The Illusion of Life Disney Animation

This is more than just a “How to” book. it’s fun and enjoyable for everyone, like our beloved classic Disney movie we all grew to love. This book is the fascinating inside story by two long-term Disney animators of the gradual perfecting of a relatively young and particularly American art form. The authors didn’t only work with the legendary Walt Disney himself, but with other leading figures in the half-centaury history of Disney films.

Besides relating the painstaking trail-and-error development of Disney’s character animation technology, this charming book is filled with an overabundance of the original historic drawings used in creating some of the best-loved characters like Mickey and Donlad Duck.

The book is an answer to every question about how the amazingly lifelike effects of Disney character animation were achieved, including charming stories of the ways that many favorite animated figures got their personalities.