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- >On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, Adam Ives Chrystie wrote:
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- >> On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, RICK CATIZONE wrote:
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- >> > I assume you are talking about THE animation book by Ollie Johnston and
- >> > Frank Thomas,DISNEY ANIMATION THE ILLUSION OF LIFE. There is also a new
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- >> I just read that for a reasearch paper..whata co-inky-dink.
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- >> > version of the ART OF WALT DISNEY. i missed the original post, but can
- >> > only assume the first book is the sought after one. It's now on gloss
- >> > stock, although I don't the the images are as sharp as the original
- >> > printing.
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- >> There is a new book of "Disneys Art Of Animation Mickey-Beauty and The
- >> Beast"...Is this the one that has gone
- >> in to reprint? I'd rather get the older version...O'well
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- >> This book came out at the time of B&Beast. I don't think there is a
- >reissue, but is still available. Of course, it's hard to keep up.
- >Perhaps the softbound edition is what you're referring to as a reprint.
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- >However, ILLUSION OF LIFE is the one that has been out of print for
- >sometime. ISBN on my version was 0-89659-498-X. That's for the
- >softbound; I'm not at the studio yet, and that's where my hardbound copy is.
- >Hope this helps.
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- >Rcik Catizone/Anivision
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- Hyia everyone!
-
- THE animation book, Illusion of Life, has been out of print for some time,
- and yes, it is in print once again. I never thought It would hapen; it
- illustrates a lot of 'secrets' that Disney has developed through the years
- in all areas of production, and I mean ALL areas. I've got the first
- printing of the origional book, and recently purchased the new printing of
- the hardcover. Both copies are virtually identical (except paper stock is
- different, thinner in the new one, and the binding is now blue instead of
- red) every page is there, nothing is left out. It is WELL worth the $60
- you will spend for it. It isn't the be-all and end-all of animation books,
- and the 'history' in it has some interesting ommissions. Other books I'd
- reccommend are the J. Preston Blair books, and The Animator's Workbook.
- The Blair books are packed with information in an easy-to-digest format,
- and are relatively inexpensive. The 'Workbook is again filled with more
- information (you can never get too much >heh<) and has a lot of technical
- info about x-sheets, field guides, reading camera moves, and actually
- putting the production process to work.
-
- The BEST way to get better at animating (aside from doing it constantly) is
- to watch animation. The best animation to learn from is the old stuff, the
- '30's and '40's things where the animators were still just learning about
- movement, weight, anticipation, squash/stretch etc... You get to see how
- they learned to do things, and when they got things right, and when they
- get things wrong. Watching modern Disney/Bluth/Amblimation ect. they're
- so good now, that you have anticipation for a given action beginning
- seconds before the action takes place, and that anticipation overlapps with
- several other actions, so that unless you're sitting at home with a
- LaserDisc player and want to jog-shuttle your heart out for hours, there's
- no way to easily find out how 'they' did things.
-
- Well, I'm offa my soap box now. ;) Good luck!
-
- Timothy
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