Thursday, December 26, 2013

Goofy Pencil Tests


The Goofy short "How to hook up your Home Theatre" was released in December of 2007. If you missed it you can watch it right here at Disney.com (not sure if the aspect ratio is correct, it looks a little narrow):


We had a blast animating this six minute tribute to the old "How to…" Goofy shorts.
It was directed by Stevie Wermers and Kevin Deters and animated by Dale Baer, Eric Goldberg, Mark Henn, Randy Haycock, Alex Kupershmidt and myself. 
It was produced in no time and turned out to be one of my favorite shorts I worked on, Runway Brain would be another one.
Here are a few pencil tests of some of my scenes. The first shot shows Goofy trying to open a monster cable box. It was animated from personal experience. A while back I tried to rip one of those boxes open and almost broke my hand… 



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19 comments:

  1. Winkler StudiosDecember 26, 2013 at 10:14 PM

    Absolutely terrific stuff!

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  2. j.etienneDecember 27, 2013 at 12:23 AM

    the music is from" Lady and the Tramp"

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  3. Steven BowserDecember 27, 2013 at 10:31 AM

    The chainsaw gag really got me. Hilarious!

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  4. BradConstantineDecember 27, 2013 at 10:45 AM

    Santa got my letter!...thanks!

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  5. AnonymousDecember 27, 2013 at 3:56 PM

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  6. Deacon Andrew ThomasDecember 27, 2013 at 5:10 PM

    I didn't know this short existed. I loved these. Woolie Reitherman and Jack Kinney are applauding the efforts on this one from above!

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  7. Joe ShelbyDecember 27, 2013 at 6:01 PM

    This was a brilliant homage to the 50s Disney that I grew up with (as reruns in the 70s, of course). In a similar vein, Pixar's "Your Friend, The Rat" (an extra on the Ratatouille dvd) is a great one in the style of Ward Kimball's odder direction for the Disney TV show like the Tomorrowland sequences.

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  8. Herman GonzalesDecember 28, 2013 at 1:45 AM

    Wow, really enjoyed this short. Thanks for posting the tests. Goofy is the best.

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  9. Sixtine DanoDecember 29, 2013 at 4:59 AM

    Wow, really cool! I love Goofy!
    I just started reading Richard Williams book on animation and in the "walk chapter" it's said that Art Babbit innovated with the way of animating the walk of Goofy, by putting his feet backwards. I was wondering if there were some pincil test of Goofy walking on the internet?
    (sorry for my bad english)

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    1. Andreas DejaDecember 29, 2013 at 5:46 PM

      Not to my knowledge. But you can study Babbit's walk in the short "Moving Day".

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  10. DapoonDecember 30, 2013 at 3:20 AM

    Love it to bits!!

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  11. Whatsits GaloreDecember 30, 2013 at 7:23 PM

    I can't understand why Disney did not include this short in the National Treasure DVD. What a loss for the fans!

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  12. Greg ManwaringDecember 31, 2013 at 10:47 PM

    Excellent stuff Andreas!!!!!

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2014 at 11:43 AM

    Those pencil tests are excellent, and i would gladly watch the short, but it is not available here. :(

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  14. CHHAVI TYAGIMarch 24, 2020 at 5:39 AM

    3D, Vfx animation services

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  17. JohnJanuary 17, 2021 at 5:40 AM

    Hi Andreas which scenes did Dale Baer animate?

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  18. Nicole KlementzOctober 27, 2021 at 10:32 AM

    LOL :)

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