Here is the second half of Milt's scene from Bedknobs.
The Bear starts to bend forward in anticipation of the final big pull. He tightens his grip on the fishing rod and pulls with all his might. just when you think that drawing #107 is extreme, Milt turns the character's head on # 127 to maximize the effect of the Bear's exertion.
For those of you who are not animators, the final motion between #107 and #127 is what we call a stagger. The animation here does not flow smoothly from one drawing to another, instead the "staggered in-betweens" move back and forth toward #127 in a subtle but erratic way. On the screen this reads as a moment of strong physical effort.
At the end of the scene after his catch (in this case five humans on a bed) is out of the water, the Bear stumbles backwards, as he tries to keep his balance.
A text book piece of animation that is well worth studying.
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ReplyDeleteRead the first line of the first paragraph. Stop torturing Andreas with these absurd questions every day. We are lucky enough to have a guy nice enough like him to be sharing this stuff with us.
DeleteHere's the assembled clip: https://www.sakugabooru.com/post/show/41189
ReplyDeleteAlso, it turns out that desk I commented about on your previous post, is NOT Eric Larson's.
It previously belonged to David Pruiksma, who confirmed it
Oh, I know him! Thanks Marc!
DeleteThis a real jewel, thank you so much for sharing them!
ReplyDeleteIt is great to see how rough he drew and passed to their assistants to finish them up.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't want to be the one who erases all those wonderful rough construction lines for touch up.
DeleteYes, it must had been terrifying to the assistants.
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