Illustration: Mary Blair Song Book Part Three

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Today, we continue digitizing Mary Blair's "New Golden Song Book" from 1955. If you missed the first two parts of this book, see Mary Blair Song Book Part One and Part Two.



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If you missed the posting of the first part of this book, see Mary Blair Song Book Part One and Part Two.

For more beautiful illustrations by Mary Blair, see... Little Verses Part One, Part Two, and Baby's House.

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Filmography: Bambi

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Archive supporter, Mark Kirkland stopped by the other day with his collection of artwork from Bambi. It's a nice overview of the film... color keys, animation drawings, model sheets. Many thanks for sharing these with us, Mark!












Bambi's Father
Animation Drawing by Milt Kahl


Bambi's Mother
Animation Drawing by Frank Thomas


Model Sheet by Marc Davis




Character Design by Marc Davis



The wonderful thing about our digital archive is that it allows collectors to share their treasures with the world. If you have artwork you would like to loan us to be digitized, please stop by for a visit.

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Biography: Bill Tytla Part One

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John Canemaker lent us a copy of an article he wrote for an exhibit of artwork by Bill Tytla. Tytla was a giant among animators, known for his solid, dimensional drawings and convincing depiction of weight and mass.

Here is the first part of this fascinating article...



















You can find the conclusion of this article and links to other related posts at... Biography: Bill Tytla Part Two.

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Meta: Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays from the officers and volunteers of the International Animated Film Society: ASIFA-Hollywood.

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History: Nat Falk's How To Make Animated Cartoons Part Two

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Today, we continue with the next chapter from Nat Falk's "How To Make Animated Cartoons". This section is an overview of the seven major cartoon factories of the late thirties. If you missed the first chapter of this rare book, see... Nat Falk's History of Animation.










For more from this rare book, see Nat Falk's "How To Make Animated Cartoons" Part One: History Of Animation, Part Three: How Cartoons Are Made Part Four: How To Draw Cartoons and Part Five: How To Animate.

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Story: Walt's War

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Here's a fascinating article from Life magazine on the Disney Studios during the wartime years...












After the Christmas holiday, the Archive will be open normal hours- Tuesday and Thursday from 1pm to 9pm. Look for the announcement of the resumption of Volunteer Saturdays that week.

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Education: Fundamentals of Composition Part Two

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Today, I'm back at the archive, and continuing lesson three from the Famous Artists Illustration Course. (For our previous postings from these great books, see Fundamentals of Composition Part One, Chad's Design for Television, and Willard Mullin on Animals.)

John Kricfalusi recently posted a series of great articles on composition on his blog. You'll want to check those out too...

Composition For Layout And Background Artists: Framing
Composition 2: Intersection
Composition 3: Clear Staging
Composition 4: Staging Groups of Characters
Composition 5: Negative vs Positive Space
Composition 6: Asymetricality
Composition 7: Poses Working Together
Composition 8: Form vs. Detail, Lettering, Reference
Composition 9: Study Other Artists
Composition 10: Contrasts
Composition 11: Organic Shapes
Composition 12: Contrasts in Texture and Spacing
Composition 13: Scale
Composition 14: Form Over Detail
Composition 15: Form in Clouds
Composition 16: Flair
Composition 17: Reference and Inspiration
Composition 18: Scene Planning For TV
Compostion 19: Scene Planning For TV Part Two
Compostion 20: More Inspiring BG Layouts

2.) DEPTH






3.) LINE






4.) VALUE





For the first half of this lesson, see Fundamentals of Composition Part One.

The Famous Artists Course was created in the mid-1950s by Norman Rockwell, Rube Goldberg and Albert Dorne, among others. The correspondence lessons and educational materials are still available at www.famous-artists-school.com. Books from the three courses: Painting, Illustration/Design and Cartooning turn up on eBay as well. I highly recommend these great resources to students.

For our previous postings from the Famous Artists Course, see Fundamentals of Composition Part One, Chad's Design for Television, and Willard Mullin on Animals.

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Animation Archive

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Meta: Annie Awards

The list of honorees for this year's Annie Awards has been announced, and I have been awarded the June Foray Award for Benevolent Service to the Art of Animation. It's a tremendous honor. ASIFA holds a very special place in my heart, and June is an inspiration to me in my work. I appreciate the support of the ASIFA-Hollywood membership and all of the readers of this blog. Thank you.

Stephen Worth
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