Media: Winter 2006 Animation Art Roundup

If you would like to help us spread the word about the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, please link to one of our Winter '06 roundup posts (Animated Cartoons / Animation Art / Illustration) on your own webpage or blog. Thanks!

The Media Database is the heart of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. It contains a wide range of materials... even in the few short months we have been in operation, we have more material to discuss than I can fit in one roundup post. So I'll break the Media Roundups into three categories... Animation Art, Cartooning and Illustration.

Today, I will be rounding up the Animation Art related Media posts from the last four months... Click on the links and images for the full posting.

We digitized a 1918 book by pioneering animator, Bill Nolan titled, Cartooning Self Taught...



Upon news of the passing of Charlie McElmurry, we posted a sample of his work... a storyboard for a Tony the Tiger commercial...



We posted a few samples of drawings by master animator, Mike Lah from ASIFA-Hollywood's physical archives...



Archive Alliance member, Dan Goodsell generously allowed us to digitize his extensive collection of drawings from the Ray Patin Studios. ( Part One / Part Two / Part Three / Part Four / Part Five / Part Six )





Finally, we featured artwork donated by John Kricfalusi... A group of sketches by Vincent Waller...



And a two postings of a section of storyboard from "Stimpy's Invention" ( Part One / Part Two )



Over the next week, I'll be rounding up our Winter posts on Illustration, Cartooning, and Biographies. These roundups aren't provided just to entertain you... I want you to think about what these posts mean to you. If you value them, you'll do your part to help the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive reach its goals.

We Need Your Help!

Last month, we posted letters from June Foray and Leonard Maltin urging you to support this project. June and Nancy Cartwright gave a short presentation on the Archive in front of nearly 1000 of animation's top talents at the Annie Awards. We asked people who could not afford to make a monetary donation to Write A Letter Of Support.

Response has been disappointing. The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive will not be able to continue without your support. At the top of each post is a quick list of suggestions for how you can help...

Bookmark our HOME PAGE, COMMENT using the link at the bottom of each post, lend us ARTWORK to be digitized, Write a BIOPEDIA ENTRY or LETTER OF SUPPORT, CONTRIBUTE to sustain the project, VOLUNTEER to help us reach our goals, LINK TO US on your own webpage or blog, and TELL YOUR FRIENDS.

If you aren't familiar with the goals of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, look in the sidebar under ABOUT THE ARCHIVE... You'll find our Project Mission, an explanation of Why An Animation Archive Is Important, and an outline of What We Have Achieved So Far.

If you find this resource to be valuable, I hope you will acknowledge that with your donations and your support.

The Archive is supported by donations
from people like you. Please contribute...

Thank you
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive

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