I'm not. It gives me a headache. And looks too conspicuously used.
When I look at Gertie, I don't think of the creators saying "gee whiz, this is gonna wow 'em, we don't need to do anything else. This ALONE will bowl over the audience" Notice too that it is not done at an absurdly unrealistic speed (such as in any of the Spiderman movies). Again, because no one was TRYING to impress.
I agree that the great animators of time past were much better than most animator's today. But it's really the industry that fuels the quality of animation, not the laziness of animators. Animators in time past worked themselves sick, and many animators today are doing the same. A studio hires animators to work for a cheap as possible because projects do to the studio that is the lowest bidder. But some work is still great today, like a lot of the films disney and Dreamworks put out.
I know what you're saying, but I don't think you can compare even what was done 15 years ago, nowadays it's all done by computer, hardly any "true" talent is needed.
I'm also a 2D animator. I'm not sure if you're suggesting that computers are doing the animation (which it may for some studios), but well done animation is created by the animator and not the computer. A lot of "true" talent is still needed even with the technology we have today. If you don't have the talent behind the computer, you won't get the quality animation you're looking for. If you're saying that you prefer the 2D look of animation, then that's fine, because I prefer it as well.
@doddsino please -_- i respect winsor mccay and his amazing contributions to animation, his skills revolutionized animation but it doesnt demean current standards today, it takes just as much skill talent and hard work as it did back then while it is true we no longer animate using cells, you cannot deny the beauty of 3-d animation, and its no easy task u try modeling in 3-d you will start to cry once you open the program!!!! i prefer traditional as well but plz show repect for today's animation
@doddsino by the way i dont understand what you meant by "What was done 15 years ago??" are you taking about Winsor's work or traditional 2-d animation??
I live in Michigan!Went to saw The Winsor McCay mussem it was a beatiful place in Grand Haven!Gertie and Little Nemo are excellent characters!R.I.P Winsor.
Winsor McCay is such a unique cartoonist. Little Nemo is a Surrealist work of Art. Thank you again for this gem: it's almost as precious as my Star-Saphire.
And it's still a better gimmick than that 3-D crap
Tareltonlives 1 year ago
this was made in the year my great grandma was born... shes 97 now and still running around the house haha.
StopMotionNeal 1 year ago
This is amazing! where did you find this? Winsor McCay is one of the best artists that's ever lived.
evalasco 2 years ago
Gertie ate an f'in rock and a tree.
electricfoxx 2 years ago
that is absolutely amazing.
beundertaker 3 years ago
He's such a great artist
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gonissango 3 years ago
Pure genoius. I like emile more though, after all, he's the godfather of animation.
kathryn807 4 years ago
This man was an absolute genious for his time...everything was done by hand btw
boestreetrunners 4 years ago
Very creative back then. :)
GOTHMIDNIGHTMERMAID 4 years ago
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I am very glad we have computer animation now.
Jesusismyhomey1 4 years ago
I'm not. It gives me a headache. And looks too conspicuously used.
When I look at Gertie, I don't think of the creators saying "gee whiz, this is gonna wow 'em, we don't need to do anything else. This ALONE will bowl over the audience" Notice too that it is not done at an absurdly unrealistic speed (such as in any of the Spiderman movies). Again, because no one was TRYING to impress.
60sThru80s 4 years ago 3
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That's insanely stupid. This was obviously a gimmick intended to do exactly what you say it wasn't.
missionimhossible 4 years ago
Why? So animators can be even more lazy?
Give me a pencil and paper any day.
doddsino 4 years ago
How are animators lazy? I am an animator (2D) and I work harder than most people I know.
theswisswatchmaker 3 years ago
I don't think animators are as hard working as they used to be.
Maybe I was wrong to call them "lazy" but I think that earlier works are far superior to what we get today.
doddsino 3 years ago
I agree that the great animators of time past were much better than most animator's today. But it's really the industry that fuels the quality of animation, not the laziness of animators. Animators in time past worked themselves sick, and many animators today are doing the same. A studio hires animators to work for a cheap as possible because projects do to the studio that is the lowest bidder. But some work is still great today, like a lot of the films disney and Dreamworks put out.
theswisswatchmaker 3 years ago
I know what you're saying, but I don't think you can compare even what was done 15 years ago, nowadays it's all done by computer, hardly any "true" talent is needed.
doddsino 3 years ago
I'm also a 2D animator. I'm not sure if you're suggesting that computers are doing the animation (which it may for some studios), but well done animation is created by the animator and not the computer. A lot of "true" talent is still needed even with the technology we have today. If you don't have the talent behind the computer, you won't get the quality animation you're looking for. If you're saying that you prefer the 2D look of animation, then that's fine, because I prefer it as well.
TakiNeko8 2 years ago 4
I don't think this posted right, but this was a reply to doddsino.
TakiNeko8 2 years ago
@doddsino please -_- i respect winsor mccay and his amazing contributions to animation, his skills revolutionized animation but it doesnt demean current standards today, it takes just as much skill talent and hard work as it did back then while it is true we no longer animate using cells, you cannot deny the beauty of 3-d animation, and its no easy task u try modeling in 3-d you will start to cry once you open the program!!!! i prefer traditional as well but plz show repect for today's animation
starfiremagician 1 year ago
@doddsino by the way i dont understand what you meant by "What was done 15 years ago??" are you taking about Winsor's work or traditional 2-d animation??
starfiremagician 1 year ago
studio ghibli.........
joryoreo 2 years ago
lol Al Mccay hyad was a pen and paper, imagine waht he could do with today's technology.
joryoreo 2 years ago
I live in Michigan!Went to saw The Winsor McCay mussem it was a beatiful place in Grand Haven!Gertie and Little Nemo are excellent characters!R.I.P Winsor.
crazyanimalfan1990s 5 years ago
Thanks so much for this. Pure genius.
MWOQ 5 years ago
He's such a great artist, and he's pioneered so many techniques that are still used today. He's like the Da Vinci of animation.
truendymion 5 years ago
This and a bunch of Winsor's other early stuff is available on DVD for $10 or so. Worth getting if you like it.
mikebinok 5 years ago
Yay! Thanks for posting!
nemaru 5 years ago
Winsor McCay is such a unique cartoonist. Little Nemo is a Surrealist work of Art. Thank you again for this gem: it's almost as precious as my Star-Saphire.
aylastarsaphire 5 years ago