Animation &Animation Artifacts &John Canemaker 03 Aug 2011 05:36 am
Tytla Devil Recaps
Continuing with my recaps of Bill Tytla’s Disney animation, I’ve put together a couple of past posts to show you some of the beautiful drawing Tytla did on Fantasia‘s Night On Bald Mountain sequence.
- Here’s what for me was a real treat to scan and post. I had some limited access to actual drawings by Bill Tytla of the Devil from Fantasia. The drawings are mostly roughs by Tytla, and they give a good sample of what his actual work looked like.
I don’t need to write about it; let me just give you these mages.
A good example of a Tytla drawing.
Here’s the clean up of the same drawing.
Later in the same scene.
Some Tytla sketches.
Animation roughs don’t get any more beautiful than this.
A side-peg pan.
Rough heads.
Art. What else need be said?
The individual drawings are stunning, and they’re
in service to a brilliantly acted sequence.
It will never get better.
- Going under the assumption that there never are enough of Tytla’s Devils on the internet, I’ve got a few drawings to show here.
These were photographs of drawings taken (rather dark exposure that I lightened a bit) of what appears to be some cleanups. Most of them are from one scene; one drawing is from another. They’re all treasures.
How do you go from delicate Dumbo’s bath to this? That’s acting!
(Click any image to enlarge.)
on 03 Aug 2011 at 6:21 am 1.Bill Benzon said …
These are, of course, great drawings. It’s wonderful to see there here on the web so everyone can see and appreciate them.
on 03 Aug 2011 at 9:17 am 2.John Celestri said …
I marvel at Tytla’s drawings no matter how many times I see poses from his scenes.
A side note: I also get a kick when I see evidence of how “low tech” the tools were to create such art…pencil and paper and what appears to be packing tape used for registration hole reinforcement. (We used the same method at Nelvana back in the mid-1970s to early 1980s, as we used Oxberry pegs and punched our own hole reinforcements).
on 03 Aug 2011 at 12:30 pm 3.Phyllis Barrier said …
Cool, Michael.
on 03 Aug 2011 at 12:46 pm 4.David Lesjak said …
Beautiful, powerful work!
on 03 Aug 2011 at 1:11 pm 5.Charles Kenny said …
Thanks for posting Michael. That sequence is by far the scariest in any animated film. It’s fun to think that it hasn’t been bettered.
on 05 Aug 2011 at 11:59 pm 6.Michael Amos said …
Thanks so much for posting these Michael. I love the the power Tytla was able to get out of this amazing character. Great to see the original drawings. I need one of those on my wall
on 03 Oct 2011 at 11:42 am 7.Al Sirois said …
These are magnificent, not to say inspirational.
on 06 Feb 2013 at 8:34 pm 8.Sheila Graber said …
Hi Michael,
This sequence of the Devil coming out the mountain is my most favourite EVER since I saw it in the cinema at the age of 7. It is what inspired me to become an animator years later at the age of 30!
( I think you know my book/dvd “Animation a handy Guide”)
I bought a Bill Tytla drawing from the sequence you feature on this page -many years ago.. alas I must sell it now as I’m having to move house and it is one of my few assets. Knowing that you are are a genuine lover of animation(and honest with it) could you please advise where I might get a buyer for my drawing.
Thankyou – Sheila