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Heather :chickadee:

Thinking I'll make a thread of some of the various 2D-animation model sheets I've collected over the years.

Most of these will be Disney, and the vast majority will have been sourced by Michael Sporn's Animation Splog (RIP: michaelspornanimation.com/splo ), which has such an amazing wealth of information and experience in it. <3

I won't be commenting much on these, just sharing for anyone interested in them. I found studying these to be extremely helpful and inspiring with my comics and illustration work. :)

If you have some to share, feel free to add them to the thread! The rest of the posts after this one will be unlisted.

First up: Some Rats of NIMH (1982, d. by Don Bluth).

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A model sheet for Mrs. Brisby, a cartoon female mouse character from the movie the Rats of NIMH. Features a dozen pencil drawings of her from various angles and in various poses.
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A model sheet of Mr. Ages, an elderly mouse character, featuring several pencil drawings of him from various angles and in various poses.
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A model sheet of Jeremy, a corvid/bird character, featuring several pencil drawings of him from various angles and in various poses.
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Heather :chickadee:

Bonus: Some animation and production drawings. ^^

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A pencil drawing of Jeremy, the bird, gesticulating, as Mrs. Brisby crawls on his feet trying to untangle him from a long string.
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A pencil layout drawing of Mrs. Brisby walking across a scene with Mr. Ages.
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An animation drawing close-u of Mrs. Brisby, smiling shyly. Drawing in pencil with pink and blue pencil accents/notes.
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An animation layout drawing of Mrs. Brisby clinging to a rope tied around a brick, rapidly sinking into mud. Its drawing with pencil, blue pencil, and red pencil to indicate the "camera".
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Heather :chickadee:

Spirit: The Stallion of the Cimarron (2002). Dreamworks, d. by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook, with James Baxter as lead animator on Spirit himself.

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Less a model sheet, more a tutorial sheet of how to draw a horse in the style of the movie, likely drawn by James Baxter. Pencil sketches accompanied by many notes detailing various construction details and things to keep in mind. This one focuses on head, ear, and eye construction.
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This one focuses on the construction and movement of the chest and front legs of a horse.
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This one focuses on the construction and movement of a horse's rear legs.
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Heather :chickadee:

Sleeping Beauty (1959), d. by Les Clark, Clyde Geronimi, and Eric Larson, and Wolfgang Reitherman. Marc Davis was the directing animator for Aurora.

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A photo of several pencil drawings of Aurora from Sleeping Beauty, cut out and pasted to a grey board titled "2082, Sleeping Beauty, Ruff Model Suggestions". The drawings show Aurora mainly standing in various positions, sometimes wrapped in a shawl and holding a basket of flowers.
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More pencil drawings cut out and pasted to a board, also of Aurora. Shows more drawings of her with a shawl wrapped around her, as well as some alternate hair styles and head shots, and some of her sitting.
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Heather :chickadee:

Dumbo (1941), with the inimitable Vladimir (aka. Bill) Tytla as animation director for Dumbo himself.

So soft, round, and expressive!

EDIT: These and many more at: michaelspornanimation.com/splo <3

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A model sheet featuring the baby elephant character Dumbo, with a dozen or so drawings of him in various positions and angles. Drawn in a rather rough, sketchy style.
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Heather :chickadee:

Lilo & Stitch (2002), d. Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders. Based on Chris Sanders' signature drawing style, with Andreas Deja as supervising animator on Lilo herself.

