Scratch and Tiger Trax Animation – Page 3
page 1 | page 2 | page 3 Printed in Animator Issue 11 (Winter 1984)
1984
Alastair Taylor’s Fridge D’or
Alastair Taylor tells how he made The Fridge D’or at Bath Academy of Art. The film was a big hit at the Cambridge Animation Festival 1983. “The Fridge D’or’ was made in rather makeshift style during my final year as an illustration student at Bath Academy of Art. It is concerned with destiny, the foreknowledge … Read more
Alastair Taylor’s Fridge D’or – Page 2
I promptly decided to reduce the number of drawings in the walk cycle (to about 18) and shoot three frames per drawing. As for getting the drawings onto cels, I already had the walk cycle drawn on paper and it was just a matter of tracing these down onto the ink and then scratching through … Read more
Fans of Japanese animation
Frank Baker is a member of the USA based Cartoon/Fantasy organization. He tells us what it is all about. The Cartoon/Fantasy Organization is an association of tans of Japanese animated science fiction and fantasy-adventure cartoons. Founded in 1978 C/FO as it is called for short was started by a small group of dedicated fans of … Read more
Charles ‘Joe’ Noble. 1894 to 1984. A tribute.
Obituary by Ken Clark. Charles R Noble had just cause to be proud of his two Sons: George and Charles Jnr. When the younger son began to assert himself, he was nicknamed ‘Joe’ to avoid confusion. Joe Noble became Britain’s oldest active animator. Born on Christmas Day I 894, he was 23 when he joined … Read more
Bob Privett. 19? to 1984. A tribute.
Obituary by Ken Clark. Bob Privett was not content just to practice his craft, he spent his latter years teaching the art to a succession of grateful students in the heart of London at the Central School of Art, Southampton Row, where he was Head of the Animation Department. I visited him once during class … Read more
Issue 10 – Index of selected articles
Issue 10 – Autumn 1984 The Art Babbitt Classical Animation Course Art Babbitt’s course outline contains lots of helpful advice to the budding animator and much food for thought. The notes could also be used as a guide for self study. Art Babbitt by Richard Williams One of the great artist-animators from the golden years … Read more
Issue 10 – Front cover
Animator. Autumn 1984. Issue number 10. Front cover illustration: Character model sheet for “Dick Deadeye or Duty Done” drawn by Ronald Searle. Top: Dick Deadeye. Bottom: Little Buttercup.
The Art Babbitt Classical Animation Course
Introduction The Richard Williams Animation studio in London has now won a grand total of 212 International Awards, mostly for their TV commercials, but Williams wants his 40 artists and technicians to take their craft much further. To that end, one of the all-time master craftsmen of animation, Art Babbitt, began a one month animation … Read more
The Art Babbitt Classical Animation Course – Page 2
The pressures of “time” and “economics” have so bastardized the medium, we have even forgotten how to stumble. The generation of fine animators spawned at Disney’s in the 1930 -1940 period is fast vanishing. Hopefully some of you, some day, will not only restore the craft to its status of forty years ago – but … Read more