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Summary: Best book on animation and Disney ever!
Review: "The Illusion of Life" is the best book on animation ever period. You will find it on every animators desk in disney, and other places too. These two are my mentors anyways so that made it even greater. It contains great stories, and info. If you want to be an animator-BUY THIS BOOK!!
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Summary: If this book is so great...
Review: ...then why is it out of print? I have been looking for this book for a long time. It only appears at used book stores or on ebay at high prices. If it is so great, why is it so hard to find?
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Summary: Wonderful insight into Disney animation
Review: à avoir absolument dans sa collection! on y retourne toujours, une mine de reseignements...par de grands maîtres.
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Summary: Wonderful insight into Disney animation
Review: A very comprehensive book about the development of Disney animation. Hundreds of drawings that show how individual characters were developed, what makes characters appealing, what worked and what didn't, how the animators came up with ideas, how to draw sequences -- this book covers every aspect of animation. It's more than a history of the Disney company, it shows how the individual departments (animators, inkers, stylists, storymen, sound studio, etc) worked together to create a 80-minute film that is made up of 460,000 finished cels, 2.5 million total drawings (including sketches), and takes an average of 3 and a half years to make. Examples come from all Disney films, such as Cinderella, Peter Pan, Jungle Book, etc. and show drawings, sketches, paintings, the animators who created the characters and pretty much everything one wants to know about animation. It is a wonderful book.
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Summary: There is not such thing as perfect, but this is so close!
Review: As any animation student or fan would know, this IS the book he or she would admires and stares for hours. "The Illusion of Life" is not just a history book about the Disney studio, but it goes beyond the history and concept; it goes in deep into storytelling, character animation, background design, concept/script illustration, character design, and many more. The greatest thing about this book is the author and writer, FRANK THOMAS and OLLIE JOHNSTON!!! Two of the veteran and master of Disney animation. They have been working with Disney since Sleeping Beauty and Peter Pan... the 40s and 50s! The writing is also very descriptive and easy to understand. Not only they get to the point, they also reveal several secrets and tricks in animation. I strongly suggest every animation fan and animator to get this book. It is expensive, but not rare to get. It is one of a kind! And do get it before it runs out of print!
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Summary: The Illusion Of Life
Review: As fan to the topic of animation, I've read several books on the matter, without doubts this is the best that I've read, especially because it have been written by two of the, perhaps lasts, greaters master on animation. Without doubt animation it has become an art, I have many films of animated cartoons, through of these books I've learnt to appreciate the differences of quality and creativity. Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston they are part of the history of animation, they write on what they lived and in a pleasant style, easy to understan for the non specialists. While I was reading their book,I felt me so fascinated, that I wished the opportunity to express my feelings and admiration to them and all ones in the Disney studios that make this illusion real, therefore I thank this opportunity to express them what has been their book for me. Congratulations.
Eduardo Agrela C.
Santiago,CHILE.
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Summary: Animation Bible
Review: At every animation studio I've worked at, they had a copy of this book. Everyone in the buisness I know consider this as the definate animation book. Strange enough, a lot of top animators didn't own a copy because it was out of print. When I bought my copy about 15 years ago, I kind of stumbled over it in a bargain book store because the shop was selling it out for twenty bucks. Only years later it sort of got famous. Probably it didn't sell well because the average reader isn't in the animation buisness. But if you are already or you want to be in the buisness, try everything to get a copy. Even 150 bucks is still cheap compared to the value you get. I mean, a photographer pays ten thousands of dollars for his equipment. An animator only needs a pegbar, an electric pencil-sharpener and this book!
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Summary: ¡MAGNÍFICO!
Review: Bien, después de tanta crítica elogiosa se puede decir poco más. Todo animador debería haberlo leído con fruición. A pesar de que es una fuente inagotable de ideas para un animador de cualquier área, no es exáctamente un manual, y ésa es su virtud : sobre todo transmite el conocimiento y el entusiasmo de varias generaciones de animadores. ¡No todos hemos tenido la suerte de recibir enseñanzas directas de los maestros, Glen! Junto con los libros de Preston Blair, Shamus Culhane, Chuck Jones, Kit Layborne, el Timing for Animation de Whitaker y Halas y The Natural Way to Draw de Nikolaides IMPRESCINDIBLE , (aunque no seas disneyano)
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Summary: Still the Animation Bible!
Review: Bought the Book in 1981, when it was first released. Now, 18 years later, it is still the book I would take to a dessert island. It is The Animation Bible. (But take it from experience AND from the book itself: Animation rules are no laws, and can be broken if they must!) Frank&Ollie were relieved to find that their editor ok'ed a paperback edition that was historically abridged, keeping all info on the making of Animation. So get that version also, to keep at work, while having the hardcover at your bed-side!!! Remember: Animation is primarily a matter of the mind! Don't just READ this book, UNDERSTAND it!
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Summary: If you want to go into Animation, this book is for you!
Review: Definitively, an excellent book that explains the principles of animation from a peculiar point of view: Disney's. If you are planning to go into animation, or are already enrolled, this book may become your every day manual. WHY? It's perfectly explained and beautifuly illustrated. It's the secret behind those magic classics we all love. Read it and it will change the way you work...
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