Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Robin Hood Roughs

More of Milt Kahl's work for "Robin Hood".
The first sheet shows designs for Maid Marion and Lady Cluck before animation began.
The drawings look like they are just about to "click", meaning they are waiting to be animated in order to establish that perfect Kahl look.
The following Milt roughs were done for an Ollie Johnston segment of the film, the last part of the archery tournament.
Maid Marion seeking comfort from Lady Cluck presents a staging challenge, and Milt's sense for clear silhouette and pleasing shapes combined with the proper emotion helped make this a better scene.
The last image with Robin and Marion could have been problematic in terms of believability.
After all it shows two anthropomorphic foxes being in love. Again Milt's subtle draughtsmanship and sense for appeal prevent this from being a corny situation.






14 comments:

  1. wow, so beautiful, I always get excited when you put up Milt's work. Thanks for sharing it.

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  2. Thanks so much for sharing these things I can never see anywhere else! And you're kind enough to put in your thoughts! I'm about to start learning animation in my school, so hopefully I'll be very inspired by the content of your blog and your tips! Thank you!

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  3. Robin Hood was the biggest inspiration in my childhood and probably the main reason, why I'm drawing. It makes me so happy to see rough work from that movie. Thank you for posting!

    I like the little note about Marion's dress.

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  4. Wow. So much expression and feeling expressed in mere roughs. Incredible.

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  5. Although I haven't seen Robin Hood (gasp, I know!), the emotion in these rough drawings is very clear to me. :D

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  6. Andreas, were these roughs drawn OVER existing Ollie Johnston drawings? I know Milt liked to correct his work often and it's always great to see how the two approaches differed, even if Milt's draftsmanship was tighter, often Ollie's softer approach had its own delicacy handling emotions. In the future, would you be able to include the drawings that may have been 'corrected' along with the draw-overs please? Of course, that might not even be the case this time.

    Thank you again for sharing the treasures you've accumulated over the years with a keen and grateful audience.

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  7. WOW, beautiful drawings! Nice post:)

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  8. Well, I've said it before and I'll say it again: the character of Lady Cluck comes across superbly. It's very easy to see that the maternal, empathetic character in the third and fourth pictures here can be the same feisty, cheeky, fun-loving friend in the first.

    I've been blessed to know countless wonderful Scottish women in my life, and Lady Cluck captures the essence of every one. These are wonderful pieces of work by Milt Kahl, and thank you, Andreas, for sharing them.

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  9. With just a few lines such great feeling is created. Beautiful work!!!

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  10. Those are wonderful! I watch Robin Hood with my kids all the time, one of my favorite movies! Thanks for sharing!

    I'm a really huge fan of yours, and was wondering if there is an address I can write to you at? I would really like your autograph if that is possible. =)

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  11. Man, that last drawing just kills me. Look how alive they are. With just a few lines, so much is said. You can just tell she's in love with him. Amazing...

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  12. wow..they're so fluid and alive...

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  13. Wow! I still have that model sheet at home. I started on the film in 1971. I never cared for it all that much.

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