{"id":3121,"date":"2025-12-25T18:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orchid-panther-716643.hostingersite.com\/?p=3121"},"modified":"2026-01-25T21:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T21:46:03","slug":"richard-williams-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordalefou.com\/es\/2025\/12\/25\/richard-williams-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"\/\/ Aventuras de Richard Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Antes de terminar este 2025 he podido leer <strong>la edici\u00f3n espa\u00f1ola de \u201cAventuras de Richard Williams\u201d que nos trae la editorial Anaya.<\/strong> Los libros de Anaya siempre han sido fuentes inestimables de informaci\u00f3n en nuestra industria audiovisual, sobre todo en la \u00e9poca pre-internet, cuando era imposible encontrar informaci\u00f3n de ning\u00fan tipo y eso se reflejaba en la calidad de la ense\u00f1anza, digamos des\u00e9rtica, de aquellos a\u00f1os y en la ignorancia m\u00e1s absoluta para los que quer\u00edamos iniciarnos en el complicado mundo de la animaci\u00f3n, los efectos especiales o digamos el dibujo en general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leyendo el libro me han surgido algunas dudas acerca de la traducci\u00f3n, porque algunos p\u00e1rrafos no se comprenden bien. No tengo claro si es por la traducci\u00f3n que no termina de adaptar algunos t\u00e9rminos t\u00e9cnicos o si es que el original de Williams no estaba suficientemente revisado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hay que decir que el libro lo termin\u00f3 la mujer de Williams, Imogen Sutton. Tras leer el libro se comprende la labor de esta mujer o digamos esta \u201cpareja art\u00edstica\u201d como una se\u00f1a de identidad dentro de lo que podr\u00edamos llamar el \u201csue\u00f1o de la animaci\u00f3n\u201d. Con esto quiero decir que si hablamos de motivaci\u00f3n y credibilidad, Richard Williams y su mujer son pilares de un mundo mejor. Un mundo donde el objetivo es la excelencia, a trav\u00e9s de trabajo duro y dedicaci\u00f3n. Algo que no es para nada habitual, sino m\u00e1s bien algo extra-ordinario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La narrativa del libro no puede ser m\u00e1s interesante. Su mayor defecto es su brevedad.<strong> Resume en pocas l\u00edneas momentos extraordinarios.<\/strong>Y tengo que decir que est\u00e1 lleno de ellos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lo m\u00e1s curioso de esta biograf\u00eda es que en lugar de centrarse en s\u00ed mismo <strong>se centra en otros artistas, de los que Richard aprendi\u00f3 y se sirvi\u00f3<\/strong> para completar el m\u00e9todo m\u00e1s exhaustivo hasta la fecha de animaci\u00f3n tradicional, conocido en todo el mundo: <strong>El Survival Kit y sus clases magistrales, herederas de Disney, pero tambi\u00e9n de otras escuelas como la Warner.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Este aspecto ya lo he visto en otras biograf\u00edas, como la de Manara, aut\u00e9nticos genios que en lugar de hablar de su vida, dan las gracias a otros genios que admiraron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otro aspecto que me ha llamado la atenci\u00f3n de Williams <strong>es la sencillez con la que un fen\u00f3meno de talla mundial se dedica a su labor con pasi\u00f3n sin otro objetivo m\u00e1s que el de autoperfeccionarse.<\/strong>Es evidente que Williams era un aut\u00e9ntico artista y una vez m\u00e1s es evidente que los animadores son pura raza, dentro de la raza de dibujantes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Me ha producido mucha tristeza ver que el libro es un repaso a la vida de grandes genios que fueron muriendo progresivamente y cuyo legado fue recogido por Williams, quien, a su vez tambi\u00e9n ha terminado por dejarnos. Se puede decir que murieron con las botas puestas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tambi\u00e9n me ha llamdo la atenci\u00f3n cierto paralelismo entre la historia de los animadores y la de los artistas de vfx, en cuanto a la evoluci\u00f3n generacional a lo largo de varias d\u00e9cadas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gracias Mr Williams \u2764\ufe0f.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-pale-pink-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-pale-pink-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-ast-global-color-5-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the end of 2025, I was able to read the Spanish edition of \u201cThe Adventures of 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