Thursday, August 20, 2020

Dumbo Story Sketch



What an extraordinary story sketch by Bill Peet. 
The circus ringmaster confronts Mrs. Jumbo, who is protecting her baby son. Every character showing distinctively different emotions. This reminds me of what Frank Thomas once said:
"If you have characters in a scene who all think alike, you have a problem."

I also love the crowd's shadows on the ground. Bill Peet is the man!!

More of his story sketches here:
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--qT-l6QKFSk/VuY5HmSgK1I/AAAAAAAAQgk/75wXVMxwOms4gesQxUF8S5xIm-5YrXNhg/s1600/DB1.jpg


Thursday, August 13, 2020

MUSHKA Seq 14, Sc 60




Here is a frame from the final version of a scene I was animating just recently. 
At the start we watch only Sarah as she pushes the tiger's front part. Then Alex comes in, he pushes the tiger's back end. Obviously each push is separate from the other in terms of timing, so the kids don't end up pushing simultaneously. A little tricky to work out against the tiger's body, but the scene turned out ok.
Regarding effects animation for snow foot prints, I originally had planned for a more icy surface with no foot prints. But we ended up doing the opposite instead. Every step in the snow will have contact animation. And there are quite a few sequences in the snow.

Here is the link to a recent post about roughing out this scene:


Friday, August 7, 2020

Howard Ashman