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Animation &Animation Artifacts &Disney 01 Mar 2010 08:53 am
Thomas’ Little Tailor – 2
- I continue with this scene by Frank Thomas from the Mickey short, The Brave Little Tailor. A brilliant scene it goes on for about 250 drawings long, and it’ll take four or five posts. Many thanks to my friend, Lou Scarborough, for the generous loan of his xeroxed copies; it was a delight getting them back in registration.
I begin, as usual with the last drawing from Part 1.
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The following QT movie represents all of the drawings of the first 3 posts.
As more of the film is posted, I’ll add more of the scene to the QTs.
Right side to watch single frame.
Animation Artifacts &Books &Disney 26 Feb 2010 08:42 am
El Sastrecillo Valiente
Ignacio Carlos Ochoa is an animator in Argentina. (Check out his site; his work is extremely good.) He recently wrote to tell me that he found a book at his mother’s house – El Sastrecillo Valiente/The Brave Little Tailor. (Oddly enough, I had just begun scanning the Frank Thomas scene from this film that started posting last Monday.)
Ignacio sent scans of the book, and it appears to be the Spanish edition of the Whitman book, originally published in English in 1939. He guessses this edition to date from the 50′s and published by PEUSER LTD. (“On the back cover is writed ‘Peuser Ltd.’ in a very small size.”) At the first page we can read that the book was printed by “LibrerÃa Hachette” .
I’m grateful to Iganacio for sending these great scans, and I hope you like the book:
(Click any image to enlarge.)
Animation &Disney 22 Feb 2010 09:14 am
Thomas’ Little Tailor – 1
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- I’m pleased to post this scene by Frank Thomas from the brilliant Mickey short, The Brave Little Tailor. This scene is one of the highlights of the short.
In its entirety the scene’s about 250 drawings long, and I’ll never be able to get it up in fewer than four or five posts. Many thanks to my friend, Lou Scarborough, for the generous loan of his xeroxed copies.
So, here are the first fifty drawings.
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The following QT movie represents the first three posts.
As more of the film is posted, I’ll also post more of the scene.
Right side to watch single frame.
Animation Artifacts &Bill Peckmann &Disney &Models 16 Feb 2010 09:40 am
Donald Models – 2
- Last week we had the Donald Models. Actually that was the second edition of Donald models, I’ve posted. The other was a while back – back in July 2009, there was the lecture notes written of the after-hours class held in the ’30s.
As I stated, last week, this post is dedicated to model sheets of Donald that are tied to specific films he was in. I love them all. They come from several periods of Disney shorts and Donalds. The first is from my favorite period for Donald, and I’m sorry he had to change from this guy; I love him. But I also love the Mickey of that period – 1931-32.
In the end we get into the TV Donald – but not too much.
Anyway, enough gab.
Love this character.
Hawaiian Holiday – Sept 24, 1937
Donald’s Ostrich – Dec 10, 1937
Master of the Hounds
retitled The Fox Hunt – July 29 1938
The Hockey Champ – Apr 28, 1939
Officer Duck – October 10, 1939
Donald’s Dog Laundry – April 5 1940
Donald’s Date
retitled Mr. Duck Steps Out – June 7 1940
The Fire Chief – Dec 13 1940
Just heads. This is getting to be late-period Donald.
Here we have one from Steel and America (1964)
an Industrial done for the U.S.Steel Corporation.
Finally, I had to have a Von Drake in the bunch.
Many thanks to the gracious Bill Peckmann for the loan of this material to post. His collection of model sheets is amazing.
Animation Artifacts &Bill Peckmann &Disney &Models 08 Feb 2010 09:02 am
Donald Models
- I’ve spent a lot of time the past few Mondays posting models of Mickey Mouse. It’s only fair to move onto Donald Duck. Here are a lot of good models, mostly from the ’30s.
I follow this first group with some really clean models designed for publishing. I think you’ll see how heartfelt the first batch are compared to the second group done in the ’50s.
You can also see an earlier post I did of the Disney lecture on Donald and how to draw him.
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The following are designed for publishing, not animation:
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Next week I’ll follow with a number of models from specific films, all of which are gems.
