Published between 1982 and 1995
Edwin Lutz on the subject of animation believability Taken from Edwin Lutz’s book: Animated Cartoons (published in 1920) By experience the artist will learn to know where to slight – “slight” isn’t exactly the word, but it will do – the drawing. With respect to this latter point, suppose there is some arm movement, with … Read more
Jerry Hibbert is a director of Hibbert Ralph Animation in London. He gave a talk at Computer Graphics ‘91 entitled The Computer as a traditional animator’s tool. At Hibbert Ralph they are still fundamentally working on paper and painted cel. However, they have embraced the use of computers to manipulate the hand created images. “Animation … Read more
The sets were placed on a giant rotating table with the cels held vertically in front. As filming progressed the table was rotated. “It gave some great effects but was a very limited approach,” declared Carlee. “The camera couldn’t move around the character, but it still gave a great multiplane effect. Disney, of course, used … Read more
“When you do something brand new it takes a bit of research,” declared Goldberg. “You need to spend a lot of time on it and you are not going to produce footage as quickly as you would by hand. This has to be counterbalanced by introducing efficiencies, having other elements that can be turned out … Read more
Computerised video graphics have strongly challenged practitioners of diagrammatic film animation. They have also been used by Disney and Hanna-Barbera to create animation for segments of cartoon feature films. Ken Clark gives an overview of computer graphic systems available today and some advice about bridging the gap between traditional animators and computer technicians. When I … Read more
At the Odeon, Marble Arch that same evening I watched a succession of short sequences which they called idents and stings, all demonstrating the current state of the art and competing for the annual awards. The most memorable effects were those which simulated water; raindrops falling on to dry sand and building up to a … Read more
John Halas combined computer animated effects with cartoon animation in Autobahn (1979), a little classic of its kind. A fantasy, featuring a green space boy wearing dark goggles, with the ability to fly through surreal space, the film is pure inventive imagery. As a mixture of old and new techniques it is completely successful. As … Read more
Animation is being used in a number of ways for diverse reasons: as a therapy, a teaching medium, a hobby, for entertainment, at seminars, in workshops, and in advertising studios. Then there are the Amiga computer owners who are being told by Commodore that such things are available to them. The influence of animation is … Read more
Age no barrier. Animation is now in the hands of children, Stan Heyward tells Ken Clark. Stan Hayward’s original ambition was to become a chemist but when he received his call-up papers to do National Service he had to shelve the idea. He chose to join the Merchant Navy but when they arrived in Australia … Read more
“Using Delux Paint 3 software, colouring is a simple operation with the additional advantage of electronic manipulations. With Lux I can merge animations with live action video, and so many other tricks – a truly multi- media work station. I would like to see many more systems installed in classrooms with a wide variety of … Read more