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A rough model sheet of Lilo from the movie Lilo & Stitch. Shows dozens of blue pencil rough drawings of Lilo in various positions, expressions, and angles cut and pasted onto a yellow board. Titled "Lilo" and signed by Andreas Deja.
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Some extra "tutorial: drawings focusing on the style of Lilo's feet and legs, short and pudgy compared to regular people's. Notes include: "Keep subtle anatomy in designing Lilo's legs.", "Think baby!", and "When she wears sandals look for overlap."
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More "tutorial" drawings, focusing on the style of Lilo's arms and hands. Notes include: "Lilo's hands are very pudgy, like babies (sic) hands", "Fingers are short", "Don't use cartoon formula, it is too simple", "When fingers separate, show gap", "Wrists are very wide", and "Hands and arms are based on baby anatomy, but simplified."
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Heather :chickadee:

Bonus: Some more production drawings, most likely by Andreas Deja. :)

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A coloured pencil drawing of Stitch excitedly holding up a sea turtle for Lilo to photograph. It's signed by Andreas Deja.
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Five blue pencil drawings of Lilo dressed in a striped swimsuit, in various positions. In one she's holding a camera, in another a large fish.
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Three blue pencil drawings of lilo wearing her signature dress holding up Scrump, her handmade doll, looking very proud.
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Heather :chickadee:

Betty Boop, for Fleischer Studios, 1938.

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A model turn-around sheet for Betty Boop. She stands provocatively in the turn around. At the bottom are a series of faces with different expressions. Tect reads: "Latest Model. Betty Boop. Feb 10th 1939." and "Betty's clothes should feature her figure. Not ear rings. No bracelets- except on special jobs. Eyes are one eye apart - on front view. Cheek lines curve up to the mouth. Short distance between upper lip and nose, for cuteness." Also: "Nose is just below bottom line of the eyes. Draw high light in eyes carefully (they help give direction in close ups). In rear view slightly reduce head size. Eye brows arch with head shape to give roundness. Curls grade from small on top to large on bottom."
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A second model sheet, this time featuring many Betty Boop heads with different mouth shapes. Titled "Fleischer Studios, Inc. 1938. Betty Mouth Action Chart"
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An animation timing page showing frames of Betty's mouth shapes.
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Heather :chickadee:

More misc. model sheets from Fleischer! Featuring the characters of The Goon and Olive Oyl.

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A model sheet for The Goon, a tall, somewhat sasquatch-like character with furry arms and legs. He's shown in a turn around and height comparison with Popeye.
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A model sheet for Popeye's long suffering girlfriend, Olive Oyl. Shows her in different positions, a construction drawing, and many heads with different expressions. Some text: "Eyes more than half way up in head", and "Length of arms and legs to be exaggerated wherever action permits."
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A model sheet showing how to draw Olive Oyl's head in profile, building up the details step by step. Some text: "Keep number of hairs on first drawing consistent throughout the scene and plan them for inbetweens." "Draw guide line for hair in red and leave on drawing as guide for inker." "Shape hairs into contour of head." "Number of hairs lessen with size of head." "Olive's head is slightly oval shaped- not circular."
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A generic Fleischer studios "Mouth Action Chart" from 1938. A featureless round head with only a nose and mouth goes through many different mouth shapes in 17 different drawings.
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Heather :chickadee:

…enhance 👀

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A close up screenshot of the mouth chart from the previous toot. Drawing number seven has been enlarged; it's the only drawing with small pin-prick eyes drawn on, with the mouth in an open-mouth frown with the teeth biting the lower lip. A very funny and relatable expression.
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Heather :chickadee:

Ferdinand The Bull (1938), One of Disney's Silly Symphonies that became its own short filml. Featuring caricatures of many Disney employees at the time, including Walt Disney, caricatured by animator Ward Kimball.

You can read more about the film and the caricatures themselves here: michaelspornanimation.com/splo

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A model sheet of young Ferdinand, a baby bull. Features many rough drawings in pencil of the calf, in different positions and facial expressions. He's very cute, and there's such beautiful rhythm in the drawn lines.
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A model sheet for Ferdinand's Mama, a very sweet cow with horns and a cowbell. Features several rough pencil drawings of her in various positions.
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Miscellaneous models from Ferdinand the Bull. Features rough pencil drawings of a few different fighting bulls, a burro driver, a ring attendant, a mounted trumpeter, and the head of a beautiful woman.
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A model sheet of Picador's horse, a rather worn-out looking nag with a self-important matador riding him. Features several drawings of the horse in various positions, all sway-backed and cartoony, with one of him mounted.
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Heather :chickadee:

Hercules (1997), d. Ron Clements and John Musker. Andreas Deja was the lead animator on Hercules, and drew these models.

