tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-215687912024-03-13T02:41:47.988-07:00VIGNALI STUDIOCommercial entertainment and illustration artist. Sony Pictures Animation, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Microsoft, Dynamix, Electronic Arts, Rock Star Games, Walt Disney Imagineering, DIC Ent., World of Warcraft and Wizards of the Coast.Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.comBlogger327125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-84771502855580547902023-11-18T20:12:00.000-08:002023-11-30T20:43:52.250-08:00Muppet Studios: the Lost Legacy - w/ Imagineer Marcelo Vignali<p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588); color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5QgkJRZHQ">Muppet Studios: The Lost Legacy</a></span></p><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588); border: 0px; color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBfmk26flV_SCppgaec_XSNCWNREmRAujQ9GwwTpP6RbI8wT5wNBOyj0sJBXgLJETGg9Sy6X6Lf0WAOoIdwyjSRqgiUxNRjh-US970HTd_ckRbO_kX3dIbKBa21EM4_BmfUyUlFvLNdiKuueZASO6X3i_DSsiNB0hlUTM8fgpFxKxGREXt48I" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBfmk26flV_SCppgaec_XSNCWNREmRAujQ9GwwTpP6RbI8wT5wNBOyj0sJBXgLJETGg9Sy6X6Lf0WAOoIdwyjSRqgiUxNRjh-US970HTd_ckRbO_kX3dIbKBa21EM4_BmfUyUlFvLNdiKuueZASO6X3i_DSsiNB0hlUTM8fgpFxKxGREXt48I=w378-h284" width="378" /></a></div>with Imagineer Marcelo Vignali
Explore the forgotten magic of Muppet Studios Land at Walt Disney World with the documentary, "Muppet Studios: The Lost Legacy." This compelling film delves into the abandoned dreams and whimsical visions that once brought the Muppets to life in a dedicated land. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5QgkJRZHQ">Featuring exclusive interviews with Marcelo Vignali</a>, one of the visionary Imagineers responsible for designing the lost rides, attractions, and restaurants. This documentary offers a rare glimpse into the creative process that shaped this unrealized gem. Vignali shares captivating anecdotes about his time working on the Muppet Studios project, providing insights into the challenges, triumphs, and tragedies he faced with his team. Viewers are treated to never-before-seen artwork, unveiling the intricate details of the . Marcelo Vignali ends the documentary on a positive note, explaining how the spirit of Muppet Studios lives on in other Disney themed lands and attractions around the world. "Muppet Studios: The Lost Legacy" is a nostalgic journey through the unexplored corners of Disney history, reminding us of the vibrant Muppet dreams that once danced within Disney/MGM Studios.
Marcelo Vignali's artistic career began with The Walt Disney Company at DIC Entertainment in 1987. Later, at Walt Disney Imagineering, he served as a Concept Designer leaving an indelible mark on projects such as Disney America, Tokyo Storybook Gardens, ToonTown, and Muppet Studios. - Beyond Disney, Marcelo has been involved in a wide range of projects in the realms of family entertainment, themed entertainment, and animation, boasting an illustrious career that spans across renowned studios and projects. - Marcelo's tenure at Sony Pictures Animation from January 2003 to April 2019 his creative fingerprints are evident in blockbuster films such as Vivo, Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse, Smurfs - The Lost Village, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Surf’s Up, Open Season, and the Hotel Transylvania trilogy. Marcelo also spends a considerable amount of time mentoring young artists and encouraging the next generation. For more information about Marcelo Vignali's career and online galleries of his art, visit his website at: </span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588); border: 0px; color: #065fd4; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0J3X3M4b2E2Q21mN05TbVFzQTdKZk9uS2drd3xBQ3Jtc0ttTmlmZXA3clZQTEd1cmlIZWg3bEdWeHpMdTd3NXYzRVB6TXV4aU5mVDZoeTlpTVJGbmY3WFpFbXBPeDNlVmczRTBNSG9RekJ2bUhJYjkwZEJWY05fUk1ETXp1RUhFQzFKdmNFS0NaMWVzNjFxUWYtdw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fvignalistudio.com%2F&v=IX5QgkJRZHQ" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; display: inline; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://vignalistudio.com</a></span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588); border: 0px; color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">
Forrest Mallard (research/production/editing/voiceover) is a life-long nomad/adventurer. He's lived on 6 continents and has intimately explored a large portion of the Earth. Forrest also happens to be a life-long Disney fan. Having grown up in South Florida, his first life-goal was to work at Walt Disney World. Now, as a Custodian at WDW, Forrest uses his self-taught documentary and story-telling skills to share amazing, untold stories of the history of the Disney Company. He never dreamed that his little films would interest or include the involvement of iconic engineers, Imagineers, Disney Artists and Historians... but here we are. For more information about Forrest's travels and documentaries, visit his websites: </span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588); border: 0px; color: #065fd4; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEh0VVJySjhLUmh5OGxqMklEQVdZRUhjUmFNZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuRlc2QmdneGpjdktWNTlJLWNacU5xcHNNT1JtQlppVkphckxpdXI2aUVGdDN0UVZzMWN1QlhXcWd1RE00RnRtNmdHSl8yd3ZKUUpKeXdrYnkwcEhsSm82RHdBbnRBSzh0d3lFRnFlNlBibWhvanlsWQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftramposaurus.com%2F&v=IX5QgkJRZHQ" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; display: inline; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://tramposaurus.com</a></span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588); border: 0px; color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"> and </span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588); border: 0px; color: #065fd4; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXZ4cnFlTXJvQlBTZUhHOUJFTXA1WHZkNGVwUXxBQ3Jtc0tucU9Felpodm5IdTl1TWw5TGg4UThtZG96V3VaRnlLd0xUbjJyU1BDUldXWC1wZ0NNZDh3Q01sQ1phVTZKSTRzb3ZSU09CT3VNeHBwNWlwcXBod2Y3VzZHZmt4WGVLZy1wbXk2Nmh3VmhFbEtJdGhxcw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsizzlemap.com%2F&v=IX5QgkJRZHQ" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; display: inline; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://sizzlemap.com</a></span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588); border: 0px; color: #131313; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;">
CONTACT : forrest.mallard@gmail.com
