Action Analysis &Animation &Animation Artifacts &Commentary &Hubley &repeated posts &walk cycle 02 Aug 2013 04:29 am
Marky’s Walk, cycled
- If I had to choose who was my favorite animator, I’d have a tough time. Equal credit would probably have to go to three different people: Bobe Cannon, Tissa David and Bill Tytla. Jim Tyer and Ed Smith would fall just a smidgen below these three, for me. But there are none like them all, as far as I’m concerned.
I’ve posted a lot of drawings from Tissa and Bill Tytla, but have very few drawings by Bobe Cannon (nor have I seen many published anywhere.)
Here is a walk cycle from the beginning of Hubley’s monumental short, Moonbird. The odd numbers are extremes by Cannon, and the inbetweens (even numbers) were done by Ed Smith. Three different sized papers were used for this, and you can view them full sized if you click the thumbnails.
You’ll notice there’s paint all over the drawings. The ink & paint involved tracing the drawing, then using oil paints to cover all of the clear area in black. Some of that paint seeped onto the originals. In one drawing even to coloring the hat accidentally.
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On twos at 24FPS
Click left side of the black bar to play.
Right side to watch single frame.
There’s a lot more to this scene including several variants on the walk.
At some future time, I’ll add the other drawings to show off the entire scene.
on 03 Aug 2013 at 7:38 pm 1.the Gee said …
Awesome stuff all week long!
Thanks for this.
on 04 Aug 2013 at 3:10 pm 2.Tom Sito said …
Bobe Cannon is certainly one of the most overlooked animators in animation history. For someone who was so well respected by his peers, and who contributed to so many important films, his name is barely mentioned today. Thanks Mike for pointing him out.
on 04 Aug 2013 at 9:59 pm 3.the Gee said …
“Three different sized papers were used for this,â€
Any particular reason why? Or, is it not known?