike mattesi

mike mattesi — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:14:24 +0000

I entered the internship program in the Fall of 93 and had xeroxes of Stanchfield’s notes after leaving Disney. ( I worked in FL not CA )I am very pleased that Focal printed all of his works…a must for any artist, specifically animators.

By: Ki Innis

Ki Innis — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:02:25 +0000

I am SO much loving reading Walt Stanchfeld’s “Drawn to Life”.
It’s like reading a companion or sequel to “The Illusion of Life”.

By: Beatrice

Beatrice — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:38:44 +0000

Tomorrow the books will release in Germany, I’m so curious about it! For five years I try to learn anything about animation, but I can’t study animation yet, because I’m still in High School. Now 800 pages of Walt Stanchfield are available and I can’t believe it! But I think it is a little unfair that you in America have the chance to read it one month earlier

By: Pedro

Pedro — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:02:02 +0000

I remember getting copies of these notes from one of my instructors while I was still in college. It was in a fat binder that was practically falling apart and by the time he passed them on to us, the pages had been through countless generations of photocopies. HE talked about Walt’s class like it was the best thing ever. So when I heard on Animation Meat that Dee (walt’s wife) was going to publish them soon, I pre-ordered them as soon as I could get to a computer! I wish I would’ve had the chance to meet the man himself, but he has left behind such an inspiring legacy, its as if he’s still here. Thanks for helping keep his teachings alive!

By: Michael Woodside

Michael Woodside — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:26:17 +0000

I just got volume 2 in the mail today. Volume 1 looks like it is on its way now. I’m overwhelmed! After reading just one section of the notes (“Look at Me! Look at Me!” poses), I am already rethinking the way that I approach life drawing. How lucky you were to have met and worked with such an inspirational artist! I can’t wait to go through these books.