Flipping Out ─ The Art of Flip Book Animation: Learn to Illustrate & Create Your Own Animated Flip Books Step by Step

Flipping Out: The Art of Flip Book Animation describes the adventurous art of flip book animation for cartoonists interested in drawing their own handheld, moving-illustration booklets. Learn to create an animated flip book from start to finish, including brainstorming, storyboarding, penciling, inking, and coloring. After a short introduction to flip book animation and a basic description of the most effective tools and materials necessary to begin,Flipping Out: The Art of Flip Book Animation guides readers through the brainstorming and storyboarding process, a process similar to that of modern animated shorts. Aspiring cartoonists are then introduced to a unique, animated drawing style, starting with pencil and then graduating to colored pencil, ink, and watercolor. Once readers have developed a simple storyboard and basic cartooning skills, they are invited to create two of their own keepsake flip books provided with the book.

Illustrator David Hurtado grew up in Spain and graduated with a degree in animation from Norwich University of the Arts. He worked as a graphic designer and a web designer before becoming a freelance illustrator based in Norwich, United Kingdom. He has produced artwork for clients that include the Charles Dickens Museum, the Ipswich Museum, the National Health Service, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and he is especially interested in illustrating and cartooning for projects that involve education and heritage. Learn more about David at his website,www.davidhurtado.com.