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Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life
The Illusion of Life: Disney AnimationBook cover (1995 edition)
AuthorFrank Thomas
Ollie Johnston
Published1981
PublisherAbbeville Press
Publication placeUnited States
Pages576
ISBN0-89659-233-2

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.

Contents

This book gives a history of Disney animation, explaining the processes involved in clear, non-technical terms. The philosophy is expressed in the so-called 12 basic principles of animation. It contains 489 plates in full color, as well as thousands of black-and-white illustrations, ranging from storyboard sketches to entire animation sequences.

Editions

The 1981 edition published by Abbeville Press (ISBN 0896592332) used better quality paper and consequently possessed higher image quality than either the 1988 edition or the revised edition from 1995 (ISBN 0-7868-6070-7) (published by Disney's Hyperion with the inverted title The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation).

Legacy

Topping the list of "best animation books of all time" in a poll at AWN, The Illusion of Life is still used as reference on and source of inspiration for character animation.

In 2013, the book's third chapter (which explains the twelve basic principles of animation) was republished in its entirety with the permission of the authors' heirs in the Disney Animated iPad app from Touch Press. All the illustrations were fully animated in the app version, and many parts of the chapter were annotated with explanatory comments from Disney's current animators.

References

  1. "Animation Magazine". Archived from the original on 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  2. Google Books
  3. "The illusion of life: Disney animation / Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston - Details - Trove". National Library of Australia. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  4. Disney's ILLUSION OF LIFE tops best animation books poll|Animation World Network
  5. Disney Opens Up Its Toon Vault with New 'Disney Animated' App - Variety
  6. 'Disney Animated' Named Best App of the Year|Animation World Network
  7. Access the Disney Animation Vault with New Interactive iPad App|Cartoon Brew

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