It is still October 31 on the US west coast, Halloween. A good time to remember Ollie Johnston, since today is his birthday. Ollie is not very well known for his animation on villains, even though he animated a few. Brom Bones, Cinderella's stepsisters and Smee all benefited from his comedic touch toward villainous characters.
Ollie IS known though for his work on Prince John and Sir Hiss from Robin Hood. Here are a few sheets showing explorations for scene continuity and character layouts.
This is actually a Frank Thomas sketch.
Hi Andreas!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for another great post!
I was wondering, did all animators have to rough out a layout for their scenes?
Was it the same for you when you were working at Disney?
We always had the option to improve a layout and/or the staging for a scene. I did this a few times, others probably more often. I just tried to work with what I was handed.
DeleteI'm happy to see thumbnails you posted from one of my favorite Prince John bits-- "Release my buddy!" Ollie was so gifted and so humble, and he won't be forgotten anytime soon. =)
ReplyDeletethis sort of stuff is so fascinating
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DeleteThe crown that's too big and that casts a shadow on his face...I think about Italo Wild West movies :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting! :)
His pencil was kissing the paper.😗🗒
ReplyDeleteLike miyazaki
That because His focus and Imagination was very clear.
That's just like sometime when you sketching from live model