Today’s update are some Walt Disney Studio film posters
Winsor Mckay and Gertie the Dinosaur
Today’s update are some images from settting the scene; the art and evolution of animation layout. These images are on Winsor Mckay the godfather of animation. If you don’t know about Winsor Mckay, he was a pioneer of 2D animation. He created Gertie the Dinosaur (animated by his assistant John Fitzsimmons) it was a great act never before seen. We thank him for his ingenuity, he played a big roll in popularizing the animated cartoon.
winsor mckay and gertie
gertie the dinosaur
winsor mckay
Stranger Things Fan Art pt.1
Todays update is about Stranger Things. I LOVE that show and have rewatched it many times. I found a great book at the library called Visions from the Upside Down. Its a collection of fan art. I will be updating a bunch of beautiful illustrations in the coming post
Eileen Steinbach
Blake Stevenson
Tony Hodgkinson
Andrew Swainson
Donny Gillies
Nick Taylor
Chris Willdig
Matt Riste
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Setting the Scene pt.3
today’s update are a few random images from Settinig the scene, the art and evolution of animation layout
Mr.Bug Goes To Town
today’s update is a all about the 1941 film, Mr.Bug goes to town. A Fleischer Brothers production
Setting the Scene pt.2
today’s update is more beautiful scans from Setting the Scene the art and evolution of animation layout
what a beautiful vertical pan from Pepe le Pew Heaven Scent
Setting the Scene pt.1
today’s update are some layouts from the book Setting the Scene the art and evolution of animation layout
Los Alebrijes from Pixar’s Coco
today’s post is a short one, it’s more Coco
The Art of Coco pt.9
today’s update is more Coco. we are almost done with this book. enjoy these last few post, and check the book out at your local library
2D animation and camera set ups from the past
today’s update are a few pictures of some old school camera set ups for traditional animation. if you didn’t know, everything was shot on film 24 frames at 1 second on movement. this was a very costly and time consuming method but it worked great. we don’t see to many people working in this way anymore, so checking out old school pictures is always a treat
Top-Jack Cardiff BSC, ASC at work.
Bottom- A later, more sophisticated Disney animation camera with pedal operated glass platen and rostrum “tower” equipped to allow the camera body to “truck” in and out
Andy Chandler operating and Oxberry animation camera
the Fleischer “stereoptical” turntable camera in use during photography for a Popeye short
Behind the scenes of Popeye the Sailor meets Sinbad the Sailor, and academy award nominated short
Left- Diagrams from the Walt Disney patent application for a modified animation camera stand intended to allow cartoon characters painted on cel to cast their own shadow on a simple 3-dimensional interior, recessed into the “compound” table beneath the camera lens
Right-Photo from the september 1944 issue of the monthly magazine Popular Science showing the camera operators at work on the Disney Multiplane “crane”
Left- Dave Fleischer operates operates a gearwheel of the rotating turntable on which the studios “Scenics” supervisor, Bob little, built the miniature city for the opening title sequence of My.Bug Goes to Town (Paramount, 1941)
Right-Puppeteer and model maker Bob Jones with Miniature of Strombolis wagon
Top- Disneys 1950s Tricks of our Trade documentary showing a nocturnal landscape, demonstrating the creation of a realistic parallax effect on the studios multiplane camera
Bottom- Still from an animated diagram featured in the same 1950 Tricks of Our Trade documentary
A rare multi level scene from Pinocchio, allowing horizontally oriented camera running on rails
Animator Les Clark editing in a Moviola
Disney camera operators in action
X Men simplified character redesigns
today’s update are some more beautiful character model sheets from the x-men art book called. X Men the art and making of the animated series. these pages are from the newer X Men cartoon, you can see the difference in design. the have been stream lined, something that makes an animators life easier but the look just isn’t the same. i will always gravitate towards the older original designs but thats just cause i’m an old soul. i don’t think these designs were ever used in the series run, one of those “would have been cool” but just never got the green light projects
X MEN Model Sheets
today’s update is a massive dump of some X Men model sheets, all from the beautiful abundant book the art and making of the animated series
animation layouts
today’s update are some beautiful layouts from a few disney animated films, all images are from the book Setting the Scene the art and evolution of animation layout. i love looking at these old gems, they take me back to my young days of watching cartoons all morning and after school.
X Men the animated series storyboards
today’s update is more x-men! a big dump of storyboards from the opening titles and some other boards. i gotta say these boards are amazing, truly masterful draftsmenship
