Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Where Cinderella Lives


I love these exploratory sketches for Cinderella's living quarters. They are modest and hardly comfortable, but there is still warmth and charm in these sketches which reflects the title character's personality.
The artist is most likely Ken O'Connor, somebody might correct me on this one.
I have always been in awe of talented layout people, who create beautiful worlds for the animators' characters. So looking at these drawings I decided to be a layout artist in my next animated life.










Update: These sketches are by Ken Anderson. Ken's credit in the film is in story, which led me to believe he didn't do any layout work for Cinderella.
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22 comments:

  1. Winona JanegaSeptember 25, 2012 at 6:27 PM

    I really like these; I really ought to start sketching like this more. Thanks for sharing! :)

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  2. eréSeptember 25, 2012 at 7:04 PM

    You still have a long life to be a layout artist and what else you want to be. You have the talent and the public. For sue I want to see a movie with your layouts.

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  3. Didier GhezSeptember 25, 2012 at 11:09 PM

    I own the original of the second one from the bottom. It will be moving with us from Spain to Miami at the end of October. Thanks for showing all of this Andreas. Feast for the eyes.

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  4. Andrea PucciSeptember 26, 2012 at 1:18 AM

    Incredible love for details...this sketches are the legend for me!

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  5. John MuskerSeptember 26, 2012 at 2:39 AM

    I know Ken worked on areas involving the pumpkin carriage. He even built one which he said Walt was most intrigued by. I wonder if theses sketches might be Ken Anderson's.

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    1. Andreas DejaSeptember 27, 2012 at 1:37 AM

      The more I look at these sketches,the more I think they might be the work of Ken Anderson.
      Even though Ken got story credit on the film.

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    2. Didier GhezSeptember 27, 2012 at 7:04 AM

      When I bought mine from Van Eaton a few years back it was indeed credited to Ken.

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  6. Tegan ClancySeptember 26, 2012 at 2:43 AM

    ooooh the shapes in the designs of cinderalla blow my mind

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  7. DarylTSeptember 26, 2012 at 3:21 AM

    Wonderful drawings. May you have a terrific future whatever you decide to do.

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  8. Mike CaracappaSeptember 26, 2012 at 6:32 AM

    Well hopefully 2D animation still exists in your next life. If they were right in The Master and past time travel reincarnation exists, see if you can come back as either Ken or Milt. :)

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  9. calebketchersidSeptember 26, 2012 at 9:01 AM

    YES! thanks. would love to see more like these.

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  10. BradConstantineSeptember 26, 2012 at 9:45 AM

    Great Stuff! Now I wanna go draw!!

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  11. Steven RobersonSeptember 26, 2012 at 10:11 AM

    These are great! What medium are they done in?

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  12. UnknownSeptember 26, 2012 at 10:20 AM

    Looking at these beautiful backgrounds, I start to think that bringing in color to animation was a bad idea ;) Not even saying about CG or 3D.

    I'm sure 2D animation will exist during next century, probably it will get stronger when publicity just get bored with CG. Did painting die after inventing the photography?

    But what I'm sure is that 2D animation needs some fresh ideas, because the typical cleaned-up graphical style didn't change much for decades and might be perceived as dated. Not 2D, just the clean-up style. I'm looking forward for experiments with uncleaned 2D animation, because the graphical style of a pencil or charcoal or a paint is so beautiful!

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  13. FábioSeptember 26, 2012 at 1:50 PM

    I do not understand technically animation, but I can say that as an admirer are indeed beautiful sketches. I also agree with what said about Tadeusz Jasienski 2D animation. I believe we still have beautiful movies in 2D animation.

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  14. K.YangSeptember 26, 2012 at 3:36 PM

    The fairytale-ish, turrety-tower one on the first page, top right? I desperately want my room to look like that. :D

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  15. mike perazaSeptember 27, 2012 at 10:17 AM

    Andy,

    Those sketches are actually from Ken Anderson. Although Ken O'Connor certainly played a big role in the layout design of the final film as well.

    -Mike
    http://michaelperaza.blogspot.com/search/label/Ken%20O%27Connor

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  16. BTSProOctober 1, 2012 at 9:00 PM

    Those kind of drawings were the ones that really got me going as a kid wanting to draw like that. They gust wake up the imagination.

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  17. mike perazaOctober 2, 2012 at 7:37 PM

    Thank you Andy for sharing these gems. Haven't seen them in many years. Made me run right back to desk and continue drawing.

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