Animation &Animation Artifacts &Disney 20 Jun 2008 08:40 am
More Bambi Bits
- Let’s continue with some more Ollie Johnston animation from Bambi. These drawings were selected to illustrate one of the books by Johnston & Thomas. I’m not sure they were ever used, but here they are, just the same. The work’s too beautiful to ignore.
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Lots of squash and stretch, roly poly. He squashes down before the turn and quickly stretches as he tuns. He goes down again to confide – lifting the arm to give his aside to Bambi, “but it sure is terrible to eat.”
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Thumper’s girl friend is similar to Thumper, but I’m not crazy about the drawing.
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Beautiful drawings as Thumper talks, fully turning his head for emphasis. The beautiful ears move about with a very natural stiffness. Excellent weight.
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There’s some real life in this character. This last part has smaller drawings, so I assume there’s a cut in there.
on 20 Jun 2008 at 10:24 am 1.Thad said …
Beautiful stuff. Milt Kahl’s scene of Thumper falling in love may be the greatest anyone ever animated.