The Inkling Chronicles

Hans Bacher - Animation Treasures

Hans Bacher has a wonderful new blog called  Animation Treasures.

Hans's blog NOW updated at this address:

http://one1more2time3.wordpress.com/

View it,  save it to your bookmarks, return often.  Hans is posting updates daily .   He is taking DVD frame grabs of classic animation background paintings , with an emphasis on pan BGs ,  stitching them together in Photoshop and giving a close facsimile of what the original BG would have looked like .  Much of this art (like the Fantasia and Bambi BGs ) is no longer in existence , so this is the closest we'll get to seeing the originals.   If you've ever tried this technique of stitching together frames in Photoshop you'll know how time-consuming this is and how these are obviously a labor of love by Hans Bacher.    Truly animation treasures.   Not just Disney either ... theres' some MGM and Warner Bros. BGs in the mix and a few from the Hubley's "Moonbird" .

 

(click on the image to see it larger) .

Penguins - almost as fun as Buns

Found this walk cycle model sheet of Opus the penguin from the television special  "A Wish For Wings That Work" , and a  .gif movie of the walk .   The animation is by Linda Miller .

(Click on the model sheet to see it larger)

Photo Album : Animators At Work.

I've been adding to the photo album (see link over in the sidebar) "Animators At Work" .  I collect photos I see on various websites of animators , past and present,  drawing at their animation desks. Some of these are obviously studio publicity poses , some are more candid shots.

Check it out .

Fred Moore and Ollie Johnston

Retta Scott

Chuck Jones, Ken Harris, Ben Washam

(I'm going to add a new album of photos of the Disney Orlando studio ,from the Mulan-to-Brother Bear years,  as soon as I can get them all scanned and uploaded. )