Daily post 17 Jan 2007 07:54 am
Drawing Lines
Floyd Norman continues his Toy Story story on Jim Hill Media. Part one was here.
- On the FPS site Mark Mayerson has an excellent review of Tom Sito‘s book, Drawing the Line.
I think this is something of an important book in that it covers material which is just not the focus of most histories. As Mark rightly says, “… histories have concentrated on studios, cartoon characters and individual artists.” The book rightly points to the important contribution unions have made to animation’s history. The information on the McCarthy hearings and the animation studios was worth the book on its own.
The review (and the book) are worth a read. Here.
Another book just published is Didier Ghez‘ fourth volume of his series, Walt’s People. This series has collected interviews with many of the masters of animation. The interviews are usually important and inciteful reading. I’d certainly encourage any of you to buy the series. They can be found on Xlibris or Amazon.
Walt’s People Volume 4, just about to hit the stalls, includes interviews with Grim Natwick, Dick Huemer, Joe Grant, Peter Ellenshaw, John Hench, Marc Davis, Roy Williams, Floyd Norman and many more. It looks to be as great an edition as all of the ohter three.
For more information, and to see a great site, go to Didier’s Disney History.
– If you want to have a little fun go to Pictaps, click on paint and draw a character. Then you can watch it start moving in a herky-jerky dance. It’s an entertaining site constructed by Masayuki Kido in Japan.
The example to the left was one I did in a couple of minutes.
If you have the time, it’s a kick.
I found this link on Drawn which is a fine site that should be a regular stop for anyone who draws or is interested in illustration. They feature articles and links to illustrators and artists.
It came to Drawn via Dave Roman.
