Eric is absolutely correct! Conceiving the scene in your mind first, the rhythm, the gestures, the flow, and then executing the concept, will always lead to stronger, more heartfelt and more inspired work than if you plan it out on the computer, piecemeal. Technology is a crutch, the more you use it the less skill you develop.
@SparkyMK3 Sure, I've heard the stories about Ub cranking out footage though it was much more simplified style of animation and yes, the 40 to 50 feet sounds about right for WB animators. I'm not a historian so I don't know the specifics. My general point to HDibbles was that there were great animators in the past just like there are great animators today with each generation facing their own challenges. The audience doesn't care about the speed of the animator, they only want to be entertained.
@jeremyhopkins Ub Iwerks and Bill Nolan could crank out 500 to 700 ready for inking drawings per day (Ub even animated the first Mickey Mouse cartoon on two weeks notice, ALL BY HIMSELF) and Ken Harris and Bob McKimson of Warner Bros. could crank out 25 to 40 to 50 feet of film a week--in fact, the Warner Bros. cartoon employees had to crank out at least 400 drawings per week or be fired.
japanese animation is nowhere near being the best IMO. This is coming from a huge anime fan. Anime although it looks lovely it is nowhere near as fluid and imaginative as disney. Disney animators are masters of the art.
@HDibbles The only "resources" Glen had were pencil, paper and his brain. He did not rely on a pencil tester-- which on that film consisted of a primitive video re
Eric is absolutely correct! Conceiving the scene in your mind first, the rhythm, the gestures, the flow, and then executing the concept, will always lead to stronger, more heartfelt and more inspired work than if you plan it out on the computer, piecemeal. Technology is a crutch, the more you use it the less skill you develop.
saturnaspider 2 months ago
Eric Goldberg is a genius!
FlippytheMasterofPie 10 months ago
@SparkyMK3 Sure, I've heard the stories about Ub cranking out footage though it was much more simplified style of animation and yes, the 40 to 50 feet sounds about right for WB animators. I'm not a historian so I don't know the specifics. My general point to HDibbles was that there were great animators in the past just like there are great animators today with each generation facing their own challenges. The audience doesn't care about the speed of the animator, they only want to be entertained.
jeremyhopkins 1 year ago
@jeremyhopkins Ub Iwerks and Bill Nolan could crank out 500 to 700 ready for inking drawings per day (Ub even animated the first Mickey Mouse cartoon on two weeks notice, ALL BY HIMSELF) and Ken Harris and Bob McKimson of Warner Bros. could crank out 25 to 40 to 50 feet of film a week--in fact, the Warner Bros. cartoon employees had to crank out at least 400 drawings per week or be fired.
SparkyMK3 1 year ago
@HDibbles
of course i have, and its great. I still stand by my point ,especially as someone who studies animation.
mo389 1 year ago
@mo389 You've never seen Afro Samurai?
HDibbles 1 year ago
@HDibbles
japanese animation is nowhere near being the best IMO. This is coming from a huge anime fan. Anime although it looks lovely it is nowhere near as fluid and imaginative as disney. Disney animators are masters of the art.
mo389 1 year ago
i just met him today!!, he had an amazing lecture in our college today. I complemented his shirt(same one in the video). He is amazing!
mo389 1 year ago
@HDibbles The only "resources" Glen had were pencil, paper and his brain. He did not rely on a pencil tester-- which on that film consisted of a primitive video re
thetruth3574 1 year ago
@HDibbles Gotcha
jeremyhopkins 1 year ago