Tony White

Police stations are outdated, and AI’s make more efficient detectives, or so says a UK Home Office determined to make cuts. When the sole witness in a trafficking case is discovered brutally murdered, a brass horseshoe forced between his teeth, Detective Sergeant Rex King is summoned back to London and into a labyrinth of memory, music, and political unrest. From The Clash’s ragged 1985 busking trail to the fractured legacy of the anti-nuclear movement, Rex follows threads that tug uncomfortably at his own history – echoes he can’t quite place, shadows that refuse to settle. When Rex’s boss, DCI 'Lollo' Lawrence, suddenly disappears, and long-buried papers from the Miners’ Strike surface, he must work alongside a sharp young detective, a seasoned northern soul devotee, and the National Crime Agency’s unsettlingly brilliant new AI. Yet the deeper he travels, the more he finds the investigation folding back on him: professional loyalties strained, personal relationships tested, and accusations from his undercover past threatening to unmake him. Two murders, one 'misper' and a force under fire – has former ‘spycop’ DS Rex King finally met his match?

Today, it is commonly believed that if you learn software, you can become an animator. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. Master animators are trained and not born. Software, as is the humble pencil, is merely yet another tool through which an animator can apply their knowledge. However, neither software nor pencils give you that knowledge, nor do they do the work for you. If you place a fully trained master animator on a computer, or give them a pencil, they’ll astound you with their mastery. However, if you put a nontrained animator on a computer, all you will have is a technician creating moving objects · as you’ll see all over YouTube and other video platforms.This book teaches you exactly how to become a Master Animator--whether you ultimately plan to use pencils, computers, drawing tablets or rigged characters. It’s a complete course, being a collection of 48 masterclasses gleaned from the author’s 50 years of experience of top-level animating, teaching, and filmmaking. It will also train you in the value and application of observational gesture drawing. This book of masterclasses by a master of the art, Tony White, is entirely designed to be THE definitive reference book for students learning how to make things move well as well as how to create films once you know how to do so.A book for everyone:For home-based, self-study students: It is a perfect manual to take you from raw beginner to proven animated filmmaker.For full-time students: It is an ideal companion to supplement your full-time educational studies, which, no doubt, is overly based on software technology.For current animation professionals: It is a comprehensive archive of animation tips and techniques that will enable you to take your work to the next level.For current animation educators and instructors: It is a book that can be the ultimate curriculum and study program, enabling your own students to become the master animators of today and tomorrow.

Today, it is commonly believed that if you learn software, you can become an animator. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. Master animators are trained and not born. Software, as is the humble pencil, is merely yet another tool through which an animator can apply their knowledge. However, neither software nor pencils give you that knowledge, nor do they do the work for you. If you place a fully trained master animator on a computer, or give them a pencil, they’ll astound you with their mastery. However, if you put a nontrained animator on a computer, all you will have is a technician creating moving objects · as you’ll see all over YouTube and other video platforms.This book teaches you exactly how to become a Master Animator--whether you ultimately plan to use pencils, computers, drawing tablets or rigged characters. It’s a complete course, being a collection of 48 masterclasses gleaned from the author’s 50 years of experience of top-level animating, teaching, and filmmaking. It will also train you in the value and application of observational gesture drawing. This book of masterclasses by a master of the art, Tony White, is entirely designed to be THE definitive reference book for students learning how to make things move well as well as how to create films once you know how to do so.A book for everyone:For home-based, self-study students: It is a perfect manual to take you from raw beginner to proven animated filmmaker.For full-time students: It is an ideal companion to supplement your full-time educational studies, which, no doubt, is overly based on software technology.For current animation professionals: It is a comprehensive archive of animation tips and techniques that will enable you to take your work to the next level.For current animation educators and instructors: It is a book that can be the ultimate curriculum and study program, enabling your own students to become the master animators of today and tomorrow.

In a way that is somewhat reminiscent of the magical movie, "It's a Wonderful Life", this story relates how a talented yet troubled young soccer player has his life transformed when the ghost of a soccer legend, Sir Stanley Matthews, visits him. "Spirit of the Game" is a tough, heart-warming and significantly uplifting story. It seamlessly cross-pollinates fact with fiction, contrasting the more sinister elements that define the modern football culture - racism and hooliganism - with a glimpse into the more elevated influence "Sir Stan" brought both to life and the game he loved so dearly.

