Animation &Animation Artifacts &Disney 08 Mar 2010 08:48 am
Thomas’ Little Tailor – 3
- What more can I say. It’s arguably the greatest Mickey scene ever animated. Frank Thomas did it, and this is part 3 of the displayed drawings and developing QT pencil test. In case you can’t guess, it’s from The Brave Little Tailor. Many thanks to Louis Scarborough Jr. for the loan of the scene to post it.
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The following QT movie represents all 183 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.
on 08 Mar 2010 at 1:26 pm 1.Swinton Scott said …
I know it isn’t that important, but how long did Frank Thomas work on this scene to get it just right? Its brilliant, but, how long can you redraw and coax a scene to perfection? Those guys were amazing in their accomplishments for Disney. Thanks for posting these great drawings Michael.
on 08 Mar 2010 at 3:12 pm 2.Michael said …
I believe they averaged 15 feet a week. Thomas seems to have been a relatively fast animator. He did very large sequences of Sword and the Stone and Jungle Book by himself, so I would guess he actually turned out more than the 15 feet on this scene.
on 08 Mar 2010 at 4:19 pm 3.Stephen Worth said …
Walt Disney told Les Clark that his scene of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice bringing the brooms to life (with all the sleeve secondary action) was the best he had ever seen Mickey animated. There are quite a few “best Mickey scenes”. Hard to pick!
on 10 Mar 2010 at 6:58 pm 4.James N. said …
Incredible! Great reference. Thanks for posting!!
on 10 Mar 2010 at 6:59 pm 5.James N. said …
One more thing, I love how his head still looks solid even when he just has two ovals for eyes. THAT’S skill!!