Happy Birthday, Fred Moore!

Today Sept. 7, 2011 marks the 100th birthday of Disney animation genius Fred Moore. So let's celebrate and have a toast to Fred, whose beautiful work touched most of us in a big way. His natural, uncomplicated way of drawing and animating will be an inspiration for generations to come. And when it comes to appeal, everybody can still learn from Fred Moore.

I tried to pull together some of his drawings that most likely you haven't seen before.

There is a great Happy Birthday illustration with a self portrait.

The sketch of Mickey shows how much he made the character his own. The proportions, the action and the charm are wonderful.

Any drawings of the dwarfs show how confident Fred had gotten as an animator,

and how much he loved animating.

I don't know what the layout with the two kids was done for, a propaganda short or a poster? 

The poses of Jose Carioca and Panchito are from from an unproduced short.

Loose and so full of life.

The key drawings of the girl telephone operator ("Casey bats again" 1954) indicate how Fred handled the slow change into a somewhat graphic animation style at Disney.

Of course I had to add a few beautiful Freddie girls, they were popular then, and they are popular now.

The partial exposure sheet is for a scene from "The Three Caballeros" which was cut from the film. But it's fun to look at a real Moore X-sheet!

Fred influenced animation and its aesthetics in a profound way, and I know that my childhood was so much happier because of that.

Happy birthday, Fred!

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Tim Burton

I am not entirely sure who drew this caricature of Tim, but it most likely is a Glen Keane sketch.

After I passed the training program at Disney in 1980 I was asked to help out with character designs for the upcoming production of "The Black Cauldron."

"The Fox and the Hound" was still being finished by the animation crew, and there was a need to come up with visuals for the next feature.  Producer Joe Hale told me."There is this other young guy who draws in his own unique style, maybe the two of you can come up with a new look for Disney".

That other guy turned out to be Tim Burton, and I moved into a nice roomy office with him. 

Tim's stuff was amazing, and it seemed odd that I was asked to "disneyfy" it.

But I did try to go over his drawings, and each time I altered them to make them look closer to the Disney conventional style, I noticed that the essence of Tim's designs got lost. Tim went over some of my drawings as well, but the whole thing became somewhat frustrating.

Nevertheless the two of us got along well, we just found ourselves in this strange

predicament.

I remember one time Tim told me he was going to take a class in children's book illustration. One of his assignments was "Fun with Numbers", and he showed me what he had come up with. I told him how funny they were, and he gave me some of the out takes. Over time I ended up with a few other gag drawings or illustrations, Tim didn't have use for.

In the end the studio decided not to use his ideas and concepts, and understandably Tim moved on. He started producing stop motion as well as live action films which all reflected his artistic vision, (as you all know.)

I had lost touch with him over the decades until last March, when I visited the set of his upcoming stop motion feature "Frankenweenie" in London. Tim happened to be around and he gave me a warm welcome. We reminisced briefly about our year together, and then he said the funniest thing: "You know, I just had a dream about you and me being back in that Disney office." I replied: "I hope it wasn't a nightmare."

And by the way..."Frankenweenie" is going to be fantastic!!

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 Wearing: Topshop snake print top and chain body harness, H&M shorts, Forever 21 spike cuff and silver ring. Other jewelry collected from random places! 

Before nipping up the pub with the dog friday night me and Jack managed to snap these pics in the field opposite my house in the country. While taking the pictures we realised we were stood next to a single poppy, the only one in the field. It is little moments like this that make you stop and think about life and appreciate it that little bit more!

Im loving snake print at the moment, I really want a jacket but after my spending this past month I think a top will suffice! Also loving Forever21 jewelry, i think it is just as good as Topshop but half the price!

Thank you all for the support on the last post, I appreciate every comment! Hope you all have a great week! Its all change for me this week!