Bill Tytla - Stromboli Pencil Test

Animation by Bill Tytla of the character Stromboli from "Pinocchio".

I found good quality scans of this scene on Michael Sporn's excellent blog: http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/ .

I wanted to try syncing it up with the sound, so am reposting it here. If you compare it to the final color version there are a few drawings missing. On the hold after he says "knock you silly" and is looking menacingly off-screen at Pinocchio the animator had a moving hold on drawing marked "D H-66" . The body is traced back from D H-66, but the beard continues to overlap and settle for 10 frames as Stromboli glowers . I covered this by adding a small interpolation within that 10 frame hold so D H-66 isn't completely held. Later drawing D-132 is missing , so I added another interpolation between
D-130 and D- 134 so the timing would be accurate when adding the sound . Then again from drawing D- 174 to D-178 the inbetween drawing D-176 is missing. This is covered by interpolating D-174 and D- 178. If you look closely you'll notice these little "dissolves" , but it's not too distracting and it keeps the flow of the timing . Also at the very end when he says "my little wooden gold mine" on the end of the word "gold mine" there should be a blink , but those drawings are missing from the scans. I simply held the last drawing D-224 for the length of time that the blink would take place if it was there. (again, the body was traced-back as a moving hold , with the eye blink. )

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Film & Animation

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• Bill Tytla
• Tytla
• Stromboli
• pencil test
• hand-drawn animation
• traditional animation
• Vladimir Tytla
• Pinocchio

[disneyanimator]

ahh, you found the last parts of the drawing :D

i couldn't find them anywhere and mine ends with the kiss

thanks for the upload :)

[InklingStudio]

Go to Michael Sporn's blog . He posted all the remaining drawings of the scene. (other than the few that are missing which I mentioned in the "More Info" sidebar: moving hold D H-66 for 10 frames, D-132 , and D-176, plus the eye blink at the end) . I wanted to see it with sound, so I took his scans and married them to the sound from the DVD.

[daDopeArtist]

Dont we all wish we could do this!? man I know I wish i could

[AvantGardeGuy2]

Wow.

[TRIPLEZEDOFFICIAL]

PURE CLASS

[snakehead2305]

Bill Tytla is my great uncle. No joke.

[Infractionation]

This piece is amazing. On the first day of my animation class, we watched this.

[SteevDragon67]

WOW! I love that! pinocchio is my absolute favorite disney film, and stromboli is one great villian! a wonderful 11 second piece of magnificent animation!

[IBetYouWillFemales]

Damn...

I still wonder how they marked stuff like this for the animators to follow so well w/ the x-sheet...