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From left: Charles Solomon, Bob Kurtz, Scott Johnson, Howard Green, Eric Goldberg, Tom Sito,
Alex Williams, Ruben Aquino and Ross Blucher. Photo copyright the nice waitress at "The Counter". |
Animation historian and critic Charles Solomon organised a "Fossils" lunch today, a meeting of various former (and current) Disney and DreamWorks animators to talk about the olden days, and wonder what the heck happened to our industry. Little did I know that Eric Goldberg, master of 2D animation timing is still doing hand-drawn animation at Disney, working on special projects for the Parks. Bob Kurtz is still doing freelance jobs, James Baxter is still flying the flag for 2D animation, and animator-turned academic Tom Sito trains his students at USC in the correct use of exposure sheets. And I still use Ruben's model sheets from "Lion King" to teach quadruped locomotion to my students.
Who says 2D animation is dead?
---Alex
