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NamineKa (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
No, there weren't people working in McCay's direction. Winsor McCay did every little thing himself. He was an extreme perfectionist. Every little detail, he drew. I heard he was a little arrogant because of this but he was amazing. The other earlier animators of the time did have teams doing the work for them though... Like Disney and Sullivan...
MinezEyez (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
he drew gertie and the other animalsa but he had an assistant that drew the background for him through most of those papers. this stuff is so fun to learn about! i love gertie and i love little nemo. i wish i couldve sen a live performance wit gertie. i love that people thought it was magic back then.
deomis (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
this move was awesome!!!!! you people need to check it out, its about a boy that saves dream land from nightmare land, and the clown on the riht rides (at the end of this little clip) a giand raven
MindlessWanderer (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
really? I was told my animation professor that he actually drew these in color, shot them on film, which was B&W (like you said) and then used a paintbrush and handpainted each individual frame with the proper color because his audience was used to seeing Little Nemo in color, and didn't want to disappoint. By itself that's a feat, but remember, there were about 3000~4000 frames in the film, each frame is extremely small, and he handpainted each one. This man is awe inspiring, even after death.
maniaticx (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
maravilloso
sneezepal (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Man, this is so cool! The Saturday morning cartoon fare of today pales in comparison. Imagine how this must've looked to audiences in 1911.
Kirke182 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Again, from what I've read, he drew everything on Gertie the Dinosaur. The background had to be redrawn for each frame because there were no cels then. It was just him drawing on 10,000 sheets of paper.
Invad3r (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
You're right, I may have been thinking of something else. He drew every bit of this. He drew all of Gertie the Dinosaur too except the backgrounds.
Kirke182 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Every source I've read on this says McCay drew these himself.
FoamyTheSquirrel2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Makes you REALLY appreciate animation |
