You know as a parent those presents they'll go bonkers about and this is it for me :) as for my opinion it's an absolute beaut of a book. Books I have read in the past, regarding animation and animation history, have been separated by those topics. Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston take you into the heart of the "Disney magic" by giving history lessons and animation lessons on every page. As a music lover and aspiring animator, it has been rather difficult for me to find any sources that can go over both topics and not just one or the other.

Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life (later republished as The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation) is a book by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, two of the key animators at Disney during the Golden age of American animation. Being a freelancer, I'm always questing out for knowledge and cutting-edge views - but back in the day when Disney was just getting its animated little paws on the ground, the guys behind everything were really doing something that would shake the cinematic world to its core. As I grew older I was to learn that Pinnochio, along with Bambi, is regarded as among the very best, if not THE best of Disney animation.

The authors, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, worked not only with the legendary Walt Disney himself but also with other leading figures in the half-century of Disney films. From the perspective of two men who had an important role in shaping the art of animation, and within the context of the history of animation and the growth of the Disney studio, this is the definitive volume on the work and achievement of one of America’s best-known and most widely loved cultural institutions. I learned so much about animation, and my head was often spinning when I heard about some of the supreme effort that went into getting a single shot in some of the early Disney animated films. Seeing “texture” and personality in books, like these questions, really gave me a sense of immersion that I have not seen many other books of the type do.

I initially got this for animation school, but I've found that I've been using it even after I got out. It is accompanied by ooddles, and oodles of full page colour photos, reproductions of animation sequences of famous Disney characters, diagrams, sections on each of the main Disney animators, and hilarious caricatures that animators did of each other. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. An artist could represent the actual figure, if he chose, meticulously capturing its movements and actions. Thought it may be more of a tutorial book but is more of the history of animation and principles behind Disney's early years.Each chapter includes carefully worded information that helps guide the reader through the history of Disney animation and animation procedural techniques alike. However, the creator must not be able to clearly know everything in the entire life of this character.

The authors, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, worked with Walt Disney himself as well as other leading figures in a half-century of Disney films.This is the first I have found that dives a bit deeper and discusses Disney’s history and the principles and procedures of animation. Personally, I really appreciated the tips and tricks used for animation, such as the arcs hand gesture on page 62, and the lines examples given in a square diagram on page 68. Addeddate 2019-01-20 14:11:58 Identifier TheIllusionOfLifeDisneyAnimation Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0zq1h84t Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11. Is the action clear-cut, realistic, prolonged sufficiently, and exaggerated enough to be seen by the whole audience?