Tom Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Just visited the San Diego Comic Con and was introduced to an auction house selling classic animation art going back to the beginning of the 20th century. They have stuff from Winsor McCay to Classic Disney (Pinocchio, Fantasia etc) up to the modern era. (Warner Brothers and Fleischer studios also.) Click on any of the thumbnails and they will give you hi res versions of the art to enjoy. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click through any of the more than thirty pages of amazing artwork. There is a concept art piece by Kay Nielsen for Night on Bald Mountain which is breathtaking... https://comics.ha.com/c/search/results.zx?dept=1938&mode=live&auction_name=7375&type=surl-7375 Enjoy! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted August 3 Admin Share Posted August 3 Tom, Heritage Auctions is one of my favorite online sites. There aren't many places where we can find original artwork (comics and animation) of that quality and of course having the originals would be entirely too pricey! I often find little things that inspire me while scrubbing though the auction listings. Sometimes I even do my own versions of what I see there to test various animation approaches. Pan backgrounds are some of my favorites. That and drawings that have timing charts on them. (aka Key drawings) In following the link you posted there were a few drawings that are good examples of a 'two drawing animation' approach that hints and the importance of key drawings. The pups jumping rope from Disney's 'Alice Comedy' for instance. From that same lot are two pups on a teetertotter and it made me think that could also be a one drawing animation in that if flipped (scaled horizontally) the characters would animate just fine. I did a redraw that ended up being a two drawing version but the basic concept was still fun to explore. This isn't to suggest that Disney only used the two drawings but rather to suggest the two drawings adequately demonstrate the change from image to image that is so important in animation. With the jump rope, I'll guess the cycle might have 4 drawings because the two scanned here are labeled 'TR C' and 'TR D'. It's always just as fun when I discover I'm wrong about how they put something together as when I guess right. In addition to my redraw/animation of the teeter totter I'm attaching the two drawings from the jump rope. Just looking back and forth between the two we can see how that will animate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Rodney Posted August 3 Admin Share Posted August 3 The site often has multiple scans/views of the artwork. Large size scans typically are only available once logged in. Here's another look from the site of the drawings I mention above. Easier to look back and forth between the two jump rope drawings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted August 3 Author Share Posted August 3 Nice!! I like how you animated those drawings! And studying the pan artwork is a great thing to do! Lots to learn from the masters... If you go to some of the later pages (17-22) they have some Bill Tytla stuff of the Devil from Bald Mountain. There are also a few drawings of the Sorcerer from the Sorcerer's Apprentice. They list the sorcerers name as "Yen Sid"...which is DISNEY backwards, (an inside joke at the studio no doubt)....Ha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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