Rating  - ¡MAGNÍFICO!
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)
Rating - Every Animation Artist Should Own It!
I'll get to the point quickly. This is the BEST book about the process of classical animation ever written. It is thorough, well written, and very entertaining. Without seeing it, it is impossible to understand the immense amount of info contained in this volume. It should be treated like a text book for animators, and that is the way in which the authors have approached the presentation. Illusion of Life covers topics as diverse as storytelling, sound effects, drawing hair, acting, pacing, comedy, and design. It was written by two of Disney's original animators, so they know what they're talking about. It's hard to imagine anyone in the industry getting by without the knowledge contained within the covers of this fantastic book.
Rating - They say it's the first book to buy on animation. I agree.
I have, for several years, been a member of various computer animation lists, and that's where I'm coming from with this review. This is the one book which has consistently come up on those lists when dealing with general issues (the Principles of Animation, etc), simply because it is the best. It is not the best tutorial book, since it is not written as a tutorial: it is a history of Disney. If you want a tutorial on computer animation, go elsewhere. But that will probably NOT be as much help to you as reading this book, because after reading this, you will be inspired. I think this is why people are so religeously fervent when speaking about it - not because they found it useful for the large number of techniques and tips which are slipped in throughout (though very many of them are out of date or not applicable in the computer animation world), but because the book inspires. I thought it was expensive, but after I bought it and read it the first time, I realised it was cheap at the price. It is gorgeously produced, and filled with colour pics and examples of what it talks about. Worth buying if you are into animation, or if you are interested in the history of Disney.
Rating - The Animators Bible
Equivalent to a Holy relic, this masterpiece of a book has inspired me, not only to appreciate Disney's work, but also the animators and animation in general. If you are considering entering the animation field, in particular working for Disney, then by all means purchase this book and read it thouroughly. 2 of the Old Nine Men, Ollie Johnston and Frank Thomas, wrote this book sometime in the early eighties. I read this in the early nineties. I was such a good read it amazed. Not only what they were writing about, but how good the writing was. It was humerous, witty, profound and informative in such a way that is easy to retain the knowledge which I found immediately applicable. By far the one book that has stood the test of time beyond all of Disney's "The Art of (Insert Movie Here)" books. Thomas and Johnston give step by step process of how Disney complete a picture from the inception of the first idea to the finalized product on Sunset Boulevard at the El Capitan. I cannot comment on this book enough and cannot reccomend this book highly enough. Five stars is the max, but I can say, of all the books I have read, no other book has inspired me more in my readings, and no other book I treasure more than this one. I say, the earlier edition of this book may have better prints and color, but its not the pictures that matter completely (however nice they are), its what the animators pass on to another animator. Inspiration for motivation and creativity.
Rating  - A most marvelous of books.
I wouldn't say this is a book on animation, rather a general synopsis of a style of animation which is quite wonderous and in itself another art form. It does not explain so much the drawing, or its technique so much as the process and general thoughts on its topic. There are plenty of other books which will give you a better idea on certain area's of animation, but nothing will give you a broad and over all priese of fine animation of refining techniques. It lays the ground work for developing your own style (hopefully?) All and all, pretty slick!
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