Media: Katie Rice's Sketchbooks

This post is just the tip of the iceberg... see the bonus reason on our The Top Ten Reasons To Support The A-HAA for links to more great posts featuring animation art.

Today we had a visit by animation designer, Katie Rice. Katie is the latest in a long line of artists like Grim Natwick, Freddie Moore and Mary Blair... she specializes in drawing girls. I can tell you from personal experience that Katie's girl drawings were just as popular among the artists at Spumco as "Freddie's girls" were at Disney.

Katie is amazingly talented and her work will be featured at the Santa Monica gallery, Every Picture Tells A Story on May 28th. I asked her to bring her drawings by the archive before she sells them, so we could include them in our database. I think you'll agree, they're pretty remarkable. You should bookmark Katie's blog, Funny Cute.

Katie never seems to draw the same shapes twice, yet her sense of proportion and her eye for posing is unfailing. Katie's ability to translate real-world personalities into appealing cartoon drawings sets her apart. Like Mary Blair, I can't imagine anyone not loving her work. All of these sketches will be available for sale at Every Picture Tells A Story. For more information on the event, see John K's blog All Kinds Of Stuff.

















Thanks to Katie Rice for allowing us to scan her sketchbooks.

There are lots of galleries of amazing images in the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Blog. Click on MEDIA in the masthead above for a listing.

Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive

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