The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation | Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas

The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation | Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas | Truly the BEST I've ever read

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The Illusion of Li...

	The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas Disney Editions, 1995 - 576 pages average customer review:based on 63 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Animators Bible

Speaking as someone who started animation awhile back and needed to learn from the best, I found this one book the most helpful. I was turned onto the book from one of the actual Disney animators and we were able to discuss being in the business. It's what he, and most of the others that work there, consider the Bible of Animaton. His words. The book itself is not for a quick read or a nightly read. It's an education and industry guide for the world of movies. As I'm working on any project, you can bet I reference this book a lot.
The book is great for people like myself to read straight up, but I get a kick out of those that say it's dry and boring. The book itself is full of the best wisdoms of the founding fathers of animation. The samples are great and it's full of great behind the scenes photos and stories. I really enjoyed the character sketches and quick animations. Definately not a book to miss if you are interested in getting into animation, both hand-drawn and computer. It applies to both because it teaches you the fundamentals of animaton, the timing, the story, and the overall production. It's a great foundation for anyone wanting to learn the craft.

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Truly the BEST I've ever read

I've never thought that this book can be as wonderful as it is. As a prospective animator, it was really useful to read it at the beginning of my studies, because it took me to the right direction. It takes animation so serious as I hoped. Unfortunately it hasn't been released in Hungarian, so I couldn't read it in my native language, but luckily it is easy to understand in English too.
It worths the money, because this is a handbook, that you don't read only once, but can be used anytime when it needed.
The Illusion of Life tells about everything: the theory, the process, and also the people behind all this magic.
It is absolutely wonderful!!

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The Animators Bible

This book is the animators bible. Every animator, no matter what level, no matter what medium, needs to own this book.

The golden standard

Every animator, wannabe animator, or animation fan should own this book. This book could be (and probably is) its own college-level course of "how to" animate.

This also makes a great coffee table book for the casual animation fan.

I also recommend "The Animator's Survival Guide" by Richard Williams.

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