Is the new book related to the cancelled Animation Masterclass text thats mentioned on your website?
WHITE: I am smiling at that question as it seems that my recent life has all been about tying up loose ends and moving forward even more positively. The failure of Animation Masterclass was very much to do with skewered objectives and broad misunderstandings. It was in many ways an attempt to write a preview to the book I have now written. As it turns out, I ended up with nothing at all published when the dust had finally settled! In all fairness, Im afraid I have a problem settling for mediocrity and in the final analysis that was unfortunately the way that that book was heading. I was very proud of my first book for the publisher, The Animators Workbook, and proud to be associated with some fantastic people at Watson-Guptill at the time. However, I could see that the material in this 1980s book desperately needed to be updated, since the entire industry had moved on since its inception. Although the book still sells well, even today, it really did need to address the digital age. Con