"We hope you'll enjoy the closing pages of our employee manual, excerpted from The Illusion of Living by Joey Drew, his acclaimed memoir and guide to animation."
— Joey Drew Studios Employee Handbook, page 194
The Illusion of Living is a memoir written by animation studio owner Joey Drew. The book describes Joey Drew's life, along with the philosophy of making animated cartoons, including the logic of animations and storytelling.
The cover of the book is black, with a yellow outline, which contains the title, Joey Drew's name, and a pair of horns. The back cover is also pitch black. The pages appear to again, be black.
Index[]
Introduction
The Illusion of Living: Part 1 - The What
The Illusion of Living: Part 2 - Bendy
A Question of Reality - Chapter 1: Shoes Make the Man
A Question of Reality - Chapter 2: The Elves and the Shoemaker
A Question of Reality - Chapter 3: The Initials
A Question of Reality - Chapter 4: Sparkle Unicorn
Art and the Everyday - Chapter 1: The Window
Art and the Everyday - Chapter 2: All the World's a Stage
Art and the Everyday - Chapter 3: Words Words Words
Art and the Everyday - Chapter 4: Still Life and Motion Pictures
Art and the Everyday - Chapter 5: The Play's the Thing
The Murder of Walter Richmond - Chapter 1
The Murder of Walter Richmond - Chapter 2
The Murder of Walter Richmond - Chapter 3
The Murder of Walter Richmond - Chapter 4
The Murder of Walter Richmond - Chapter 5
Actualizing the Dream - Chapter 1: The Businessman's Advice
Actualizing the Dream - Chapter 2: A Shoe Box
Actualizing the Dream - Chapter 3: An Art Show
Actualizing the Dream - Chapter 4: The Birth of Bendy
Actualizing the Dream - Chapter 5: "Without Music, Life Would be a Mistake."
Actualizing the Dream - Chapter 6: It Don't Mean a Thing...
Actualizing the Dream - Chapter 7: Deals Done in the Dark
Living in the Now - Chapter 1: Mud
Living in the Now - Chapter 2: Amusement
Living in the Now - Chapter 3: The Moment
Living in the Now - Chapter 4: The Plan
Living in the Now - Chapter 5: A Light in the Window
What Comes Next
Some Practical Concerns: Part 1 - A Day in the Life
Some Practice Concerns: Part 2 - An Introduction to Animation
A Practical Guide to Creating the Illusion of Living: Part 1 - Joey Drew's Seven Rules to Animate By
A Practical Guide to Creating the Illusion of Living: Part 2 - Joey Drew's Three Rules to Telling a Good Story
The book first appears in the prologue, in the Joey Drew Studios exhibits in Archgate Studios. In the same fashion as the first game, you must use it to repair the Ink Machine.
Collecting all 24 copies throughout the game will award the player with the "The Insane Reader" achievement after sitting on a chair located on the stairs down to Wilson's laboratory.
Trivia[]
General Facts[]
The book's title is a reference to "The Illusion of Life", a Walt Disney animation book written by two long-term animators, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, who were also two of Disney's Nine Old Men.
An actual book with the same name was released in February of 2021.
The Illusion of Living was published in 1942 in the in-game universe.
Following Joey Drew's death, The Illusion of Living was re-released by Nathan Arch in 1972, featuring footnotes from him.
In-Game Facts[]
The book in the foyer location.
In older updates for Chapter 1: Moving Pictures before the release of Chapter 4: Colossal Wonders, the book localization was randomized.
