Milt Kahl had a way of challenging himself when animating his final character, Madame Medusa for the film The Rescuers. Acting and drawing are not based on live action reference, all of this comes out of Milt's head.
After throwing her boot at Snoops, Medusa turns her attention to her alligators, Nero and Brutus.
Her mood swings from anger to affection. Snoops failed her, but the alligators are still in her favor.
The action that follows is vintage Milt. Medusa throws the boot back to Snoops, during which Milt breaks her arm for one frame on #18 in order to support the action.
When she turns to he alligators, Milt had a certain final pose in mind. And this is what's so cool:
Her elbows connect first, then the palms of her hands, and finally the interlocking of her fingers.
Great stuff!
THANKS Andreas!!!!
ReplyDeleteAlways fascinating to see a scene through your eyes. I'm enjoying your book immensely!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if some time you might be willing to do a post about some of the various notes and colors used on sketches mean? To a non-animator like myself, they're a tantalizing mystery.
Uaaau! It's a lot going on at once! O.O
ReplyDeletein German: 'Meine Schmuuusepüppis'...herrlich
ReplyDeleteWow, that break in the arm is intense! But it works in real time. It's difficult to get to a point where it's comfortable exaggerating something that extreme.
ReplyDeleteAnd it always boggles my mind when I see that many charts on one drawing... with that many inbetweens... Learning timing charts is no easy task!!! What was the best way you found to plan out timing and the charts??