...where I'm in a library, or fancy store, or college campus, and I discover they have an entire ROOMFUL of animation art books! So many of all kinds--the art of every animation, how to do stop-motion, anatomy for kangaroos...I mean like EVERYTHING. (There's usually a dessert bar there too, so you can eat goodies while you browse. heh.)
I always wake up from these dreams super depressed, because I don't know of any place in existence that has a library like this. Pixar, maybe? Even my college, which is known for its animation program, only has a shelf of animation books in their massive library. So I feel down and get all wistful and stuff.
And then, it occurred to me...Why couldn't *I* make this library? I already have a bunch of animation books...why couldn't I collect more?
SO, these past few months, I've been setting aside part of my budget to get animation/art books. My collection is growing! So far it's grown larger than the college's & every library I've been to. (I secretly wonder if my collection is the largest in the state, but I know that's wishful thinking.) But the point is--by the end of my lifetime, I hope to have the library that I'm always seeing in my dreams.
I wish DA would allow pictures on these journal posts, b/c I'd show you guys what the library looks like. Until then, does anyone have any good book recommendations? I have a lot of the recent art-of books, as well as the Disney Archive series and digital painting & tutorial books. But do you guys have any art books you can't live without? Let me know--I want to make this library good.