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To learn more about the Walt Disney Company, visit their official website at: </span><span class="yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0470588); border: 0px; color: #065fd4; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; padding: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><a class="yt-core-attributed-string__link yt-core-attributed-string__link--display-type yt-core-attributed-string__link--call-to-action-color" force-new-state="true" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVdXUFdDRHJacnJkWVVOZlRzS0stYlZSZzBrZ3xBQ3Jtc0trY0JzejI0X3pFRjBzTHB2dXNrSlVWZjhPQVVzZmFYaGdJczdWWVFBQnlYZTlYaGk2eHlnaENqNXpBODF6SHJGQzZmUHdpWVpjazFmRWNQREZ3MkVPWHlzQlZ3YS1tTnBFcmxmT3drcEQ1TFkyaWM2NA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fthewaltdisneycompany.com%2F&v=IX5QgkJRZHQ" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; display: inline; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://thewaltdisneycompany.com</a></span><p><br /></p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5QgkJRZHQ</p>Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-61025649914898986992023-09-05T16:05:00.000-07:002023-09-05T16:05:00.945-07:00Virtual Reality, before Virtual Reality<p> A question I received on this drawing was the size, this is a four foot long drawing. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcH8Q-sfWnntXcyhuQgFSB5BvzqUXjOy0uOhl-TqpGrz4xJn2hQPChufNgVXxuA7GMy1kOom0BnAXqKqbsaSgG0Wnz0xKA5-4aNaoe_cZeirb5x135gp_aga0AS3j5zKkKbMPch3-T99yBrXp0TqJ6lBLem1ZizEHKp4IkSyIviW_azqpZ94I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2043" data-original-width="4032" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcH8Q-sfWnntXcyhuQgFSB5BvzqUXjOy0uOhl-TqpGrz4xJn2hQPChufNgVXxuA7GMy1kOom0BnAXqKqbsaSgG0Wnz0xKA5-4aNaoe_cZeirb5x135gp_aga0AS3j5zKkKbMPch3-T99yBrXp0TqJ6lBLem1ZizEHKp4IkSyIviW_azqpZ94I=w640-h324" width="640" /></a></div><br />There are several other sneaky things I did to create image, one of which is a 3 point horizontal perspective drawing designed to put you into the space. It was virtual reality, before virtual reality.<div><br /></div><div>It makes a difference because when you're looking at it in person it doesn't feel like forced perspective as it does in this small snapshot. This is because the drawing is big enough to fill your eye and the natural curve of the image projected into your eyes disguises the forced perspective. It's also large enough that to take in the entire drawing you are forced to move your head, and that motion makes you feel as though you're actually inside the space. </div><div><br /></div><div>(Prismacolor on Vellum, 1993)<br /><br /><br /></div>Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-74673014272973350412023-08-31T12:00:00.000-07:002023-08-31T12:00:42.902-07:00The Reason Why ToonTown Was So Special For Me<p>ToonTown was a really special project for me because I was able to participate at multiple levels all the way through the process. Typically, someone will be asked to come on board a project, and participate in one thing. It's part of the problem I have with the industry in that it is so compartmentalized. </p>To give you a run down on my participation, I started as one of the four principle designers for ToonTown -- and the youngest member of the team -- that launched the project for Disneyland in Anaheim. I did designs for several buildings in the town, designed the ToonTown Trolley, was the lead designer for the Roger Rabbit Ride, did the show set drawings for many of the dimensional props...including the Benny the Cab that sits in front of the Roger Rabbit Ride and greets the guests as they come in, and ultimately illustrated the ToonTown silkscreen poster for Japan... where I combined all those elements in one painting.<div><br /></div><div>This allowed me to work in architecture, animation design, character design, set design, show set design, and finally illustration. Painting the ToonTown poster for Japan was like a cherry on top to a wonderful experience. </div><div><br /></div><div>As an artist I find the entire creative process engaging, and fortunately ToonTown was one of those projects that allowed me to participate at multiple levels. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLIrRBuNZOp6fGv0VR9zeXFrwirbli40GsGOac7QkJpPLlKa2VC98eVR1JaR2Ncd2Ic4kp87sBD5mmrD4c31KSwRe91YMrGo3fDS2npdjhzZ4Hj-v6qFr0A2SkKi-vaNJAlaG6cIVWPsZfjr8v60niDUzFAL37BRXs6L6e46K3CT3MvkspdFI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3301" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLIrRBuNZOp6fGv0VR9zeXFrwirbli40GsGOac7QkJpPLlKa2VC98eVR1JaR2Ncd2Ic4kp87sBD5mmrD4c31KSwRe91YMrGo3fDS2npdjhzZ4Hj-v6qFr0A2SkKi-vaNJAlaG6cIVWPsZfjr8v60niDUzFAL37BRXs6L6e46K3CT3MvkspdFI=w640-h586" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrNJFC3g5_L_3w1Ft9uhTQCRQzBvrkw-whKTPTKLVHS0fK7JRBQYiroA7q0weLQ7zGlhWNrg6ZDsSvzvCFhzzegMgA4jbPWlOe69u1WZ8Mhyz0w23dTCCSHnZfIxqNGdcvYRBaMzxwL1V5dHkrGTYgpdcyFogwffkycJlmRIPtc8Xf_0_qCNA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3191" data-original-width="2528" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrNJFC3g5_L_3w1Ft9uhTQCRQzBvrkw-whKTPTKLVHS0fK7JRBQYiroA7q0weLQ7zGlhWNrg6ZDsSvzvCFhzzegMgA4jbPWlOe69u1WZ8Mhyz0w23dTCCSHnZfIxqNGdcvYRBaMzxwL1V5dHkrGTYgpdcyFogwffkycJlmRIPtc8Xf_0_qCNA=w507-h640" width="507" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMOoY6Osv5RHkLLnLWqoy26ZxrUrQ_XNLBzFdN9q387tRTgeddsA-rCwqFVe2V3X8ILTck4FCXs-XTVsv2DgPXCPvksWPrdQONMpzVkLvsHu38ps6KrqWWCdpICrAVMme16l_ouXIcxRw693hiUb863hAM_8wSSezyvc9AOMotZpT2tKod3Dw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMOoY6Osv5RHkLLnLWqoy26ZxrUrQ_XNLBzFdN9q387tRTgeddsA-rCwqFVe2V3X8ILTck4FCXs-XTVsv2DgPXCPvksWPrdQONMpzVkLvsHu38ps6KrqWWCdpICrAVMme16l_ouXIcxRw693hiUb863hAM_8wSSezyvc9AOMotZpT2tKod3Dw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYIWHl1mvCDooN5PcNjQMCKC6nBYYnrgnCC0AlPbufTLHVbZJstJQ07tLi5V36c6SrrJwxcSUCEJymkxFQ0x0FtUS7LaH0TOpBREaWN4w_NwXYf71oo6ghhkcyCwXWKDDMmT4zTlts8V73k9BryFDYogL7vDI5IQoAAiEcfeM11TL20r0Hlmg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYIWHl1mvCDooN5PcNjQMCKC6nBYYnrgnCC0AlPbufTLHVbZJstJQ07tLi5V36c6SrrJwxcSUCEJymkxFQ0x0FtUS7LaH0TOpBREaWN4w_NwXYf71oo6ghhkcyCwXWKDDMmT4zTlts8V73k9BryFDYogL7vDI5IQoAAiEcfeM11TL20r0Hlmg=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBiPGvKkUkgBx2XlT8hYdFfcWJ7DN4m5XO3n9g472Wzm3i32sczlmviEcOznI4J3VUPs1Q_etZkbZssS5Y2mhpXHNs96gk1w-vKty4F_r1FkdYmiMkJ-HQrpFUFReuB81ATL0HVNEPkfKBTtyoFEUikhbwLsC_QJ4nCzB-yZtEfaocLmPyDTI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2861" data-original-width="2761" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBiPGvKkUkgBx2XlT8hYdFfcWJ7DN4m5XO3n9g472Wzm3i32sczlmviEcOznI4J3VUPs1Q_etZkbZssS5Y2mhpXHNs96gk1w-vKty4F_r1FkdYmiMkJ-HQrpFUFReuB81ATL0HVNEPkfKBTtyoFEUikhbwLsC_QJ4nCzB-yZtEfaocLmPyDTI=w619-h640" width="619" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span class="x7l2uk3 xt0e3qv">#disneyland </span><span class="x7l2uk3 xt0e3qv">#toontown </span><span class="x7l2uk3 xt0e3qv">#rogerrabbit </span><span class="x7l2uk3 xt0e3qv">#rogerrabbitscartoonspin</span></div>Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-27503105062205163732023-08-25T18:04:00.002-07:002023-08-25T18:06:03.461-07:00The Portable Hole at Disneyland<p><span color="var(--color-text)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">I'm gonna roll the clock back to when I was the lead designer for Disneyland's Roger Rabbit Car-Toon Spin Ride in 1990/92. The goal was to end the ride with our guests going through a cartoon portable hole to escape, so I did this drawing of Roger Rabbit as we exited the ride. But how to make it work?