Work In Progress… A Pond Fairy

Fifteen of Canada’s independent animators contributed to this wonderful piece, called Yellow Sticky Notes. They drew on post-it notes, reflecting on one day of their lives. The video features work by Marv Newland, Alison Snowden, David Fine, Cordell Barker, Janet Perlman, Chris Hinton, Paul Driessen and more.

Thanks to Michelle M. Kim for the link!

Glen Keane’s rough animation for Disney’s Aladdin (1992).

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

Well, like I say… Dave Feiss is a god.

I loved these back when they were on TV… I was a Cow & Chicken fan, so I had no trouble recognizing Dave Feiss’s style in this.

ParaNorman (2012) Directed by Chris Butler and Sam Fell

Emilio Pettoruti (1892-1971), Summer Night (1956), oil on canvas, 120 x 250 cm. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Via MNBA.

Key layout drawing of Porky and Daffy from Robin Hood Daffy (1958), by Chuck Jones.

Chuck Jones would do layout drawings and divvy them out to his animators, who would use them as key poses.

This is a very inspiring panel from SIGGRAPH 2013 in which nine directors of animation came and spoke about working in the industry and how they got their start. Some really great stuff here. I will probably watch it multiple times for the inspiration and wisdom in it.

Watch the video to hear from Ron Clements, Pete Docter, Eric Goldberg, Kevin Lima, Mike Mitchell, Chris Sanders, Henry Selick, David Silverman, and Kirk Wise.