Auction: Jim Smith Ren and Stimpy Layout Drawings

This post is just the tip of the iceberg... see The Top Ten Reasons To Support The A-HAA for more amazing animation related articles.



The Remarkable Jim Smith
Jim Smith is one of the most talented artists I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Jim heard that the Archive was doing a fundraising drive, so he dug in his closet to find drawings for us to sell for him. These sketches were recently auctioned and a portion of the proceeds went to support the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. Thanks Jim!


























For more on Ren & Stimpy in the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive blog, see... Big House Blues Seq. 1, Big House Blues Seq. 2 and Big House Blues Seq. 3. For more Ren & Stimpy stuff, see... John K's Stimpy's Invention and our profile of Vincent Waller

Thanks
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive

Stumble It!

Story: Ren & Stimpy Big House Blues Seq 03

This post is just the tip of the iceberg... see The Top Ten Reasons To Support The A-HAA for more amazing animation related articles.



It's been quite a while since I posted an installment of the storyboard to the pilot episode of the original Ren & Stimpy Show, Big House Blues. ASIFA-Hollywood owes a debt of gratitude to John Kricfalusi for generously sharing this material with us. This is a fascinating look at the Genesis of one of the most successful animated TV shows of all time. If you missed it, see Part One of this storyboard and Part Two.

BIG HOUSE BLUES PART THREE


















I will be posting the last section of this storyboard soon.

For the first two sections of this storyboard, see... Big House Blues Seq. 1 and Big House Blues Seq. 2. For more Ren & Stimpy stuff, see... John K's Stimpy's Invention and our profile of Vincent Waller

Thanks
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive

Stumble It!

Media: John K's Storyboard For Stimpy's Invention

In his blog, All Kinds Of Stuff, John Kricfalusi has been discussing how he structures his stories. It's fascinating reading, you should definitely check it out.

John generously donated the archives of Spumco to the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive last year. We're still in the process of cataloging the material, but I wanted to share a particularly important item with you today.

Here is an excerpt from the original storyboard to "Stimpy's Invention". Most of this board is by Bob Camp; supplemented by a few xeroxes of layout drawings by Chris Reccardi. Take a moment and read John K's notes on how he constucts his stories... (Part One / Part Two / Part Three / Part Four and his post on Outlining Stories) and then take a look at how the theories are implemented in this section of board. I will be posting more from this sequence next week, so you can see how the excitement builds.






























































For more Ren & Stimpy images, see our profile of Vincent Waller and the storyboards for... Big House Blues Seq. 1, Big House Blues Seq. 2 and Big House Blues Seq. 3.

For more on cartoon writing see... Writing Cartoons: Part One- The Gag Session, Part Two- A Continuity Emerges, Part Three- Structure and Part Four- The Rough Board

Thanks
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive

6.12.08
.

Stumble It!

Media: Spumco- Vincent Waller

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.


Concept drawing from "Rubber Nipple Salesmen"
Two years ago, John Kricfalusi generously donated the archives of Spumco to ASIFA-Hollywood. Included in the collection are complete storyboards, and files containing drawings grouped by artist. This allows an unique insight into the personal styles of the artists who worked on Ren & Stimpy.

As an example of the collection, I have pulled and scanned a few drawings by Vincent Waller... Vincent directed the classic Ren & Stimpy cartoon, "Rubber Nipple Salesmen" , and was a Directing Animator on R&S: Adult Party Cartoon. See what Vincent's up to lately by visiting his wonderful blog, Incoherent Thought.


Gag drawing from "Adult Party Cartoon"

Gag drawing from "Adult Party Cartoon"

Title card concept from "Onward And Upward"

Concept drawing from "Stimpy's Pregnant"

Phone doodles

Phone doodle

Character design of Ralph Bakshi as the Fire Chief in "Firedogs II"

Concept drawing for Bakshi's "On The Road"

Concept drawing for Bakshi's Sci Fi Project
For more Spumco images, see Stimpy's Invention Storyboard Part One and Part Two and the storyboards for... Big House Blues Seq. 1, Big House Blues Seq. 2 and Big House Blues Seq. 3.

Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive

5.14.08
.

Stumble It!