</span></p><p></p><div class="ivm-view-attr__img-wrapper display-flex" style="background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; display: flex; font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); height: 356.362px; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); width: 555px;"><img alt="No alternative text description for this image" class="ivm-view-attr__img--centered update-components-image__image evi-image lazy-image ember-view" height="411" id="ember607" loading="lazy" src="https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/D5622AQEXslBMcx-Yuw/feedshare-shrink_800/0/1693011517742?e=1695859200&v=beta&t=-m4_5mQavxzdgE4gmdNJkzPhS_2WAc3-BtP9gYMJkXc" style="background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--color-text); font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); height: 356.362px; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); object-fit: cover; object-position: center; outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); width: 555px;" width="640" /></div><span color="var(--color-text)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">The Imagineering R&D department gave us two solutions. One solution was a wall behind a wall, and the illusion was an optical one. The bricks behind the first wall would be painted larger, so as we approached they would appear to be on the same plane. But that didn’t account for parallax, shadows, lighting, that would disrupt the illusion. It simply would not be believable.</span><p></p><p><span color="var(--color-text)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">The second solution was to have a wall with a hole cut into it, and a thin sheet of fog would be blasted in front to create a surface — and we would project a portable hole that appears as we exit the ride. But, that didn’t make any sense as you can project light, but can’t project the absence of light! That’s impossible. We had to choose between one of these two options!</span></p><p><span color="var(--color-text)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">So, my artist friend and Imagineering colleague </span><a data-attribute-index="0" data-entity-type="MINI_PROFILE" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAGSmf8BqEujuLVPVhhQnaP40WaCo7fQkvA" style="border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--color-action); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; text-decoration: var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); widows: 2; word-break: normal;">Andrea Favilli</a><span color="var(--color-text)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> reached out to magician Jim Steinmeyer — and it was Jim that helped us create the wonderful portable hole effect with a simple magic trick. Jim was an expert magician that built magic tricks for the biggest names in magic. He came up with a brilliant solution, and THAT is what we built in the ride. (I’m not going to divulge the secret here!)</span></p><p><span color="var(--color-text)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">I also designed this particular scene so that the figure of Roger was NOT entirely audio animatronic, but rather show-action animation. This meant it’s the extending arm that places the portable hole against the wall, not the Roger Rabbit figure. Again, another simple solution that helped to stretch our budget. This means the ride and this illusion can continue to work even if the equipment isn’t working. The posing of the character also works with or without animation.</span></p><p><span color="var(--color-text)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Limiting the expenditures allowed us to spend more money on the rest of the sets so that the ride never felt neglected, stayed exciting... and prevented break-downs. More tech heavy rides have a tendency to shut down when their complicated equipment stops working. Not so with the Roger Rabbit Ride.</span></p><div class="update-components-image update-components-image--single-image feed-shared-update-v2__content" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin-top: 0.8rem; orphans: 2; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); widows: 2;"><div class="relative" style="background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);"><span aria-hidden="true" class="visually-hidden" id="update-components-image-ember606" style="background: var(--artdeco-reset-base-background-transparent); border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; clip: rect(0px, 0px, 0px, 0px); display: block; font-size: var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent); height: 1px; margin: -1px; outline: var(--artdeco-reset-base-outline-zero); overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: nowrap; width: 1px;">Activate to view larger image,</span></div></div><div class="social-details-social-activity update-v2-social-activity" id="ember608" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); orphans: 2; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); widows: 2;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div>Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-16821965736801554622023-08-20T23:58:00.004-07:002023-08-25T20:21:22.977-07:00The Lost Disney Art -- Part 2<p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><b>More LOST DISNEY ART.</b> (Brush Pen Ink and Watercolor 1994)</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">I know... the title is a little "click-baity". Technically this work is not lost -- I'm sure the originals are buried somewhere in the vaults at Imagineering, but these drawings haven't been seen in nearly 30 years.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">It was before the digital age, so hard copies of these drawings remained in my flat file tucked away inside a manilla folder mis-labelled "Tokyo roughs". I found them by chance while going through my files looking for theme park work for my website, </span><a data-attribute-index="0" href="http://www.vignalistudio.com/" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--color-action); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; text-decoration: var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); widows: 2; word-break: normal;" target="_self">www.vignalistudio.com</a><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"></span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><b>The Big Idea</b> </span></p><p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">Legendary Imagineer </span><a data-attribute-index="1" data-entity-type="MINI_PROFILE" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Sotto" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--color-action); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: normal; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; text-decoration: var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none); vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); widows: 2; word-break: normal;">Eddie Sotto</a><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"> had come up with an idea called Pirate's Island where we were going to revamp Tom Sawyer Island (TSI) at Disneyland and turn it into a pirate island. This was back in 1994, way before the Pirates of the Caribbean movies... so the idea was truly ahead of its time.