Product Description: Packed with illustrations that illuminate and a text that entertains and informs, this book explains the methods and techniques of animation preproduction with a focus on story development and character design.Story is the most important part of an animated film-and this book delivers clear direction on how animators can create characters and stories that have originality and appeal...read more

Just for once allow your heart to rule your prudent common sense...Tempting advice - dare Eugenie take it? A country upbringing had taught her to be practical...not to cherish romantic dreams about tall, handsome strangers! But a chance encounter one misty day in spring changed all that. Eminent surgeon Aderik Rijnma ter Salis was a very special man - he made Eugenie's life seem brighter, full of exciting possibilities! But with the gorgeous Saphira at his side, could Aderik's feelings for Eugenie ever be more than strictly professional?

A handful of human survivors battles desperately to free Earth from the enslavement of a mysterious alien artifact called the Halo