The book goes deeper looking at how these hardworking pioneers approach animation, invent new ways to animate and bring seemingly inanimate objects, even things like safety pins, to life. Interesting quotes and commentary are everywhere.

Storytelling and character development are also covered. There are plenty of illustrious stories on Walt Disney, people he worked with and the roles everyone played from the storyman to director. Written by two of Disney's famous Nine Old Men, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, this book goes back to where animation was born, made and enjoyed by people all over the world.Īt 576 pages, this huge volume probably covers lots of ground on animation except the how-to-do-it part since this isn't really a tutorial book.

In a likely reference to the book, the Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode ' Light Makes Right' contains a scene featuring the children's book Tall Tales of The Gummi Bear, which contains a page with the words 'Two of Gummi's famous Nine Old Bears, Frank and Ollie', honoring both authors with a blink-and-you-miss-it inside joke.Of the many books on animation and Disney, The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation is probably the best. It is a frequently-used reference among professional animators. The book gives many glimpses into the workings of the animation masters at Disney's during the Golden Age of animation. The philosophy of the Disney animators is expressed in the so-called 12 basic principles of animation. It contains four hundred eighty-nine plates in full color, and thousands of black and white illustrations ranging from storyboard sketches to entire animation sequences, all of which illustrate the exquisite art of Disney style animation. Totalling five hundred and seventy-six pages, a revised edition, with the inverted title The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation was published October 19, 1995. It tops the list of 'best animation books of all time' in a poll at AWN.

It is widely considered to be one of the best books ever published on the topic of character animation. 576 Source Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life, published in 1981, is an acclaimed book by two of Disney's Nine Old Men, Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas.

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