please suggest some good books on sketching and 2D animation?
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drawing on the right side of the brain\n\nthe illusion of life\n\nthe animators survival kit\n\nthe animators workbook\n\ncheck them out on amazon.
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Depends what it is your looking for exactly. I always found "Building Construction Handbook" by Roger Greeno very handy when doing my construction course. Another is the "Mitchells" series of books such as "structure and fabric" 1& 2 as well as the "introduction to building construction". all of these books contain detailed explanations and diagrams which are very heplful for reports etc.
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Im not sure of a class, but there are of course drawing classes you can take, and there is a book "How to draw Manga" you can get at Hastings, or any book store im sure. :)
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Netlibrary has some good books. also try e-books.com
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Try http://www.illustratortips.com or http://www.heathrowecs.com for some advice. I might also suggest checking out the user forums on adobe.com for additional help.
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i would say that flash is one of the most popular for 2d animation.\n\nbut as for 3d animation you have a VERY large collection to choose from. probably the most popular 3d package for animators is maya, due to their motion builder. but you can produce awesome animations from any 3d package. personally i am a 3d studio max user. and i have seen great stuff form max, lightwave and XSI. as for the BEST one i would sugest that you get your hands on the trial versions of these programs a play with them. see which one feels the best, which one suits your workflow the best. if you learn 3d studio max and get good at it and go for a job where they use maya it shouldnt be a problem, as the principles are the most important thing, not the program you use.\n\n\neagle4
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photoshop is a good one!\n\nand as for the detail, there are thousands of forum where u can get step by step illustration
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Photoshop has very good help. Read it.\nThere are also some online tutorials and paper books.
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You could use a program like Adobe Flash MX to create a Flash animation. (http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/flashpro/)\n\nThat's simpler than if you wanted more complex animations enabled by 3D modelers and such (see http://www.blender.org for a free 3d animation program).\n\nOr if your target is the web then along with flash you might consider javascript: http://www.google.com/search?q=javascript+animation&num=200&btnG=Go
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The Visual Quickstart books are usually the best for learning all of the Adobe software. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/032121353X/sr=8-2/qid=1151984795/ref=sr_1_2/002-4689218-1663257?ie=UTF8\n\nAlso, check out Russell Brown's website. http://www.russellbrown.com/  He is a senior creative director at Adobe Systems and has been a key contributor in the development of Photoshop since version 1.  His website includes video tutorials (you can also find some of them as video podcasts on iTunes)
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Check out "Top 5 Downloads" #4 on the first link for "brothersoft"\n\nThe other links are for other painting activities.
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Google SketchUp. Good. Free.
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learn actionscript.\nits easy with a book like actionscript for dummies.
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Corel Draw is the best for Vector Graphics and Text, I would say. For pictures (raster graphics), Adobe Photoshop is what I wud recommend. Otherwise there are many and choice is subjective, varies from person to person.
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google search something like 'how to draw anime' or 'anime tutorials' and a few sites come up with step by step guides on how to draw them.
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You can try the Smartdraw software free, just not sure if you can print it if you don't buy it after designing it. (Don't know what their "free trial" offers...)\n\nAlso, Google has SketchUp that may work for you, but not sure how good it is as I have never tried it.\n\nAnd Bob Vila's website has useful tools and software that will help you with this.
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Depending on how much drawing vs image munipulation you want to do, I like Illustator CS2 and Photoshop CS2. But it depends on your level of profficency with such programs and how much time you have to learn it, not to mention how much you want to spend on a program. A more price considerate (and more user friendly from what I've heard, though I've never used it) altenative would be something like CorelDraw.