Frank and Ollie talk Mickey

Stumbled onto this wonderful interview with Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston discussing Mickey Mouse. It’s fascinating to hear there’s thought as they handle these old drawings. Both animators worked on the Brave Little tailor which I think is one of the best Mickey Mouse shorts, I love the medieval setting and mickeys costume, Frank’s scene where Mickey describes his encounter to the king is probably my favourite sequence of Mickey.

There’s also a great documentary on Frank and Ollie, directed by Frank’s son covering their career and their long friendship.

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Rock-A-Doodle Behind the scenes

Not one of Don Bluth’s best works though I don’t think it’s one of his worst efforts either and there’s a lot I like in the film. Regardless I think it’s great to see some behind the scenes during production. Having read his biography recently it was interesting to learn that members at his studio weren’t too sold on the film’s concept as well. Part 1 Part 2

John Pomeroy's First Animation!

John Pomeroy just shared this incredible little animation that he did where he was only 15 years old. He talks about not having any hole punches so had to line up the corners of the paper. The skill even at this age is just undeniable. I wonder if he closely referenced footage from Sorcerer's apprentice (which would of been difficult if not impossible to do at this time which I think would of been 1966, not much by way of home media) or did he just create this from memory. John Pomeroy is an incredibly skilled animator who started at Disney in 1973 then famously left with Don Bluth and Gary Goldman in 1979 to start making their own films that competed with Disney. He would then later return to Disney in around 1995 to continue his legendary career. The list of characters he has brought to life is almost too big to go through but some personal favs of mine is his work on Princess Daphne, The Great Owl and Milo. John now runs an Online Learning resource which I have...

Something fun just arrived…

Check out what just arrived in the mail today. I’m excited to check these out, I’ve enjoyed the few demos and tutorials I’ve followed before from Don Bluth so I’ll be curious to see what he has to share in these dvds. Some of this will cover stuff I’ve already done in tutorials from many other teachers like the classic bouncing ball but you can never have too much practice. Here’s a great video he did on hands, this 4 min video really change the game for me in terms of understanding how to approach hands and get that Milt Kahl feeling, Don Bluth was always praised for his drawing abilities, rising up the Disney ranks from low level inbetweener to full Animator in a very short time. I even remember reading a interview Milt did that Andreas Deja shared on his blog where Milt specifically mentioned Don as one of the new guys that he thought was good, Which was high praise from that man. Here’s the article with Milt’s praise for Don… http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Int...

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