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Walt Disney Draws Not A Line
[Animation process at the Disney studios]
Ernie Pyle

More than 400 artists took part in drawing "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," but the linal, life-like touches were given by 43 expert "animators." In this, another story on how the cartoon characters were born, details of problems facing these specialists are related.

There are some 400 artists in the Disney studios whose work appears in the finished pictures. But only 45 of these are "animators." The animator is the man who puts life and character and personality into the cartoon characters.

An animator in a genius in a way. He is author, playwright, actor, creator. Usually he is temperamental. He is highly paid; his time is too valuable for details; consequently only a few of his actual drawings appear on the screen. Walt Disney himself, the king of animation, draws not a line for the screen.
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Title
The Buffalo Times
Source type Magazine
Published
Language en
Document type Feature
Media type text
Page count 1
Pages p. 17

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Id 2196
Availability Free
Inserted 2016-01-30