Animation &Animation Artifacts &Disney 07 Dec 2009 08:43 am
Dwarf walk
- Here are the drawings of Grumpy walking in a huff. Bill Tytla was the animator. The images come from a photostat which prepared the material for publication. A couple of these drawings appeared in the Thomas-Johnston book, Illusion of Life. The sequence, here, is missing drawing numbers 6,7 and 8.)
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2Note how he starts with his shoulders high.
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His bent leg, at this point, takes the weight of his body.
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He moves his body up, high . . .
(Note that we’re missing drawings 6, 7, and 8.)
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. . . then twists his entire torso.
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The straightened leg makes contact.
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Again the shoulders go high as the pattern repeats on the other leg.
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Note the detailed attention to the flow of the clothing throughout.
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(Click any of the above images to enlarge.)
The following QT movie is on one’s with
the exception of dwngs #5, 9, & 11 on twos
to make up for the three missing drawings.
Right side to watch single frame.
on 07 Dec 2009 at 1:56 pm 1.Eric Noble said …
Fantastic drawings. Bill Tytla is becoming one of my favorite animators. His drawings are so solid and yet feel so elastic (in a good way) at the same time, allowing for movement and caricature. For some reason, I love the wrinkles he puts on Grumpy. I guess it adds that elasticity to the drawings.
on 09 Dec 2009 at 10:19 am 2.John Celestri said …
Tytla visualized motion, not just pretty drawings. to me, his poses are dynamic/subtle because they are the “pictorial notes” of his analysis of that particular movement.