“(T-T-T-Time!)“.

I can’t believe I forgot about this for so long. The cinematography is incredible, I miss this kind of thing.

Lindy Hop, 1936

Miguel Covarrubias

 "…he became friends with the intellectual elite of the Harlem Renaissance. His drawings and caricatures were featured in Vanity Fair, Vogue and Fortune magazines. In 1927 he illustrated Negro Drawings, which presented a more dignified image of African Americans to mainstream America. In the following years, Covarrubias also depicted Afro-Mexicans, Afro-Cubans and West and North Africans.“ 

https://player.vimeo.com/video/45615146?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&app_id=122963

Cow and Chicken Pilot - David Feiss

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With the HA Laika auctions up, some high-res model images have surfaced. Perfect for details & cosplay references! The rest are queued up, along with some other Laika movie HQs too.

From the 1927 book Negro Drawings, by Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957). Great suggestion of movement.

I saw this round a friend’s house at about 1 in the morning. It is the freakiest damn thing I have ever seen.

Sisyphus by Marcell Jankovics (1974).  If you ever needed an example as to how line weight effects mood and intent, just watch this.  Jankovics also did Hungary’s first animated feature Janos Vitez (johnny corncob) for Pannonia, the largest animation studio in Hungary.

neighbours norman mclaren  1952  “i was inspired to make neighbours by a stay of almost a year in the people’s republic of china. although i only saw the beginnings of mao’s revolution, my faith in human nature was reinvigorated by it. then i came back to quebec and the korean war began. (…) i decided to make a really strong film about anti-militarism and against war.” — norman mclaren