"BAD PENGUIN" is a powerful animated movie that tells the story of an angry, armed-to-the-teeth penguin who hates Christmas Sex, drugs, violence and bigotry are all harsh realities in Phil Clarke Jr.'s electric script. Imagine a wingedlovechild between Quentin Tarantino and Bugs Bunny - with a little Christopher Walken thrown into the mix - tied together with the highest quality of comic book-style character animation.

"DREAMSINGER" is a film from the heart. It tells the magical story of a child's love for a whale and a whale's love for the Earth that gave him birth. It is also a story of hope for our world, at a time where hope most needed

When a brutally murdered man is found hanging in a Covent Garden theatre, Detective Sergeant Rex King becomes obsessed with the case. But as Rex explores the crime scene further, he finds himself confronting his own secret history instead. Moving from Holborn Police Station, to an abandoned village in rural, 1980s France, and the Battle of the Beanfield at Stonehenge, The Fountain in the Forest is both a thrilling crime mystery and a dizzyingly unique novel of unparalleled ambition.

Become Tony White's personal animation student. Experience many of the teaching techniques of the golden era of Disney and Warner Brothers studios and beyond.all from the comfort of your own home or studio. Tony White's Animation Master Class is uniquely designed to cover the core principles of animated movement comprehensively. How to Make Animated Films offers secrets and unique approaches only a Master Animator could share. Includes hands-on Tutorials, demonstrations and final sample animations. . Whether you want to become a qualified animator of 2D, 3D, Flash or any other form of animation, Tony White's foundations bring you closer to that goal. The downloadable resources are invaluable, in that readers are not only taught principles and concepts in the book, they are able to see them demonstrated in action in the movies.

The Animator‘s Sketchbook will teach students of animation how to improve their work through observation and drawing. It will show readers how to access their inner "animator." With over 60 different gesture and drawing exercises, this book enhances vision, analysis, understanding, and the core skills required to become a master animator. Filled with extensive practice pages, Tony White‘s Sketchbook, invites students to demonstrate what they learn. Each exercise is timed, so that the skills acquired, are optimized for efficiency and comprehension. The style and technique of the art produced will be entirely up to the reader, thus making no two sketchbooks alike.

Just add talent! Award-winning animator Tony White brings you the ultimate book for digital animation. Here you will find the classic knowledge of many legendary techniques revealed, paired with information relevant to today's capable, state-of-the-art technologies. White leaves nothing out. What contemporary digital animators most need to know can be found between this book's covers - from conceptions to creation and through the many stages of the production pipeline to distribution. This book is intended to serve as your one-stop how-to animation guide. Whether you're new to animation or a very experienced digital animator, here you'll find fundamentals, key classical techniques, and professional advice that will strengthen your work and well-roundedness as an animator. Speaking from experience, White presents time-honored secrets of professional animaton with a warm, masterly, and knowledgeable approach that has evolved from over 30 years as an award-winning animator/director. The book's enclosed downloadable resources presents classic moments from animation's history through White's personal homage to traditional drawn animation, "Endangered Species." Using movie clips and still images from the film, White shares the 'making of' journal of the film, detailing each step, with scene-by-scene descriptions, technique by technique. Look for the repetitive stress disorder guide on the downloadable resources, called, "Mega-hurts." Watch the many movie clips for insights into the versatility that a traditional, pencil-drawn approach to animaton can offer.

Apprentice yourself to a master of classical animation techniques with this beautiful handbook of insider tips and techniques. Apply age-old techniques to create flawless animations, whether you're working with pencil and animation paper or a 3D application. Author Tony White starts with the basics, and expands his discussion to more advanced topics, like how to animate quadrupeds, working with fluidity and flexibility, and dialogue. White brings years of production experience and even more time as an instructor to the book, ensuring that The Animator's Notebook will serve well as your mentor in a book. The art from the book comes to life in the clips available on the book's web site.You'll get:

FOUR LETTER WORDS: Great for gifts, stocking stuffers or for anyone with a sharp mind and a sharper pencil 80 unique word puzzles that you can do anywhere, at any time. Fill in the blanks between two key words and linking words with just the vowel letters shown. Flip to the back if you want to see the words in alphabetical order. More than just a book of puzzles. It will keep you amused for hours and help you build your vocabulary through imaginative skills. Increase your knowledge also by looking up the words you don't know. Quite often in life the best things invariably come in small packages - four letters long in this case An ideal purchase for anyone who is interested in crosswords, Scrabble or any word challenges that expand the mind.