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">At the center, Eddie imagined there would be a large cavern where the pirates had brought their booty, and in there was built a bar where guests could dine. Eddie had asked me to come up with some ideas for things to put in the bar, I sketched out several things, and that's when I thought of these lovely ship's figureheads. I worked them out in color so we could add this to our pitch.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;">I even remember I had roughed out the entire bar and was planning to do one of those large drawings of the interior... unfortunately soon afterwards the project was scrapped. Eddie's Pirate's Island was a great idea that was short lived... but the big idea was so strong that when the Pirates of the Caribbean movie came out this idea resurfaced and TSI was turned into Pirate's Lair.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: inherit; orphans: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;" /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.901961)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; widows: 2;">Working with Eddie was one of the highlights at Imagineering. His imagination and energy was infectious, and his ability to ideate with a pen really did teach me the importance of moving quickly to visualize the entire project.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsAHwyMafdegTHAODkZvw0Fu84QCT5HxO28rbJTupzdjtLt9IFUQs4YB8uIdyDGjONXA8oJPy5puMdU3XfeaMHkiuYtBxKkomwOk-8DA5ekE5-QHKiSPwxPX4Tjut_eQN0_S-jq08f1_DyLWo7jdnP98Tv4KYoeWv46FfC84jaWTDgtYV4DK0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pirate Girl" data-original-height="2865" data-original-width="3449" height="531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsAHwyMafdegTHAODkZvw0Fu84QCT5HxO28rbJTupzdjtLt9IFUQs4YB8uIdyDGjONXA8oJPy5puMdU3XfeaMHkiuYtBxKkomwOk-8DA5ekE5-QHKiSPwxPX4Tjut_eQN0_S-jq08f1_DyLWo7jdnP98Tv4KYoeWv46FfC84jaWTDgtYV4DK0=w640-h531" title="Marcelo Vignali" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIx6XIY2zA4TLiTfJhFWe3V1CvkH7-KvOpOg3xW3dw2aTcE7RqTnzpISF8uzV-TiJ9HxEOCpRgJqaTIyOTmFD_93Chep6vlUWMKQD8ErwewVxMRxaxDL9J9hrFRXAwj-cuTFKYUtJg1MaYCTyyV1xdhcRTCO3xIsVR26xqB4k8F128LUqsbCk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pirate Girl Ships Figurehead" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2509" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgIx6XIY2zA4TLiTfJhFWe3V1CvkH7-KvOpOg3xW3dw2aTcE7RqTnzpISF8uzV-TiJ9HxEOCpRgJqaTIyOTmFD_93Chep6vlUWMKQD8ErwewVxMRxaxDL9J9hrFRXAwj-cuTFKYUtJg1MaYCTyyV1xdhcRTCO3xIsVR26xqB4k8F128LUqsbCk=w531-h640" title="Marcelo Vignali" width="531" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWSLFr9MsuIVJW1-u7tKf8C3u74GndpF49kAVd56p9D3TMEaq-wWLpQuFfLzYVhw6qKU6OwlOKF7iH-ygjp3ytU-xgyXH9x05ntZwnmKfm0jcBxhXHvsKZqDYBoayPrHc9H_WvebXI3ViXwJXOJIbQU5yZKtwQSVSisVR1kOqSyfcaqGc7owk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pirate Island's Ship's Figureheads" data-original-height="2496" data-original-width="3227" height="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWSLFr9MsuIVJW1-u7tKf8C3u74GndpF49kAVd56p9D3TMEaq-wWLpQuFfLzYVhw6qKU6OwlOKF7iH-ygjp3ytU-xgyXH9x05ntZwnmKfm0jcBxhXHvsKZqDYBoayPrHc9H_WvebXI3ViXwJXOJIbQU5yZKtwQSVSisVR1kOqSyfcaqGc7owk=w640-h495" title="Marcelo Vignali" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /> <p></p>Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-456246393873521762023-08-18T19:48:00.000-07:002023-08-18T19:48:07.054-07:00The Lost Art of Disneyland's Toontown<p> <span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Did you know that part of the Roger Rabbit Ride queue line and pre show at Disneyland was going to be outdoors?</span></p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Yep! It was the 1990s, and I was one of the four principal designers of Disneyland's Toontown, and the lead designer for the Roger Rabbit Ride.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">(I found hard copies of these drawings in an envelope, inside my flat file while looking for images to put in my website, </span><a data-attribute-index="0" href="http://www.vignalistudio.com/" style="background-color: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-link-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: var(--font-weight-bold); line-height: inherit; margin: var(--artdeco-reset-base-margin-zero); overflow-wrap: normal; padding: var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero); position: relative; text-decoration: var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none); touch-action: manipulation; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); word-break: normal;" target="_self">www.vignalistudio.com</a><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;"> )</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">The assignment was tricky, I had to figure out how to entertain the people in line, without audio animatronics that move... because all that circuitry can't be exposed to the weather or temperature changes. Everything needed to be a static visual gag, so I created a series of drawings that worked as funny gags... but would entertain the guests by allowing them to use their imagination to piece together the happenings... like a detective. So, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">I designed this queue line to look like an old 1940s construction site.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">We needed to create a queue line, but rather than just have a standard queue line I found a way to thematically use the water tower's pipes to get-crazy and create the various stanchions that separate the guests in order to weave them around. What if the stanchions themselves are part of the theme, and guests were in it? </span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit;" /><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Fira Sans", Ubuntu, Oxygen, "Oxygen Sans", Cantarell, "Droid Sans", "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Eventually, the queue line was moved indoors, and we have the queue that exists today. So naturally none of these ideas were built, and I might add none of these drawings have seen the light in 30 years. Enjoy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlpjR26GYTYNwkpsrmx6HVM-DPGgPHrBgucntRmQ0eJrAr3V6-m9a1Dmk5e3kOTtqpYsAuCJhB8PY2RV-_6Yhv_NswMMeItkA4VNsuFUlihYO2EfA2vThik-pm_MHBkp9cobrWgytznWnwTSGoEoQJeGqplyaWCeEDKt0m2mS4Z4LGWyU2wI/s1224/WaterTower72.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlpjR26GYTYNwkpsrmx6HVM-DPGgPHrBgucntRmQ0eJrAr3V6-m9a1Dmk5e3kOTtqpYsAuCJhB8PY2RV-_6Yhv_NswMMeItkA4VNsuFUlihYO2EfA2vThik-pm_MHBkp9cobrWgytznWnwTSGoEoQJeGqplyaWCeEDKt0m2mS4Z4LGWyU2wI/s1224/WaterTower72.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQpdH_iNsKkjVwgjhGcjgn6t1bc_uFPjSkoZGXM-OQQoGmL5L7gBUM1Gvzu4Z97iG67eVkAqReB4li4pDNSBIaAE7mr_LAEzm46j94aa-c_mqqzh3CFvKIcewWx3v84OimLJZheTt5ZctUeemyh5U-VoCcpTfLLY5PoBGSecu9pyoZp94fXs/s3787/8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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When Jim passed away suddenly, the entire project Muppet Studios (AKA Muppet Movie Land) was shut down. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">My office mate at the time, legendary Imagineer Eric Robison, really liked this drawing… so I gave it to him. All these many years later he kindly mailed it back to me.