Animation Artifacts &Bill Peckmann &Books &Disney &Illustration 05 Nov 2010 07:23 am
He Drew As He Pleased – 3
- Here’s another follow up to the Albert Hurter book, He Drew As He Pleased (Simon and Schuster, 1948.)
Hurter, of course, was one of those exceptional European illustrators Disney brought into his studio in preparation for Snow White and Pinocchio. Hurter, as the title implies, was the master of his own fate, drawing designs which would be used generally to further the design of the features and Silly Symphonies.
Many thanks to Bill Peckmann for the loan of the book’s pages and the arduous task of scanning these illustrations.
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Albert’s animals had a tendency to face Westward.
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Mother Goose
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Studies for “Trader Mickey”.
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More studies for “Trader Mickey”.
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For “Jungle Rhythms” a Silly Symphony.
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Trouble in Hamelin Town.
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Hans Christian Andersen’s “Princess and the Chimney Sweep”.
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Fifteen Lively Jugs.
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Cafe Society.
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Minor Distortions.
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And a few confused people.
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Minuet In Porcelain for the Clock Shop.
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Hurter Picked Up Where Nature Left Off.
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“Father Neptune” at work
To see the other posts from this book: Part 1, Part 2
on 05 Nov 2010 at 11:57 am 1.Sandro said …
Hey Michael,
You made my day today! I always wanted this book but never found it but thanks to you I can see these beautiful and inventive drawings that many of the old timers talked about.
Thanks.
Sandro
on 05 Nov 2010 at 2:52 pm 2.Joel Brinkerhoff said …
I scanned a library copy and had sent it to Daniel Caylor who posted the whole book here:
http://www.onanimation.com/2010/11/04/albert-hurter/
on 06 Nov 2010 at 2:27 am 3.Eddie Fitzgerald said …
Boy, whatever Hurter was paid wasn’t enough! The ideas were not only useful for the Disney cartoons, but for the theme parks, books and toys that came later.
on 06 Nov 2010 at 8:17 pm 4.Eric Noble said …
These are mazing. I love their cartooniness and sense of personality. Some of these look like they could have come out of an early thirties Fleischer cartoon.
I wish they would reprint this book.