Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties

Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation Amid Amidi
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC

Modern animation is back and Im sure you want to be well ahead of the curve of its return. Well, Amid dug deep into the wellspring of “modern cartooning” and came up with a book that belongs on every animation lover's bookshelf. The backgrounds in these cartoons are often the real highlight of the short, and look all the way forward to UPA's cartoon modern style of the early fifties. The title is Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in 1950s Animation. Cartoon Modern; Style and Design in Fifties Animation Amid Amidi 195pgs HC Chronicle Books ISBN-10 0-8118-4731-4. Animation Resources Animation Welcome To Animation Resources Animation A 501(c)(3) California non-profit corporation dedicated to serving the worldwide online animation community. Joined by contemporary animator Mark Kausler (Beauty and The Beast, The Lion King), Lou Romano (production designer of Pixars, The Incredibles) and author/historian Amid Amidi (Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation). Book: Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in fifties Animation By Amid Amidi (O NC 1766 U5A45). This book took me back to my childhood memories of Bugs Bunny and other cartoons. Book Review: Cartoon Modern – Style and Design in Fifties Animation by Amid Amidi. For more about Fifties animation design, check out my new book Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation (Chronicle Books, 2006) and find plenty more artwork at the Cartoon Modern blog. March 18th, 2010 Filed under: Reviews - Books by Editor in Chief. Due to rising production costs and changing tastes, animators were forced to cut more and more corners in their work and gradually adjust to the newer styles coming out at the time.