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Five rough animation drawings of the character Hercules reacting to something with interesting facial features.
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Four more rough key animation drawings of Hercules in various positions and expressions.
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A half-dozen drawings of Hercules once more reacting to something, with a focus on his facial expressions.
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Five full-body key animation drawings of Hercules in the act of gesturing toward something to his left.
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Heather :chickadee:

Cinderella (1950). These costume exploration models were drawn by Marc Davis, and are dated to March 25th, 1948 (in the upper left-hand corner).

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Ten rough drawings of the character Cinderella in her ragged maid outfits, in various positions. They've been coloured with watercolours, exploring different colour schemes. In the top left-hand corner is the text: "1st Costume Model. 3/25/48. Prod. 1020 - Work Dress"
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Ten more drawings of the same, different outfits with different colour explorations. The first five show Cinderella in the process of picking up a white sheet and wrapping it around her waist as an apron.
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Heather :chickadee:

Fantasia (1940). I have a few of these saved, so look for more in the replies. ^^

Fantasia is one of my absolute favourite Disney movies, and it's such a joy to study these drawings. :da_love:

[Marked sensitive for family friendly drawings of cartoony naked cupid babies. There are also drawings of pegasus foals. ]

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Heather :chickadee:

Fantasia (1940), continued. More of the Pegasus family. ^^

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Gorgeous ink wash drawings of models for the Pegasus family. There's a drawing of a dark foal, a white mare, a dark stallion, and the mare and foal.
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Four more dramatic ink wash drawings of pegasus stallions in various dynamic poses, flying and prancing with harsh lighting.
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More dramatic pegasus stallion ink wash drawings.
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Three small drawings of a cartoony and very cute pegasus foal.
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Heather :chickadee:

Bonus: Some illustrations of the Pegasus family.

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A watercolour wash sketch of a white pegasus mare with a palamino paint foal, walking together, surrounded by fluffy clouds..
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A moody painting of a black stallion pegasus, perched on the bough of a tree, backlit by the moon.
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Brian Kolm

@Rheall Thanks for sharing and thanks for mentioning Michael Sporn. Sporn's animation could seem simple, but was artistic, organic and skillful.

Heather :chickadee:

@BrianKolm I followed his blog when I was a young artist in the 2010s, and was so impressed by his wealth of knowledge and experience. His love of 2D animation as an art form really shined, and I learned so much from him.

Tony Cliff

@Rheall nice thread. I’m so glad the internet makes these so available - in anim school we came by them rarely, as photocopies on paper, and we treated them like little treasures with semi-religious significance.

Heather :chickadee:

@tangocharlie They were certainly semi-religious for young artist me! 🤩 (At an age where I was still amazed at the ability of DVDs to pause with absolutely still images so I could study and copy them!) Having access to blogs like Michael Sporn's at such an impressionable age was so inspiring, and I continue to learn so, *so* much from them. ^^

Tony Cliff

@Rheall ha, yeah, at cap college we used to stop-frame *laserdiscs.* Study a little Bagheera acting.
(DVDs were out at the time but they still had a laserdisc player)

Heather :chickadee:

@tangocharlie It kind of blows my mind how there are people out there with old ties to animation studios who just have this wealth of xeroxed animation history lying around in their homes, collecting dust. The fact that Sporn and so many other animators and other folks started sharing their treasures on their blogs and their memories of working in the old studios is kind of mind-blowing. I wonder how many proper hard copies of these things even still exist? Old model sheets, storyboards, layouts, timing sheets, scripts, concepts, explorations, production materials, educational material… and how much of it will still be around in ten more years, when blogs start being abandoned and domains expire and estates are auctioned off or things are thrown away…?

Thinking about it almost makes me feel hungry, like, I have to know what else is out there!

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