Bill Peckmann &Illustration &Models 17 Jun 2010 08:06 am
Wallace Tripp designs
- I’ve recently featured a number of illustration pieces by Wallace Tripp and have frequently expressed my feeling that he should have been desigining for animation. His style seems so ideal for the medium. Well, thank heavens, I’m apparently not the only one who thought so.
Bill Peckmann sends me a copy of a letter he received from Mr. Tripp which states that the accompanying artwork was designed for Richard Purdum’s British studio. The dragons are a delight.
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The following sketch and the character closeups are obviously
for something completely different:
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on 17 Jun 2010 at 10:24 am 1.Daniel Caylor said …
Beautiful!
on 17 Jun 2010 at 11:56 am 2.David Nethery said …
I’m in agreement with you on Wallace Tripp’s designs being perfect for animation.
I can see a kinship with the Bill Peet-Ken Anderson-Marc Davis-Milt Kahl style of anthropomorphic animal drawings that typify Disney animation.
I’ve actually seen that Purdum commercial with the crustacean , asparagus, and fish characters. (and the “toast” … the advert was for wine) . Didn’t dawn on me at the time it was designed by Tripp, but now I can see it.
on 18 Jun 2010 at 7:02 am 3.Stephen Macquignon said …
I love a good dragon
on 06 Dec 2012 at 6:55 pm 4.annie vadeboncoeur said …
Wally is a funny guy and an awesome person!