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Category Archives: Illustration
Donald Duck says Disney is Unfair
You’ve got to admit, the Disney strikers of ’41 knew how to design a flyer.
Disney’s Art Models
For the Disney artists of the 1930s and early 40s, a huge credit of their exponential growth is owed to the in-studio art classes. And while teachers like Don Graham and Eugene Fleury deserve their due, this post is to … Continue reading
Merry Christmas from Bill and Art
What luck that Art Babbitt saved this terrific Christmas card that he and Bill Tytla devised. The two were living together in a sprawling bachelor pad on Tuxedo Terrace. They were also working together as top animators at the Walt … Continue reading
Posted in 1932-1941: Disney Glory Days, California, Cards, Disney, Film, Illustration, Photography
Tagged 1930s, Advertisements, Art Babbitt, Bill Tytla, Christmas, Disney Studios, Hollywood, lampoon
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Organized Labor vs Steamboat Willie
Sure, Art Babbitt and Walt Disney fought on opposite sides of the union during the Disney Strike, … but Walt Disney had a run-in with union unrest before Mickey Mouse ever premiered in his first film, Steamboat Willie! In late … Continue reading
Posted in 1924-1929: Illustrator in NYC, Animation, Disney, Film, Illustration, Labor, New York, Skeleton Dance
Tagged Art Babbitt, Carl Edouarde, Charles Mintz, Colony Theater, Disney, Disney Studios, New York, Pat Powers, Paul Terry, Roy O. Disney, Soundtrack, Steamboat Willie, Strand Theater, Synchronization, Terrytoons, Theater Orchestra, Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney
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More Babbitt Walk Cycles
In 1948, Art Babbitt was in Paris working with Lou Bunin on his stop-motion Alice in Wonderland film. Babbitt’s walk cycles were used as pre-production reference for the animators. Four of them have been previously published and I’ve already scanned … Continue reading
Posted in 1946-1970s: Later Years, Alice in Wonderland, Animation, Film, Illustration
Tagged Art Babbitt, Lou Bunin, rough animation, walk cycles
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Illustrator for Hire, 1928
In 1928, Arthur Babbitt was a real New Yorker. He was a successful freelance artist, working in his own studio near Times Square, engaged to a cute brunette from Brooklyn, and all before he was 21 years old. This was … Continue reading
Posted in 1924-1929: Illustrator in NYC, Genealogy, Illustration, New York
Tagged Drawings, Hypnosis, Illustration, New York
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