Animation Artifacts &Disney &Illustration &Layout & Design &Models 18 May 2011 05:46 am
Cinderella Drawings – 2
- I continue, here, with more images from Cinderella.
I think of this series of posts as an outgrowth of the Cinderella drafts Hans Perk is posting on his excellent blog, A Film LA. Check them out if you haven’t already.
Many of the following drawings are better drawn than some of those in the first post. Others almost look as though they’re frame grabs rather than the preliminary sketches (See #9 & 10) they are. I hope you enjoy them. If you know who did any of the art, don’t hesitate to let us all know.
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I just read a great little quote by Wilfred Jackson in Didier Ghez‘ book Walt’s People Vol. 6. I thought I’d share it. It comes from an interview with Jackson by Steve Hulett:
- Pinocchio was the last picture I worked on that was done so strictly under Walt’s guidance. All during the thirties it was that way. Then he backed off and began throwing more responsibility to the rest of us. He figured we should know our business well enough to help him make pictures instead of being extra fingers on his hand.
And it’s my personal opinion that this accounts a great deal for some of the difference that you see in the spirit and the heart that you see in the pictures during the thirties. That gradually, it got a little less evident until it got to the point, in my estimation, where the Disney pictures became superb technically, but a little lacking in a joyous creative spirit you’ll find in those early pictures. As time went on, it was more and more diluted by the influence of others . . .
on 18 May 2011 at 12:13 pm 1.Robert Dress said …
I love drawings, 1,4, and 12. They really speak to the heart of the story. It’s amazing how a well thought out back ground drawing can say so much about a character with out the need of slick and elaborate animation that we are so familiar with today.
I think the greatest human protagonist Disney helped to create was in his last feature he over saw, The Jungle Book. When I think of that film I think about the boy and the bear. When I think Cinderella I think mice. Shouldn’t the main character of a story be the most interesting and memorable character???
on 18 May 2011 at 3:50 pm 2.Bill Perkins said …
Hi Michael. I’m sure the model in image 19 was created by Ken O’Conner. He taught layout when I was at Cal Arts and he brought it to class one morning. Great peice of work.