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">I took the prismacolor drawing and placed it on my drawing desk. <a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer;" tabindex="-1"></a>A 33 year round trip.</span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">It’s prismacolor on velum, mounted on illustration board.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhvPCmy5WusdBWsrngJMaRDS302IF67nuM5jcnOb-lkWR_h8MTdYJrWVVBWQtyYupCfwnUDMH4zyG18Xzd1E5VsoTFb_7xtsVdgDo8k10RgUES6lGaGJdWxhzQ2bSiUzDFEtVv0utePL5TuZFsY2O6UosrofPgoP3bv-AcmJ3c27jsiDgdDoZw=w640-h480" width="640" /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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In part because they have to look great, and they have to move. It doesn't matter if it's 2D, or CG animation, getting the hands right is imperative. So, I put a document together for the modeling department when we were working on a CG animation short for Garena's Free Fire Project, "Alvaro Awakened". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYkEOqbeX9mDoTkZAxjcOKDtwJaG51vTNukaApTG0eerT_eKnn0GJOhCl83kpLlE26FYo4SLiCoiQSrPtVVRfofgaNC6yWnAnK8P_fE9vKqYZFNXNCVvDZdSKMKtV20HagucM-dzFtRUDM7aopFylvVoJ0bwaN1trq4fsvHzdAvrE0XMzO" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="5100" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYkEOqbeX9mDoTkZAxjcOKDtwJaG51vTNukaApTG0eerT_eKnn0GJOhCl83kpLlE26FYo4SLiCoiQSrPtVVRfofgaNC6yWnAnK8P_fE9vKqYZFNXNCVvDZdSKMKtV20HagucM-dzFtRUDM7aopFylvVoJ0bwaN1trq4fsvHzdAvrE0XMzO=w400-h259" width="400" /></a></div>Having worked as a figure drawing instructor comes in handy to understand the anatomy, but not the design. It's important to understand that designers are not anatomists, but rather need to create images that are pleasing to the eye, have a sense of design and rhythm -- and in the CG Animation world -- are functional.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKnbvFn31vTZahOlonJmFqcWioU7b_VUy5OH92hJeg0v0lH_P4HfXSX3cd1vq-70g6CmBkBqD0rDWorhLlcECiQgmlqN2fL_hgkhnnxYTuGybol0KEw1EEoLI3h21QWh9qw8CzbMdmbVQGVuoiV3Ia3R7EnMxXRcfLPkFQ9dCMmXugjAeP" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="5100" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKnbvFn31vTZahOlonJmFqcWioU7b_VUy5OH92hJeg0v0lH_P4HfXSX3cd1vq-70g6CmBkBqD0rDWorhLlcECiQgmlqN2fL_hgkhnnxYTuGybol0KEw1EEoLI3h21QWh9qw8CzbMdmbVQGVuoiV3Ia3R7EnMxXRcfLPkFQ9dCMmXugjAeP=w400-h259" width="400" /></a><br />Understanding the practical aesthetics, the functional aspects of anatomy, and the design/style consistency of the characters, are more important than the internal anatomical details. It may seem funny coming from someone that has studied and taught anatomy for decades, but that doesn't mean some of that knowledge isn't applicable. It simply means that knowledge isn't what the audience sees on the screen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Getting caught up in the surface details in the wrinkles of the knuckles can be just as problematic as getting caught up in knuckle condyles of the bones. But, getting the shape of the stretching and bunching right, and rigging the movement, will go a long way.</div><br /> <p></p>Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-87959705272551701472023-04-06T13:46:00.001-07:002023-04-06T13:46:54.265-07:00Into the Design Lab: N.C. Wyeth<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHpUee9tIP_pJycZS0o3HsK-uwY4oI-MUSs-yDIp63P-IHrUsjw65TLcY5dZm-yRqAVGZ8t192EgB1En7elHKSDpzZmaB3tO041sP8VzS4_Lpz0Dvhfe1lRKsoOugfxpgtVKxF21n12k4IOYoYEEpyib4IjyjArhDjUxnVgD5__NFHDmwc" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="894" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhHpUee9tIP_pJycZS0o3HsK-uwY4oI-MUSs-yDIp63P-IHrUsjw65TLcY5dZm-yRqAVGZ8t192EgB1En7elHKSDpzZmaB3tO041sP8VzS4_Lpz0Dvhfe1lRKsoOugfxpgtVKxF21n12k4IOYoYEEpyib4IjyjArhDjUxnVgD5__NFHDmwc=w240-h320" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">I've just added another <b>"Into the Design Lab"</b>, on one of my favorite illustrators, N.C. Wyeth. </span></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Newell Convers Wyeth, also known as N. C. Wyeth — Born in 1882 –<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>died in 1945 at the age of 63. He was an American painter and one of the greatest American illustrators of the 20th Century.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Throughout his career, N.C. Wyeth created more than 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books.</p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was incredible to dive into his work and discover so many storytelling tips and visual tools. In one painting Wyeth is giving the audience three panels that tell a story. We read his illustration like a comic book... without ever realizing it.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just $5 bucks on <a href="https://vignalistudio.gumroad.com/l/wkrkm">Gumroad</a>; learning has never been so affordable.</span></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="1qair" data-offset-key="5f6r1-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5f6r1-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><br /></div></div>Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-2803762852007745422023-03-30T17:54:00.000-07:002023-03-30T17:54:01.282-07:00The Art of Heinrich Kley<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bumAHx1qx7tu-XnD9fJ1eNKyzq3wZYEFP-jvB1dBQ67FnMcjndnQPCVvDgKOeYKbAX5PVJ13mIv4TWxn7S3FIPgrPzUf1YYxXg05FzgDYAlnOutldUsqNtdbKD6QA3XooeIk0cv3EtbG9fyuBFcH6cqberYR3AGT--yQrRmSoYPNzcCL/s3568/Heinrich%20Kley_Intro_Pic_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2368" data-original-width="3568" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bumAHx1qx7tu-XnD9fJ1eNKyzq3wZYEFP-jvB1dBQ67FnMcjndnQPCVvDgKOeYKbAX5PVJ13mIv4TWxn7S3FIPgrPzUf1YYxXg05FzgDYAlnOutldUsqNtdbKD6QA3XooeIk0cv3EtbG9fyuBFcH6cqberYR3AGT--yQrRmSoYPNzcCL/w642-h425/Heinrich%20Kley_Intro_Pic_01.jpg" width="642" /></a></div><br /> I'll never forget the first time I saw <strong>Heinrich Kley's artwork</strong>, the exhilaration I felt was like life itself was being decoded before my eyes. I bought his books and poured over them; copying them in the hopes that in my blind attempt to imitate the work -- simply by osmosis -- I would begin to understand. Sadly, that was not the case, and Kley's work continued to remain a mystery to me.<p></p><p>So, I made copies of Heinrich Kley's artwork and pinned them over my desk. I kept these drawings as a reminder of what it meant to be in charge of one's own craft. For decades these drawing were like a lamp of light, illuminating my path. </p><p>However, it was only decades later that I began to unravel the mysteries of Heinrich Kley's work. And now, I have the pleasure of sharing with you my knowledge and understanding of this beautiful artwork. So, join me @Gumroad: Into the Design Lab - Heinrich Kley</p><p><a href="https://vignalistudio.gumroad.com/l/qszjmz" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://vignalistudio.gumroad.com/l/qszjmz</a></p><p>I give a short bio of Heinrich Kley, and then take an analytical look at the drawings of Heinrich Kley. And finally reveal the mystery behind these enigmatic drawings. <strong>We'll look at the gesture, balance, silhouette, overlap, structure, animation and echo</strong>.