The Animator’s Sketchbook will teach students of animation how to improve their work through observation and drawing. It will show readers how to access their inner "animator." With over 60 different gesture and drawing exercises, this book enhances vision, analysis, understanding, and the core skills required to become a master animator. Filled with extensive practice pages, Tony White’s Sketchbook, invites students to demonstrate what they learn. Each exercise is timed, so that the skills acquired, are optimized for efficiency and comprehension. The style and technique of the art produced will be entirely up to the reader, thus making no two sketchbooks alike. Key FeaturesProvides readers with their own personal sketchbook, demonstrating classical art skills that are highly prized by studio employersReaders will come away better visualizing form, gesture, pose and expression Includes 60 speed and gesture drawing exercises Provides the perfect way for students of animation to improve their core skills Perfect for animation instructors who can rely on this unique course workbook to take their students to new levels of classic visualizing expertise

The evolution of labels and the story of the early label industry pioneers in Europe can be traced back over several hundred years. However, it was most certainly the period of the Industrial Revolution during the late 1700s and early 1800s that really began to shape the use and production of labels in a way that we would recognize them today.Charting the label's development from first being produced in single colors on wooden hand presses, this book explores all aspects of the industry's history through from the invention of the first presses and papermaking machines to the advent of self-adhesive converting in Europe.Its rich history and how centuries of innovation has had a profound impact on the modern day branding and use of products including food and medicines is set out-out in 'The History of Labels'. The result of several years of research by Michael Fairley and Tony White, this new book should be a must-read title for all those who have an interest in how the world of labels and label production has grown from its early origins.Chapters include: Brand demand and technology innovation - how labels evolvedEvolution of papermaking and label papers in EuropeGummed and heat-activated label papers - their rise and declineThe rise and rise of pressure-sensitive adhesive coated products and labels in EuropeThe printing press and the early label press pioneersGetting labels into shape - cutters, punches and diesPrinting companies founded in the 1800s that became the label industry pioneersLabel companies formed in the early 1900s and the rise of the early self-adhesive converters in EuropeFrom woodcuts and engravings to digitized origination, imaging and platemakingInks, coatings and varnishes - their early history and evolutionEvolution of metallic look imagesThe evolution of barcodingThe label associations of EuropeExcellence in label printing - the introduction and growth of label awardsThe creation of a global label industry resourceThe introduction and rapid growth of digital printingThe demand for multi-page labels

Working with Drug and Alcohol Users provides an accessible guide to substance use and working with substance users.Using transactional analysis theory, the author explains why some people use substances, exploring different personality types, and covers the basic components of drug counseling. The book then outlines different counseling techniques used to treat and manage substance users, using transactional analysis models. These include motivational interviewing, harm reduction counseling, drug use ambivalence work and relapse process work. A chapter on teenage drug users is also included. Case examples feature throughout to demonstrate the ideas in practice.This will be an essential guide for all those working with drug and alcohol users, including counselors, psychotherapists, psychologists and support workers.

Apprentice yourself to a master of classical animation techniques with this beautiful handbook of insider tips and techniques. Apply age-old techniques to create flawless animations, whether you're working with pencil and animation paper or a 3D application. Author Tony White starts with the basics, and expands his discussion to more advanced topics, like how to animate quadrupeds, working with fluidity and flexibility, and dialogue. White brings years of production experience and even more time as an instructor to the book, ensuring that The Animator's Notebook will serve well as your mentor in a book. The art from the book comes to life in the clips available on the book's web site.You'll get:

The Realm's in a recession, and nobody's feeling the pinch more than Dargrim Eboncane, whose once-popular dungeon brimming with deathtraps and goblins is beginning to flounder in an unstable economy. Determined to get his business back on track, evil genius Eboncane sets out to revitalise his approach, though on the way sets in motion a cavalcade of conspiracies as various individuals with more eccentricities than you can shake a large sticky stick at each plan to overthrow the other, leaving the very Realm on the brink of civil war. Also; princesses, annoying vampires, invulnerable paladins, flirtatious forty-somethings and pizza. And eels!