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Thursday, February 27th, 2020

Design: Reluctant Dragon and Pinocchio Model Sheets

Today, I’d like to introduce you to our latest Animation Resources Alliance member, Van Eaton Galleries. Mike Van Eaton has been a supporter of this project for some time, and he has hosted several fundraisers for Animation Resources at his storefront gallery in Sherman Oaks, CA. His walls are jam packed with wonderful animation art, and he has generously agreed to allow us to digitize material in his inventory for inclusion in the archive database.

Earlier this week, Mike brought in a box full of Disney model sheets. The Disney Studios was probably the best organized operation ever to produce animated cartoons, and the heart of their production process was the Model Department run by Joe Grant. Concept designs were quickly duplicated and distributed as preliminary models, allowing development at the studio to proceed at a rapid pace. Once designs were approved, they were distilled into sheets full of drawings that captured a full range of angles and expressions. These detailed instructions on how the characters were to be constructed and posed were provided to every artist working on the film.

Here are a few samples of the model sheets Mike Van Eaton generously allowed us to digitize today…

The Reluctant Dragon (1941)

Pinocchio (1940)

These original production photostatic model sheets are available for sale by Van Eaton Galleries for $50 apiece. If you decide to add any of them to your collection, tell the folks at the Van Eaton Galleries that Animation Resources referred you, and they will donate a portion of your purchase price to our project.

Thanks to the Van Eaton Galleries for their support of this important project.

Stephen Worth
Director
Animation Resources

This posting is part of the online Encyclopedia of Cartooning under the subject heading, Animation.

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Tuesday, February 25th, 2020

E-Book: Jugend Magazine 1918

Every other month, members of Animation Resources are given access to an exclusive Members Only Reference Pack. In April 2015, they were able to download this wonderful e-book of illustrations from 1918 issues of the German magazine, Jugend. Our Reference Packs change every two months, so if you weren’t a member back then, you missed out on it. But you can still buy a copy of this great e-book in our E-Book and Video Store. Our downloadable PDF files are packed with high resolution images on a variety of educational subjects, and we also offer rare animated cartoons from the collection of Animation Resources as downloadable DVD quality video files. If you aren’t a member yet, please consider JOINING ANIMATION RESOURCES. It’s well worth it.

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Jugend Magazine

January – June 1918

The late 19th century marked the beginning of one of the greatest explosions of culture in modern times. Two forces were colliding- modern industrial technology, and a revolution in hand made arts and crafts. At first, these two things seem to be mutually exclusive, but they came together perfectly in a Geman magazine called Jugend. Titled after the German word for “youth”, Jugend was at the forefront of the arts and crafts movement. In fact, in Germany, art nouveau came to be known as “jugend-stil” (Jugend style). Utilizing state of the art color printing techniques to reproduce hand drawn lettering and beautiful sketches and paintings, Jugend set a standard in graphic design that continues to be felt to this day.

This PDF e-book contains all of the major illustrations from the first six issues published in 1918, and includes an introduction by Stephen Worth. This PDF e-book is optimized for display on the iPad or printing two up with a cover on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper.

REFBONUS001: JUGEND 1918 PDF

Adobe PDF File / 267 Pages
245 MB Download

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Tuesday, February 18th, 2020

NEW! Quarterly Dues At Animation Resources!

Quarterly

The Animation Resources dues are a bargain when you think about all the incredible reference material you can download each year. But we understand that coming up with the dues for a whole year can be tough for some people. The Board of Directors has decided to institute a quarterly billing option to help you get started as an Animation Resources member.

JOIN US FOR ONLY $25!

When you sign up for the Quarterly Membership, you will pay $25 for three months of dues. At the end of the three months, your PayPal account or credit card will be automatically charged for the next three months. You can discontinue your membership at any time by visiting https://animationresources.org/membership/.

25 Dollars

For the low price of $25, you will become a full member of Animation Resources, and you will be able to access the Members Only page to download our Reference Packs, chock full of e-books, still-framable videos of rare animation, and podcasts on a variety of subjects. You can download this valuable material to your hard drive and amass a useful personal library that will serve your self-study needs for your entire artistic career.

Animation Resources dues levels are “grandfathered in”, which means that as long as you remain a member, your dues will never increase. Since we have been providing bigger and more elaborate Reference Packs lately, we plan a dues increase in the near future. But if you join today, your dues will never increase.

Animation Resources membership is one of the biggest bargains in animation. You owe it to yourself to be a member of Animation Resources. We want to help you become a better artist… and all it costs to join is $25.

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