</p>Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-68501268192091562942023-03-28T11:45:00.000-07:002023-03-28T11:45:32.809-07:00 Into the Design Lab: Frank Frazetta 1 thru 5<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">I've put together a series called Into the Design Lab, it's an</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"> artist retrospective, an analysis and a design dissection </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">that reveals the compositional tricks and storytelling tips by successful artists.</span></p><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a" style="background-color: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;">In this <b>five part series</b>, I'm dissecting the works of the award winning comic book artist and science fiction illustrator,</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"> </span><strong style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;">Frank Frazetta</strong><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;">.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;">Have you ever wondered how Frank Frazetta was able to create such compelling images? Why does his work looks different than everyone else's? I've gone ahead and broken down the lesson into five videos.</span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); clear: both; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGX_l9H8EYSnRaclo2Tc0X9TzIRajulCJNLJeLEnxIDA2prM88PFR4Q2HSH79cC7WvU3t0AQFMsah_P13smt5sDfATnTKAfa5duRkEJLBmsVNz8yye68LqPyGE-QrJstyYpT3F-sb00XF2mmeAey898M6CxrDyt8qtXVfdheN9NSyU45q7" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="800" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGX_l9H8EYSnRaclo2Tc0X9TzIRajulCJNLJeLEnxIDA2prM88PFR4Q2HSH79cC7WvU3t0AQFMsah_P13smt5sDfATnTKAfa5duRkEJLBmsVNz8yye68LqPyGE-QrJstyYpT3F-sb00XF2mmeAey898M6CxrDyt8qtXVfdheN9NSyU45q7" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-size: 15px; white-space: normal;">Part One: </strong><span style="font-size: 15px;">A quick biography for those that aren't familiar with his work. And an in depth look at the transition from ink to paint. How the directional strokes in Frazetta's comic book inking influenced his painterly illustration style... and his compositions. This is fundamental to understanding his work.</span></span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: arial;"><b>Part Two: I</b>'ll break down and analyze Frazetta’s use of layers, depth, color, framing, compositional elements. Even how his comic book experience in color taught him the importance of attention, and shocking the audience.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="543" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtbdXa-N1zg8UOrhmAgkCvCR9KprWyTYg-amufgm_4SzVVW3HPyMros6WbTyTXvqaXBjNvD7sbJ3BGUD6CpBkqPcjd9SfvYtJkmm3Z6YtVRqDtWPkJybndy2hNxGJAjM8U6NtSkNbo7-ED3CPSc8F3MwMbNodYLG2ObZjkD5_eNc5oRez/w303-h400/Frazetta%205.jpeg" width="303" /></span><b>Part Three:</b> We'll study Frazetta’s roughs. This was the blueprint for his illustrations, and how he stuck to the plan all the way through the final. This eye opening presentation will change the way you think about this often neglected stage of planning. You’ll see a direct translation from rough drawing to final and see how Frank’s conceptualization never changes.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: arial;"><b>Part Four:</b> We’ll study Frazetta’s compositions by breaking them down into silhouettes, study their structural arrangement and design, the importance of overlap, value, and one of the most unique and powerful storytelling devices, Frazetta's use of animation as a means of storytelling.</div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Part Five:</b> We complete this series with a final study on Frank Frazetta’s use of Dynamic Compositions, dynamic perspective and overlap. This is the signature aspect of Frazetta's work, he drags us into his compositions like no one else. We’ll also look at other complex staging devices using shape to tell a more powerful story. And, wrap it all up with retrospective look at the Frazetta legacy. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Each lesson is priced at ONLY $5! I've priced this low so that everyone across the world would have access to this knowledge. I want to make a difference in your life, I want to make a difference in </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">this world, and I want to make the world a more beautiful place with your art. Join me on </span></span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">@Gumroad: </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fvignalistudio.gumroad.com%2Fl%2Fpvzmi%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3OK4DHnNebLLbOYKP22pJ6oFawKvyUhIP19ncNRZixYPLwmR4jplJbzHk&h=AT1F5UzY-N2KGTg8TvR4sojTQJfRWfJiVCyrl7yIFD8pCB2JsqyG129ktnDqrNtrfu2oi84yp3TH2I5FY0i4XsEu07DOUwM0H8dpO9qK7oZ_lhGeA5bzQmDnupoKej8TiZ6hx5aw7n1kKTQZCswWEA4&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT0Am1Bu0vAW3quu7Cb-EWQcz2JW05QiIgl8wcBu5wPLl7UC40aMoZQFTt60P-PAfNCSEtMmjvwM5wwufK8NkDXzyOuPqmWvxQCNPtPqWJ0TUhBXO4lVD5Tc30WRhB4XR6xaCkSGP5bFNPnlP9qJJtJjh-0" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://vignalistudio.gumroad.com/l/pvzmi</a><span style="color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next ITDL episode will be on the works of Heinrich Kley.</span></div></div><p></p>Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-57870939248262917292023-03-15T20:46:00.004-07:002023-03-15T21:05:06.393-07:00Into the Design Lab, with Marcelo Vignali -- FREE SAMPLE!<p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Great artists throughout the ages have left their art lessons encoded in their works. In this series I deconstruct the artwork to find the compositional, story, and structural devices... as well as reverse engineer the thinking involved in creating their magnificent art. </span></p><p> You don't know what you don't know, so it's hard to imagine what you're not aware of, so I've posted <b>a free video lesson on Youtube</b> to show you what you've been missing. It's a short 10 mins excerpt from one of the upcoming lessons, <strong>Into the Design Lab: featuring the work of Frank Frazetta</strong>. </p><p>I want folks to know what they're getting in this series -- it will blow your mind. <b>Into the Design Lab</b> -- a Gumroad <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHj7Yo1zon0" target="_blank">PREVIEW</a> <span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> It's an academic dissection of history's most indelible artwork. <b>And it's free!