Mark Mayerson has posted a set of Notes on Animating by the master Warner Bros. animator Abe Levitow.
Click through the link to read the notes:
Notes on Animating by Abe Levitow
The last paragraph of Levitow's notes resonates now more than ever given the current precarious position of hand-drawn animation:
Click through the link to read the notes:
Notes on Animating by Abe Levitow
The last paragraph of Levitow's notes resonates now more than ever given the current precarious position of hand-drawn animation:
"Even though the Disney animator Marc Davis has said: 'Animation is an anachronism; it is that rarity, a handmade product in a mechanized age', the satisfaction gained from doing it well is the kind of satisfaction that can only be gotten by creating something with your own hands that no one has ever done before. It's a sublime feeling ... you'll see !!"
Abe Levitow animation drawing :
(these great drawings are from the Abe Levitow webpage. Go there to see more of Abe's drawings.)