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April 20, 2009 3:06 pm
Golden Age animation artist Homer Jonas (1928-1979) now has a Facebook fan page courtesy of his son, artist Jeff Jonas. The Facebook page includes artwork from Jonas’s work at Disney (101 Dalmatians, Sleeping Beauty), as well as unpublished artwork, gag drawings, and vintage photos. Jeff says he’s planning to add more items in the future. 8 Comments » posted in Animators, Classic 
April 20, 2009 12:05 am
“Congobeat” has posted on YouTube several really cool, vintage animated advertisments from Australia. Each one put a smile on my face. The first one, dated 1941, is for Bushell’s Tea and features what life will be like in a retro-future down under: The next one is for Aeroplane Fruit Jellies and features their mascot “Bertie” the airplane: Another for Aeroplane Jellies, this one a TV spot from 1959 that introduces the I like Aeroplane Jellies theme song. 9 Comments » posted in Classic
April 18, 2009 12:05 am
You know those Magic Eye pictures? The ones that, if you stare at it long enough, you can see 3-D (without glasses). Here’s an attempt to do that with a moving image –the Pink Panther, animated. It’s a looped sequence of 19 frames converted from Flash animation. I’m not sure if it’s working for me, but I like the idea. It looks a little better larger, at 3Dimka’s Deviant Art page. Interesting? (Thanks, Jake Friedman) 20 Comments » posted in Classic
April 17, 2009 3:05 am
Here’s a picture of me with a very rare pig (Uhh… I’m the one on the left). Aside from production cels, how many physical props are still in existence from classic Looney Tunes? Mike Van Eaton of Van Eaton Galleries just acquired this piece (it’s not for sale – yet) from the estate of a Termite Terrace animator: It’s the Porky statue seen in the opening titles of Porky’s Hero Agency (1937). Apparently Bob Clampett made several of these and gave them to his top staff. The one in the film is painted, this one is not. This one is also inscribed with Porky’s name on the base, and a “(c) LS” (copyright Leon Schlesinger) on the back of the piece. Click on thumbnails below to get a better look.
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April 13, 2009 2:46 am
So much valuable educational material is being posted online nowadays. Here are a few newish items that have caught my attention:
Michael Sporn shares a genius walk cycle from Moonbird animated by Bobe Cannon and assisted by Ed Smith.
“Finding My Inner Pintoff” is a thought-provoking post by animator Will Finn (Iago in Aladdin, Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast) about how animating a scene without inbetweens, squash & stretch, anticipation and follow-through led him to a new understanding of what it means to communicate through animation.
Bill Tytla speaks about Forms vs. Forces: Part I & Part II
Hans Bacher’s blog Animation Treasures is a constant stream of inspiration from this comparison of Bambi pencil layouts to the finished backgrounds to fascinating bits of personal history like the early development of Beauty and the Beast to artwork by the likes of Jiří Trnka, and my recent personal fave, this Song of the South background analysis. 5 Comments » posted in Classic, Student, Bill Tytla
April 5, 2009 7:00 pm
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April 3, 2009 10:30 am
Love it or hate it – the theme song has become a classic. Marvel.com is posting the entire series of the 1967 ABC Spider-man Saturday morning cartoon show, one episode per week (each Thursday) on their site. It’s amazing that talents like John Dunn and Herman Cohen worked on this stuff. I don’t know if I can watch more than one – however the Bakshi ones come later in the run and they may be worthwhile. Here’s the first episode… 39 Comments » posted in Classic, TV
April 1, 2009 5:45 pm
Animation historian Michael Barrier spent 40 minutes today discussing classic cartoons on the radio show RadioWest, originating from The University of Utah in Salt Lake City, on NPR’s KUER 90.1. It was a lively conversation that centered on the Warner Bros. cartoons and discussed their adult appeal, the comics, the music, wartime cartoons, cartoon stereotypes, Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones, What’s Opera Doc?, as well as South Park and other fun topics. It’ll be available online for only three weeks, so I’d recommend listening in soon. Here’s the link. |
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