This reminded me of some scans I have of Mullin's work which have always seemed to me to indicate that had he wanted to Willard Mullin could have been a great animator.
These are excellent to study for cartooning in general, but animation in particular. This is what I'm always harping on when I tell my students to "push the pose , push the line-of-action" in animation.
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Hi David...I've never seen those top two Mullins pages...they are terrific! What book are they from?
ReplyDeleteHi, Sherm,
ReplyDeleteThe book is "The Complete Guide to Drawing, Illustration, Cartooning and Painting." by Gene Byrnes.
My grandmother Vera Nethery gave it to me. She also gave me the Famous Artist's course materials . She was a talented artist herself and had taken the Famous Artists's correspondence course.
The drawings are amazing they feel like they are moving already its hard to explain.
ReplyDeleteWas the box animated in CG or stop motion?
One animator working in a style that seemed to owe a lot to Mullin's was Warners Rod Scribner. Scribner was known to draw fluid poses from the daily sports pages as a way of warming up daily, and sometimes actually animated with brush and India Ink. Of course, Scribner loved motion and it shows in his stuff. Mullin himself might have been a terrific animator, had he chosen that career path.
ReplyDeletewow!
ReplyDeleteThese are awesome, really makes it clear about the process. Thank you so much!