I bought this book at a bookshop on Hollywood boulevard in the late 1990s, but the edition is from 1988. This means it was written before computers started to be used in animation*, and _boy_ how they changed things! The process is the same at its core, but a lot of the tedious 'meh' work is gone.

(*From personal memory: computer animated movies were remarkable novelties at that time, so their use was dawning.)

#animation #AnimationHistory #TheAnimatorsWorkbook

Milicent Patrick was the first female animator at Disney (the first credit went to Retta Scott though), but it's hard to find her animations on YouTube since she's also a pioneer in movie makeup and monster design; she created the gillman in Creature from the Black Lagoon. I'm giving you a two'fer

Mini documentary
https://youtu.be/HMlftW6M76Y

Night on Bald Mountain, Fantasia (she worked on the demon Chernabog)
https://youtu.be/srO2rdWibCQ

#AnimationHistory #animation #FemaleAnimators

Mary Ellen Bute did abstract animations in the 1940s called "seeing sounds". (To me they feel very 1960s, so it's amazing she was 20yrs ahead.) Here's her 'Tarantella' from 1940.

TW spider, flashing past in the beginning.

https://youtu.be/czDsy8BYP1M

#AnimationHistory #animation #FemaleAnimators

I've been posting works from pioneering female animators here. Now you can find a few of them presented in a blog post on my blog.

https://marthacrimson.com/from-paper-cuts-to-pins-five-pioneering-female-animators/

#animation #AnimationHistory #FemaleAnimators

TIL I learned that Lotte Reiniger tried to escape Nazi Germany, but wasn't allowed to settle in any other country permanently. After moving around Europe for several years she had to return home and was forced to make propaganda movies.

Rockets (Werner von Braun) apparently trumps animation.

#animation #AnimationHistory

Bonus Hermína Týrlová: Ferda Mravenec/Fernando the Ant

https://youtu.be/AkORm4ySeIs

#animation #AnimationHistory #FemaleAnimators

Today in animation history: Revolt of the Toys by Hermína Týrlová, the mother of Czech animation. (I really like those horses!)

https://youtu.be/HLYM4jTvULg

#animation #AnimationHistory #FemaleAnimators

1953 "Полет на Луну" (The Flight to the Moon ) par Zinaida et Valentina BRUMBERG. (CCCP)

The Brumberg sisters were among the pioneers in the Soviet animation industry and worked from 1925 to 1974. I'm impressed by the rotoscopy in this one. (See also Tsar Durandai)

https://youtu.be/bz7HMb5j0Rs

#animation #AnimationHistory #FemaleAnimators #ZinaidaAndValentinaBrumberg

Lotte Reiniger's Cinderella. (While "The Adventures of Prince Achmed" 1926 is more known, it's also more bogged down by stereotypes. Still worth a look, but since it's not her only work I chose this one.)

https://youtu.be/poq0bf6M8Z8

#animation #AnimationHistory #FemaleAnimators #LotteReiniger

"Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored" is an amazing restoration project. They are searching the globe for the best prints of Fleischer cartoons to scan and restore. I have never seen these cartoons look like this EVER! Amazing work. https://tinyurl.com/2p8ythsk #animation #resoration #animationhistory

Don't know who will see this (hope the right people do), but the fellow who is running a bunch of classic animation social profiles as well as the Mutt & Jeff restoration Kickstarter, Mauricio Alvarado, has started trying to issue takedowns of public domain cartoons on YouTube, claiming ownership. The dude has also exhibited other sorts of toxic behavior, and it would be best avoid his doings.
#silentfilm #silentcartoons #silentanimation #animationhistory #cartoonhistory

#psychogeography #LocalHistory
#Animation
#AnimationHistory
#EarlyCinema

This is so awesome. #animation #AnimationHistory #WomensHistory

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/24/1145092476/bessie-mae-kelley-first-woman-animator?sc=18&f=1001

Are you familiiar with the works of Zlatko Grgić?

In the 1960s this acclaimed Croatian filmmaker worked with the NFB and produced 12 stunning animated shorts.
Learn more about them here: http://bit.ly/3BTSmjl

#NFB #ONF #Animation #CanadianContent #Croatia #Collaboration #Film #CanadianFilm #AnimationHistory #Blog

Second verse, same as the first (but not really) #animation #animationhistory #cartoons

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nancy-beiman-director-animator-teacher-part-2-animation/id1534273700?i=1000590624228

My blog has been woefully dormant for a few months. But a research deep dive inspired the most recent post. Oh midcentury illustration… how I love you!

http://www.melaniecordan.com/post/my-love-affair-with-midcentury-illustrators

#midcentury #midcenturyillustration #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #AleksanderLindeberg #MaryBlair #UPAstudio #illustrationhistory #animationhistory #illustrationblog #amblogging

New York Animation: Felix the Cash Cow

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/new-york-animation-felix-the-cash-cow/

#animation #AnimationHistory #FelixTheCat

The Disney Princess: Interview with Charles Solomon

https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2020/12/21/the-disney-princess-interview-with-charles-solomon/

#animation #AnimationHistory #Disney #DisneyPrincess

Leonard Maltin and Jerry Beck kicked me into my cartoon future.

@FredSeibert discusses how a single book on animation past helped him propel the industry into the future.

#animation #AnimationHistory #Frederator #Nickelodeon

If you're a fan of Hayao Miyazaki, there's a new book out that explores his earlier, pre-Ghibli work.

The Early Work of Hayao Miyazaki - https://blog.animationstudies.org/?p=2821

#animation #anime #Miyazaki #book #animationhistory