</b></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLHv4ilb4vysGZsy1xnCsihu4tU8WILS8Odlj_DJKKBRPxMC-QmPI6c9ibHFoWr5_ifgjanA1rAxZiQwWx5d--F7yHzpd4aYiiGuF2DW4dlo3_i7gyQTlp06t9L8VcWWVAbQFlELlilUHcOcBxgp0ox6W5m4fLm718fQPzxp3S6FY1exrK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1284" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLHv4ilb4vysGZsy1xnCsihu4tU8WILS8Odlj_DJKKBRPxMC-QmPI6c9ibHFoWr5_ifgjanA1rAxZiQwWx5d--F7yHzpd4aYiiGuF2DW4dlo3_i7gyQTlp06t9L8VcWWVAbQFlELlilUHcOcBxgp0ox6W5m4fLm718fQPzxp3S6FY1exrK=w635-h355" width="635" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-20783799369042991902022-12-02T16:22:00.000-08:002022-12-02T16:22:07.115-08:00The Visual Language of Portraiture<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The power in each of these portraits speaks volumes to us. We wander around these images with our eyes, picking up on subtle hints in the anatomy, decoding each nuance of expression: a raised brow, parsed lips, or a glint in the eye, and we feel something visceral. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Great photographers not only capture their subjects, but also are making commentary how they feel about their subject. They see something within that person, and work the lights, the exposure, the depth of field, posing, to find that perfect picture...that definitive statement that can transcend decades and generations, and speak to us at our core. We see these portraits and feel something. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the power of the visual language.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8n95kjLq2gOpFWbHsev_ixayQYhYDY9xHYC5gljp-JW0cNbji8lLDEWzjSKzxCZlE4vfAOQeMy8BSWt2QbGkiQEVlZcEY9sC2n5hDGa8DJiQ-UwqWbNXSTPSKy_FCE6sA12O9zK16MBc8pvVCilr0VaM0egv9x0htf9WUrQLP7UNCWZf7/s1048/2_kurt-cobain-by-mark-seliger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8n95kjLq2gOpFWbHsev_ixayQYhYDY9xHYC5gljp-JW0cNbji8lLDEWzjSKzxCZlE4vfAOQeMy8BSWt2QbGkiQEVlZcEY9sC2n5hDGa8DJiQ-UwqWbNXSTPSKy_FCE6sA12O9zK16MBc8pvVCilr0VaM0egv9x0htf9WUrQLP7UNCWZf7/s320/2_kurt-cobain-by-mark-seliger.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One can't look at Kurt Cobain and think of his amazing energy, his voice, and his tragic ending. This portrait is interesting and very similar to Halle Barry's portrait. It's soft light that reveals his face, but unlike Halley the photographer added some light behind him to pop out the darker right side and silhouette the strands of his hair against it. The aperture also has a shallow depth of field, that means we're close up...close enough to feel like we know him. And, in this intimate space we start to explore the nuances that expose the raw nerve of his pain. His brow is slightly knit, his dirty hair hides part of his face as a wounded eye engages us. There is a soft highlight in one eye, he's alive and he wants us to know how he feels.</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IG4sYQiGzbJgUU8bDQLQk3X-goAEd7rBNU3tRcEJhTcnrDw8HxPkMfi6NAPL7VgC-O8lDhDbNtUpUq6Nn1INCpwHwBmXfsEuuJtF28HJmAPzq4FRlLZjCHvOMoWjfv_GKLQQOR_Yb4ZJ4kVdmExJsoF5uT2NZsO5SDMECuxouB0-bs5H/s1313/10-famous-photographers-and-10-black-and-white-photos-of-marilyn-monroe-Ben-Ross.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1313" data-original-width="1050" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IG4sYQiGzbJgUU8bDQLQk3X-goAEd7rBNU3tRcEJhTcnrDw8HxPkMfi6NAPL7VgC-O8lDhDbNtUpUq6Nn1INCpwHwBmXfsEuuJtF28HJmAPzq4FRlLZjCHvOMoWjfv_GKLQQOR_Yb4ZJ4kVdmExJsoF5uT2NZsO5SDMECuxouB0-bs5H/s320/10-famous-photographers-and-10-black-and-white-photos-of-marilyn-monroe-Ben-Ross.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This enigmatic portrait shows a beautiful but vulnerable Marilyn Monroe; sad, unhappy, pained. There is no highlight in her blue eyes; they are lifeless. Her mouth slight agape, as though she were about to tell us what hurts...why it hurts. She's leaning forward as if to whisper this painful secret to us. Her turbulent hair echoes the machinations of her mind and the tumult of her life. Frozen in that moment, unable to tell us this secret. She's so close...but yet forever out of reach.</span></span><span style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpfbNdZnWHOT8I-W_PbXaTxk3PWGFDXsp96fkhQYL0iTL5adLSJ0i7lvviCz7nDi6XqDbKbQ-zMEawzTBDrQZcRE5PNcXzVcADYQgWAv-tfMoU-2ln1o8W2vlkNu2NNPaNGEN4_BD3_dPVS0Wir_SiHe9uB-7BPd0_zvwhHwe334IZ8TO/s307/Boy_George_LA_1990_master.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="240" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpfbNdZnWHOT8I-W_PbXaTxk3PWGFDXsp96fkhQYL0iTL5adLSJ0i7lvviCz7nDi6XqDbKbQ-zMEawzTBDrQZcRE5PNcXzVcADYQgWAv-tfMoU-2ln1o8W2vlkNu2NNPaNGEN4_BD3_dPVS0Wir_SiHe9uB-7BPd0_zvwhHwe334IZ8TO/s1600/Boy_George_LA_1990_master.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a wonderful portrait of Boy George...enigmatic. His face is like the moon, revealing only half to us, mysterious and occluded. It's a high contrast image, and the light is NOT soft but rather making a direct statement about the topography of his face. He's leaning forward to engage the viewer, his eye -- intense -- is locked in on us. He is not friendly, he's challenging us with his intense gaze.</span></span><span style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dS1JNU37fuTC9t_H1Ukzay7TRJCRhkdABhfzvZmZAO8vE8ioukbYDlwS7f3wR8swWf4CQyE7QezQC434YWwUgmFCAjyQH2lJ9M1GYDHbhAQ5fjtz2rJ9wfcj_1gAQPkyc4lY_04TmI3FTNYXW2iwgNHizoT9ns1820fTtR5xenaIL0a-/s307/Halle_Barry_LA_1996_master.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="240" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dS1JNU37fuTC9t_H1Ukzay7TRJCRhkdABhfzvZmZAO8vE8ioukbYDlwS7f3wR8swWf4CQyE7QezQC434YWwUgmFCAjyQH2lJ9M1GYDHbhAQ5fjtz2rJ9wfcj_1gAQPkyc4lY_04TmI3FTNYXW2iwgNHizoT9ns1820fTtR5xenaIL0a-/s1600/Halle_Barry_LA_1996_master.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This portrait of Halle Barry is wonderful. The soft lighting allows the light to carefully caress her face and reveal the subtle nuance and texture of her beauty. The tassels of her hair are softly arranged across her forehead. The horizon line is above her, she appears vulnerable, yet confident. The highlight in her eye indexes towards us, we feel as though the highlight is coming from our direction as we greet her. She invites us with the most subtle smile.</span></span><span style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, .SFNSText-Regular, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSxtsKLjiwkik3cW2NHGQzfu94cqCHw8lqTr2VT3kaiGoU4yr0KtHSlVG2Jd7adw4Aroi76hLg9E9Lg24HKWOsbQpFFrIUEPssKIEc8pXz_c0UQifDGZV0-aFXvI2CQJsw8kJ0-JOnaT3XC8drO2pFrtW6OF3wrfx0duU5txakDTzDPd3/s704/id_Famous_Photographers_Philippe_Halsman_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="565" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSxtsKLjiwkik3cW2NHGQzfu94cqCHw8lqTr2VT3kaiGoU4yr0KtHSlVG2Jd7adw4Aroi76hLg9E9Lg24HKWOsbQpFFrIUEPssKIEc8pXz_c0UQifDGZV0-aFXvI2CQJsw8kJ0-JOnaT3XC8drO2pFrtW6OF3wrfx0duU5txakDTzDPd3/s320/id_Famous_Photographers_Philippe_Halsman_01.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A young Marlon Brando, before his rise to superstar status. In this portrait it appears as thought Brandon is focused into that far away place of his future self. He can't see it, or even understand what he's looking for, but he aches to create it. The bright light on his face not only reveals the structure of his handsome face, but also lights the wall behind him...making it appear as though he's looking to engage this bright future that awaits him. The darkness behind him is mysterious, brooding...propelling him...and that also adds to the Brando mystique. But, the way this portrait is lit, and the position of his body, tells us Brando is apprehensive about stepping into the light. Also, the highlight in his eye makes it appear glassy...like there is some emotional vulnerability. The choice of this portrait is interesting in that he is not engaging us, rather he is absorbed in this tumultuous task of self discovery...as though he dreads the light.