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Friday, January 11, 2013

THE MIS-ADVENTURES OF MERLIN JONES (AND OTHER PAPER CUT OUTS)

In case you were unaware, I am a huge stop-motion fan and perhaps my excitement over this post comes from the fact that I've been working on a paper-cut-out stop-motion short with Jonny over the past few months. This opening credits sequence from the 1964 Walt Disney feature "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" featuring Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk has only inspired me further to create more pieces like this! I've spent the last half hour grinning from cheek to cheek after watching these credits and reading more about the animation greats that are Bill Justice and X. Atencio. (below)

Bill and X (Xavier) were both employed at the Walt Disney Company during the mid 1930's where they worked together on experimental pieces for Disney as well as stop animation shorts in "Mary Poppins"and "The Parent Trap" to give a few name droppers.

Opening Credits to "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones"

Cartoon Brew put out this post a few days ago about Kevin Kidney's paper doll artwork of TV/fim star and singer, Annette Funicello, who was diagnosed with MS in 1987. Kidney's zazzle site offers his paper doll artwork of Annette in a variety of cases, bags, pins, etc where all purchases go to the Annette Funicello Research Fund for Neurological Diseases. I love seeing an artist extend his or her support in this way towards another artist, especially for such a great cause trying to fight this debilitating disease.

Hope you enjoy this intro as much as I did :)

Saturday, February 25, 2012

EVERYDAY SUPERHEROES

Stumbled upon these photographs from Bechet Benjamin showing the daily life of superheroes and childhood icons. No surprise, Snow White is the prostitute.

found via notcot
artist page here (beware, he's French ;)

Thursday, May 12, 2011

FAIRY-TALE WEDDING

How perfect is this?!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

LORELAY BOVE

If you couldn't tell, I'm currently obsessed with this graphic/playful style of artwork. So following my Mary Blair post comes Lorelay Bove! Love the fantastical, whimsy charm in her paintings.

She currently works at Disney Animation Studios.

visit her etsy store!

Lorelay Bove

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Art Blocks for Ghana

The Picture Book Project Foundation is a wonderful organization that raises funds for children in need all over the world, and their latest project is Art Blocks for Ghana - a charity art auction of original works created by some of the best artists working in the art and animation industry today (DreamWorks Animation, Pixar Animation Studios, Blue Sky Studios, Marathon Media, ILM, Disney, Sony, Digital Domain, AOL Artists, as well as award-winning illustrators). Proceeds from the auction will help fund education and housing for children in Ghana, West Africa.

The preview night/opening reception will be held on March 12th in Los Angeles at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California. The official online auction will begin on March 12th, 2011. For more details, visit the Art Blocks blog and the Picture Book Foundation site.

Here's a preview of some of the great pieces that will be auctioned off!