I have to thank the inestimable courtesy of Bill Peckmann for the loan of these sheets. I am deeply grateful.
Animation &Animation Artifacts &Bill Peckmann &Disney 01 Feb 2010 08:59 am
Symphony Hour – sc 48
- Last week I posted the model sheet for scene 22 of The Symphony Hour. This week I have scene 48. I’ve also broken down the drawings and made a QT comparison between the final film and these extremes from scene animated by Marvin Woodward. I hope it’s useful to some of you.
The model sheets come from the gracious courtesy of Bill Peckmann. Many thanks to him.
As with last week’s post, first the full model sheet then a breakdown.
(Click any image to enlarge.)
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The following QT movie was timed to match the extremes in the
animation. Until any pose appeared in color, I held the image just
prior for the number of frames to cover the missing inbtws.
It’s a large QT so may take time to load.
Right side to watch single frame.
For further study take a look at Mark Mayerson‘s Mosaic and comments on this film.
Animation &Animation Artifacts &Bill Peckmann &Disney &Models 25 Jan 2010 08:32 am
The Symphony Hour – scene 22
- Last week I posted the model sheet for scene 10 of The Symphony Hour. This week I have scene 22. I’ve also broken down the drawings and made a QT comparison between the final film and these extremes by Les Clark. It’s a short scene, but there’re a lot of dynamics in it.
The model sheets come from the gracious courtesy of Bill Peckmann. Many thanks to him.
As with last week’s post, first the full model sheet then a breakdown.
(Click any image to enlarge.)
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The QT shows that the first images of the scene have change
a bit. Mickey’s right hand is different. It changed to something
more dynamic. The scene feels as though it cuts short, except
that it’s matching the track and works with sound. Since the
sound comes in with the head of the next scene, I left it out and
held the last drawing a beat longer than called for. Click left side of the black bar to play.
Right side to watch single frame.
For further study take a look at Mark Mayerson‘s Mosaic and comments on this film.
Animation &Bill Peckmann &Disney &Models 18 Jan 2010 08:46 am
Symphony Hour – sc 13
- Bill Peckmann had sent me a couple of model sheets from The Symphony Hour. I’m posting two of them below; one is taken from Scene 13, the second from Scene 20. Both scenes were animated by Les Clark, and, as was to be expected, he employs more drawings than those posted on the model charts. Inbetweens fill it out.
You might want to check out Mark Mayerson‘s mosaic and comments on this film.
(Click any images to enlarge.)
These are the two charts as printed.
The following is more of an enlargement of Sc. 13.
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In putting together a rough QT of the piece I put everything on twos
which, roughly, matches the length but not the beautiful timing.
It’s designed only to give an idea of the flow of the action.
Right side to watch single frame.
Animation &Animation Artifacts &Bill Peckmann &Disney &Models 14 Jan 2010 09:04 am
Little Whirlwind – 2
- A second model sheet of Minnie shows the animation breakdown for scene 57 from the film, The Little Whirlwind. The scene was animated by Ward Kimball and Reuben Timmins (effx).
Here’s the full model sheet. Note that some of the drawings are out of order (row 2 should be row 3.)
(Click any image to enlarge.)
Here’s a breakdown of those same drawings enlarged for viewing.
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twos since I have nothing to go by, I just let it play itself. Click left side of the black bar to play.
Right side to watch single frame.
Thanks to Bill Peckmann for the generous loan of this model sheet.
Animation &Animation Artifacts &Disney 11 Jan 2010 08:28 am
More Thomas Jungle Book – 3
– Here is the third and final part of this scene from The Jungle Book in which Kaa, the snake, tries to capture Mowgli, the boy.
Dale Oliver (1919-2003) was Frank Thomas‘s assistant for twenty years. His generosity was responsible ultimately for getting these drawings to John Canemaker who has, once again, kindly lent them to me to post on this site. I thought it nice that one of the brilliant Disney assistant animators deserved a small token of positive appreciation for all his extraordinary work on so many of those wonderful scenes.
You can find the first two parts of the scene by going to these links:
Part 1
Part 2
As with last week, we pick up with the last drawing from that part – #69.
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The Following QT movie is of the complete scene.
Click left side of the black bar to play.
Right side to watch single frame.
