Matt Schiavone's "From Sketch to Blog"

Ryan first pass spline

2010-11-30T19:06:00.000-08:00

1st pass Robert blocking in spline

2010-11-17T13:56:00.000-08:00

Alec_1st pass_blocking in spline

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Rough 1st pass blocking/no breakdowns

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Rough 1st pass blocking with no breakdowns

Bishop_Naruto Pose for fun

2010-05-13T22:47:00.000-07:00

Sketch from Life

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Monday sketch of (Animator) Tyler Philips

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Lunch time Zoo trip!

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"Monday sketches from Mark McDonnell's class "

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Chillin with Pete Docter (Oscar winning Director of UP)

2010-04-28T18:52:00.000-07:00

Today was an Awesome day!!! Pete Docter hung out for a bit with myself and Damon Crowe and was kind enough to sketch Karl from "UP" for us.... I can't wait to see his tree house when completed, it was good times for sure.

Martial Arts_Bishop

2010-04-27T21:56:00.000-07:00

Monday sketch from Life

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Bishop_Iron Man Pose for fun

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Animation Mentor private Stuie Refine pass

2010-01-30T17:40:00.000-08:00

Animation Mentor Private Stuie Blocking plus pass

2010-01-23T18:11:00.000-08:00

Animation Mentor shot 3 Polish

2009-12-12T15:34:00.000-08:00

Monday Life drawing....

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Animation Mentor shot 3 Refined with shot 1 and 2

2009-12-06T03:59:00.000-08:00

Floyd Norman

2009-12-04T07:13:00.000-08:00

We had the great pleasure of having Floyd Norman over for lunch yesterday which turned out to be a magical and inspirational afternoon; as he spoke about memories with Walt and the rest of the boys from the Bullpen.

He started in Disney's Bullpen with the other inspiring Animators waiting to earn a seat with one of the Old Nine Men which he did, he became Milt Kahl's Assistant Animator. He worked on "Sleeping Beauty" (1959) and has contributed to PIXAR's "Toy story 2" and "Monsters Inc".

It was a blast spending the afternoon with him yesterday, definitley check out his Mr. Fun blog.

Thanks Floyd for the memorable afternoon!!!!!

Animation Mentor Shot 3 Blocking second Pass

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Charlie Chaplin "Circus" Study

2009-11-24T17:21:00.000-08:00

Eric Goldberg study 1

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Amazing how much you can get out of one breakdown. This is two keys with one breakdown from Eric's book.

Monday Life studies!

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Animation Mentor shot 2 Refined

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"I got your back!" Monday Life study

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Animation Mentor Shot 2 Blocking plus pass

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"Preparation for Survival!" from Monday Gestures!

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"Flute player" from Monday Gestures!

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Monday Gestures....

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My Cube!

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Monday Gestures....

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My Cube!

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My Cube!

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Monday Gestures!

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My daughter and I ventured to a little book store this past weekend in the city of Alhambra.

We had the great pleasure of meeting the Story Supervisor of "Up" from PIXAR; Ronnie Del Carmen. He is a real class act Guy, Story Teller, and Artist. He shared all his laughs, tears, and adventure he went through with Pete Doctor and Bob Peterson on the journey of making "Up". It was truly amazing to hear is views on story and character!

"Let's do Nothing!"

2009-05-19T14:11:00.000-07:00

I had the great pleasure of enjoying this book with my daughters this past weekend who are 2 and 5 years old. They absolutely loved it and thought the boys in the book were hilarious!!

Thank's Tony!!

Monday Gestures....

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David Pimentel's Gesture Class

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Here are some of my one and two minute poses from Dave's class earlier today.
Thanks Dave for keeping on the Walt Stanchfield spirit in gesture drawing.

MGM Goden Age of Animation

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Today back in 1924 Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer merged to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1930 MGM purchased the Flip the Frog cartoon produced by Ub Iwerks.

In 1933, Ub Iwerks cancelled the unsuccessful Flip the Frog series and MGM began to distribute its second series of cartoons from Ub, starring a character named Willie Whopper.

In 1940 the cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry, created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera won seven Academy Awards between 1943 and 1953. Here is Joe and William acting out "Two Little Indians" for producer Fred Quimby.

In 1941, Tex Avery, another Schlesinger alumnus, joined the animation department. It was Avery who gave the unit its image and really pushed squash and stretch, with successes like Red Hot Riding Hood, Swing Shift Cinderella, and the Droopy series.

In 1963 Chuck Jones came on board to direct Tom and Gerry and won an Academy award in 1965 for The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics.

Dick Huemer

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Dick Huemer went to work for Walt today in 1933 to work at Hyperion Studios as a Writer, Story Man, Director, and as an Animator. Ward Kimball said that he was truly a “Jack of all trades”. He started his career in New York at the Raoul Barr’e studio and joined Fleischer in 1923 where he developed Koko the clown. He then ventured out to sunny California to be a Director for Charles Mintz and then on to Hyperion to work for Disney. One of my favorite shorts he lead as an Animator was the “Lonesome Ghosts” in 1937.
Of course, he went on to work closely with Joe Grant and Ward Kimball on some amazing features and shorts at Disney’s, here are some titles just to name a few.

• Peter and the Wolf (1946)
• Make Mine Music (1946)
• Saludos Amigos (1943)
• Dumbo (1941)
• The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
• Fantasia (1940) (story director)
• Alice in Wonderland (1951)
• Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953)

Key Drawing by Dick Huemer

Happy Birthday Leo!

2009-04-15T09:09:00.000-07:00

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was born today back in 1452. He has been inspiring artists, animators, and film makers for decades and I am sure for more years to come. He has most definitely motivated all the Animation greats to push them selves with observing weight, balance, timing, rhythm, and body mechanics to new heights including Walt’s team at Hyperion studios during “Snow White” which launched them in to a whole new life drawing renaissance. It’s nice that some Animation Studios still keep this tradition alive with Gesture and Life Drawing classes during lunch and after work.

Happy Birthday Leo!!!!