tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348999483862178621.post874686490362372427..comments2023-04-17T04:52:21.341-04:00Comments on For the Birds (Art n' Stuff): "Here's Some Drawin's fo' ya!"Michael J. Ruoccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07192649886075807499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348999483862178621.post-34323094041732357212008-03-23T17:59:00.000-04:002008-03-23T17:59:00.000-04:00Dear Sir,Happy Easter!Mr. Iwerk's (and Disney's) w...Dear Sir,<BR/><BR/>Happy Easter!<BR/><BR/>Mr. Iwerk's (and Disney's) work with combining live action and animation actually pre-dates Mickey Mouse (and even Oswald the Lucky Rabbit)! The "Alice" Comedies were the third series I am aware of to do this.<BR/><BR/>Only Koko the Clown and Colonel Heeza Liar pre-date Alice in this respect.Mr. Trombleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854144365264948518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348999483862178621.post-40584895120535602812008-03-23T13:04:00.000-04:002008-03-23T13:04:00.000-04:00Right again, Mr. Trombley! Ub was in fact one of t...Right again, Mr. Trombley! <BR/><BR/>Ub was in fact one of the developers of the Xerox process at Disney's. & besides doing that & creating the multiplane camera back in the 30's, he was also the one who devised how to combine live-action & animation together for films like 'Three Caballeros', 'Song of the South' & 'Mary Poppins'. <BR/><BR/>In many Disney films, he was credited either under Michael J. Ruoccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07192649886075807499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348999483862178621.post-80319798274328391172008-03-23T10:41:00.000-04:002008-03-23T10:41:00.000-04:00Dear Sir, I suppose I should note here that I am a...Dear Sir, I suppose I should note here that I am a mathematician with an interest in animation, so no I could not even begin to imagine going about drawing 750 drawings a day!<BR/><BR/>I was reading other posts you wrote and would like to say (about 101 Dalmations) that I recall reading that it was initially pitched as a test out the new redesigned xerography process. I know that most of the Mr. Trombleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854144365264948518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348999483862178621.post-50866076812371078142008-03-23T02:27:00.000-04:002008-03-23T02:27:00.000-04:00Mr. Trombley, you are absolutely 100% correct. Cou...Mr. Trombley, you are absolutely 100% correct. Couldn'tve said it better myself. <BR/><BR/>He was a technical & creative genius. The thing about Iwerks was that although his drawings were so simple & (dare I say it) "crude", they had such appealing, fluid movement & I've never seen any other human being replicate the things he has done, creatively & technically. Nobody had/has the incredible Michael J. Ruoccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07192649886075807499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348999483862178621.post-90960235222360702712008-03-23T00:21:00.000-04:002008-03-23T00:21:00.000-04:00Dear Sir, in unison with his artistic talent was h...Dear Sir, in unison with his artistic talent was his technical facility. There is a famous story, even reaching my ears, that he designed the first multi-plane camera out of parts from his own car.<BR/><BR/>I would compare his genius only to Michael Faraday and Leonardo da Vinci. Untutored in math, they used their mastery over figure drawing (and lots of thought-hours) to intuitively design and Mr. Trombleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06854144365264948518noreply@blogger.com