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Layout drawing of Ralph Phillips from Boyhood Daze (1957), by Chuck Jones. Notice the footstep spacing guide at the bottom, which Chuck left for the animator to flesh out. 

Layout drawing from Baton Bunny (1959), by Chuck Jones. 

Key layout drawing of Porky and Daffy from Robin Hood Daffy (1958), by Chuck Jones.

Chuck Jones would do layout drawings and divvy them out to his animators, who would use them as key poses.

“Today I am going to kill something. Anything. I have had enough of being ignored and today I am going to play God. It is an ordinary day, a sort of grey with boredom stirring in the streets. I squash a fly against the window with my thumb. We did that at school. Shakespeare. It was in another language and now the fly is in another language. I breathe out talent on the glass to write my name. I am a genius. I could be anything at all, with half the chance. But today I am going to change the world. Something’s world. The cat avoids me. The cat knows I am a genius, and has hidden itself. I pour the goldfish down the bog. I pull the chain. I see that it is good. The budgie is panicking. Once a fortnight, I walk the two miles into town for signing on. They don’t appreciate my autograph. There is nothing left to kill. I dial the radio and tell the man he’s talking to a superstar. He cuts me off. I get our bread-knife and go out. The pavements glitter suddenly. I touch your arm.”

— Carol Ann Duffy, ‘Education for Leisure’

It’s like riding a bike for me :)

Jabberwocky Jan Svankmajer

From a tourist site for Rauris Valley, in Salzburger Land:

“Schnabelperchten are figures with long beaks, knitted jackets, patched women’s smocks and straw slippers, and are equipped with a basket on their backs, large scissors, needle and thread, along with a broom. The beak is artistically and elaborately bound from large sticks of wood and farmhouse linen. The Schnabelperchten make their way through town on the 5th of January, on the eve of Epiphany.”

By the way, they cut you open with their giant scissors if your house isn’t tidy. Better clean up before they come.

We made this cartoon for Los Angeles Universal Preschool! Story edit by Ryan Murdock, art direction by Tiffany Ford, storyboard and animation by Tim Rauch with an assist from Silver Paul, and sound design by Boom Box Post with music from Lullatone. Whatta team!

See more art from the project.

Learn more about LAUP and what they do to improve early education. 

This is a very inspiring panel from SIGGRAPH 2013 in which nine directors of animation came and spoke about working in the industry and how they got their start. Some really great stuff here. I will probably watch it multiple times for the inspiration and wisdom in it.

Watch the video to hear from Ron Clements, Pete Docter, Eric Goldberg, Kevin Lima, Mike Mitchell, Chris Sanders, Henry Selick, David Silverman, and Kirk Wise.

I can’t believe I forgot about this for so long. The cinematography is incredible, I miss this kind of thing.

Emilio Pettoruti (1892-1971), Summer Night (1956), oil on canvas, 120 x 250 cm. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Via MNBA.

Burgess Meredith in “Time Enough At Last,” for the Twilight Zone.

The Last Man On Earth (1964)

Visual Development from Monsters Inc

Visual Development from Monsters Inc

Emilio Pettoruti (Argentinian 1892-1971), Ragazza (Carolita), 1922. Oil on panel, 23.3 x 27.94 cm.

Emilio Pettoruti (Argentinian, 1892-1971), Concierto, 1941. Oil on canvas, 116.2 x 89.2 cm.

Storyboard for Toy Story by Kelly Asbury

https://player.vimeo.com/video/45615146?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&app_id=122963

Cow and Chicken Pilot - David Feiss

Seaside Woman animated by Oscar Grillo. The stylization is incredible, my friend decedentiacoprofaga introduced me to it. Though I do not really care for the depiction of the islanders, artistically I think this short is important.