I've been collecting random books, and videos on how to draw, paint, animation, but the vast majority of them seem useless, and yes I read them too, unlike you guys, and recently I read about a famous animator of the 60s that only read 1 book on how to draw in his life (Preston Blair's book) and he made it in the animation business, there's also a Jap animator that only read 2 books (Preston Blair again, and an obscure Disney animation manual from the 50s) and became a legendary animator...