Saturday, February 16, 2013

Pinocchio Story Sketches



I would really like to know who the Disney story artist is who was responsible for the beautiful sketch above and the storyboard below. The style with its rendered characters looks familiar, I believe it is someone, who only worked on Disney's Golden Age features before leaving the studio.
I can't get over the expressive poses, appealing and beautifully staged. 



Animators like Norm Ferguson were smart enough to take advantage of this great material and applied the dynamic acting in these poses to their animation.
A few lively Ferguson roughs, the last two are extremes for a planned piece of action.
By drawing so loosely the animator is free to focus on the character's emotion and the overall entertainment. 




9 comments:

  1. Great post and storyboard picture! It's very visually eloquent and entertaining to look at. :D

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  2. Great Norm Ferguson drawings. We don't see these too often.

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  3. They certainly seemed to enjoy posing that Fox - very theatrical. What a fabulous group of drawings !

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  4. I haven't seen Pinocchio in a long while and forgot how dynamic the fox and the cat are! It's wonderful to see the comedic timing broken down into keyframes. The cat is certainly reminiscent of Chaplin and the other early funnymen of Hollywood.

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  5. Wonderful drawings as always. Were those storyboards made after Milt Kahl set up the final design for Pinoccio or before?

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  6. The boards are probably the work of Otto Englander?

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  7. Maybe..
    I love Pinocchio. I agree with Tim about Gideon.

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  8. The board reminds me a little of Bill Peet's work. Not saying that it is, just reminds me of his Dumbo work.

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  9. Congratulations Andreas Deja! Your work like animator is fantastic! I am also animator: blog: cartumvoz.blogspot.com
    Thank you so much

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