Welcome back to the second half of Alex Toth and Bob Foster's illustrated guide to how TV cartoons are made.
This ran as a bonus back-up feature in the 1976 Super Friends oversized Limited Collectors' Edition comic book. For more of the background on this feature and the artists who created it, check out the first part at http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2008/11/tv-cartoon-is-created-by-alex-toth-and.html
The first five pages covered the earlier stages of cartoon production from development through storyboarding.
These last five pages cover stuff like...
This ran as a bonus back-up feature in the 1976 Super Friends oversized Limited Collectors' Edition comic book. For more of the background on this feature and the artists who created it, check out the first part at http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2008/11/tv-cartoon-is-created-by-alex-toth-and.html
The first five pages covered the earlier stages of cartoon production from development through storyboarding.
These last five pages cover stuff like...
Studio setup and animation desk...
Animation and Layout...
Character Design and Model Sheets...
Background Layouts...
Painting Animation Cels...
And right below are the full-page high-resolution scans
of the second part of Alex Toth and Bob Foster's
"How TV Cartoons Are Made."
of the second part of Alex Toth and Bob Foster's
"How TV Cartoons Are Made."
Click on any page for a HUGE hi-res image
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In case you missed it, the first five pages of this series on
"the how and why of animated TV Cartoons" are posted
here:
http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2008/11/tv-cartoon-is-created-by-alex-toth-and.html
Thanks for posting the pages. Love to see any Toth and it harkens back to the pre-digital aniamtion days of my youth.
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ReplyDeleteOh Sherm! You sure know the key to my heart with these bad ass posts.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was pretty funny reading the description about "keeping to model" and it's difficulties.
The timing director stuff was kinda interesting too (thinking about how the role of the timing director has been over time).
It's crazy how this whole process can be done to a pretty good degree on a 1/2 decent laptop today.
Anywho, thanks for postin' sherm! As always, great blog and keep it up.
Hi Mike...Hi Brian...thanks for the kind words. It gets tough to find time to make these posts, but hearing kudos from dudes like you makes it all worth it. Onward!
ReplyDeleteAmazing... Just like the previous one. This cartoons were really glorious. Superfriends, Space Ghost, Johnny Quest, etc. etc. etc.
ReplyDeleteThanks again for this!