</span></span></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCTv2axIXQhKOX5uA0owmZI06KbFLMMvpefjwr_4v6ZF5rFLs0rwm4yULx9aw_VUC7VRt9ivWcOk71oLx4UT0yl6Gi8Wp8h9RigKcfAtXLjSUxn3Wuxrn01acC2iVWpkqgPC0C6tRHkQQgjv7XYiEnR4FnUTB6FmZBE2U6XIixQsI4oHy/s851/JesseFrohman14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCTv2axIXQhKOX5uA0owmZI06KbFLMMvpefjwr_4v6ZF5rFLs0rwm4yULx9aw_VUC7VRt9ivWcOk71oLx4UT0yl6Gi8Wp8h9RigKcfAtXLjSUxn3Wuxrn01acC2iVWpkqgPC0C6tRHkQQgjv7XYiEnR4FnUTB6FmZBE2U6XIixQsI4oHy/s320/JesseFrohman14.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Josh Brolin's Portrait speaks to us in aggressive confrontation. He isn't close to us enough for us to feel as though we know him, so we can't connect. His eyes squinting, his body squared up on us, shoulders rolled forward, there are negative spaces between his arms and his body ... he's ready to engage in the confrontation between himself and the viewer. He is not occluded into the background, rather he is clearly silhouetted against the background. He stands in defiance, and you know where he stands.</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kgPuG28dBXGH4dOnlqS3akF67CBJLKq9wzQQlgjgr_YGG0aO9uz6s_9Q6GyruUKMvqKa8dTiXxDERm2SrDENqtH9GRemMUqN4w-rmG_xK3U3oLppW8aomhtO9JEpbXco8J-lyK-FG82sWh2qB3a1iS2E2bc0Ve14EhifGG6vcdV4jeJ5/s880/portraits-noirs-et-blancs-de-celebrites-prises-dans-les-annees-1970-et-1980-par-norman-seeff-14880-full.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="880" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kgPuG28dBXGH4dOnlqS3akF67CBJLKq9wzQQlgjgr_YGG0aO9uz6s_9Q6GyruUKMvqKa8dTiXxDERm2SrDENqtH9GRemMUqN4w-rmG_xK3U3oLppW8aomhtO9JEpbXco8J-lyK-FG82sWh2qB3a1iS2E2bc0Ve14EhifGG6vcdV4jeJ5/s320/portraits-noirs-et-blancs-de-celebrites-prises-dans-les-annees-1970-et-1980-par-norman-seeff-14880-full.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a very old John Huston, his portrait says a lot. The light is designed to accentuate every wrinkle, every freckle, every scar he has earned through out his 80 years. He is done playing any games, there's no vanity, no pretentiousness. He leans forward and engages us, as a friend. His hands folded under his chin, he has made himself comfortable and available to us...to listen to us. But, there is a foreboding element to this portrait, as there is no glint or highlight in his eyes. It seems to speak that his life experiences have exhausted him, and rather he is more interested in the world around him than in himself. This is an intimate portrait, John has made himself completely available to us.</span></span></div></div>Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-38868765221876038752017-05-01T11:28:00.002-07:002017-05-01T11:28:39.935-07:00When to Choose Graphite or Wax Pencil?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't think this image has ever been printed in any book or posted on anything since I drew this 20 years ago for Disney's Kingdom of the Sun. You are the first to see this image in over two decades.</div>
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This was the early development work for Roger Allers' version of the film that would later become The Emperor's New Groove. The story was considerably different, in this scene Pacha sneaks into the palace to retrieve his llama that ha<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">s been taken by Prince Manco.</span></div>
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This is a graphite pencil drawing. I would vary between wax based pencils and graphite depending upon the level of detail or atmosphere I needed to capture in a drawing. If I needed more detail, I used graphite. If I needed more atmosphere, I used a wax pencil.</div>
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Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-33288566664968410992017-04-30T23:02:00.003-07:002017-04-30T23:02:37.714-07:00The Power of the Pencil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">With so much digital work in animation today, it’s important to keep in mind that “design" should be the driving and motivating factor of design. While it’s a lot easier to create digital artwork that allows us to use multiple layers, textures and even 3D models to paint over, don’t underestimate the power of the pencil. The pencil is a direct line of communication. </span><br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" /><br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">Glen</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: 'San Francisco', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, '.SFNSText-Regular', sans-serif; font-size: 14.000000953674316px; letter-spacing: -0.23999999463558197px;">n Keene has said, "the pencil is the seismograph to the soul."<br /><br />The strength of pencil design work is that every mark on the paper is a deliberate stroke. Each value, each mark is a decision made by the designer. How you feel, what you want to say, is directly translated onto the paper.<br /><br />This is one of the designs I proposed for the girl Smurf village.</span>Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-84065112226403349632016-09-08T09:56:00.002-07:002016-09-08T09:56:51.395-07:00Hotel Transylvania 2 Artwork<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Here are a series of visual development paintings I did for Hotel Transylvania 2. Although I'm not listed in the credits, I did do some work for HT2 in the early development stages. In this assignment, we were exploring the world of Johnny's parents, still trying to figure out how to keep the look for this new location consistent in the same HT style.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">I thought I would play up the contrast between the Romanesque castle architecture with no windows, to the modern glass wall architecture. What would be worse for a vampire than a glass house?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">Poor Dracula, just when he thought he was going to get a little shut eye. What could be more horrifying to a vampire than the morning light?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">In this image we can see the hearse driving through the Napa valley. A subliminal cross peaks out over the treetops to torment Dracula.</span>Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-6661957071214161622016-08-25T23:15:00.002-07:002016-08-25T23:15:27.347-07:00Why Use Stylization in Animation?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzX9kUAD57oUTx-yyY6ukr62EKQ2Gl5n3ccHcJ7gWnHTF7tDZ_V2ZwGl8gHTHKekDF6dtjzHASXFwPBMVFgKllUEoWE39RNhtLTduyxROwaoCq8MhubzHFfScqLLD5pPSDmBbV/s1600/14054202_537436499780150_7671537953532519788_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzX9kUAD57oUTx-yyY6ukr62EKQ2Gl5n3ccHcJ7gWnHTF7tDZ_V2ZwGl8gHTHKekDF6dtjzHASXFwPBMVFgKllUEoWE39RNhtLTduyxROwaoCq8MhubzHFfScqLLD5pPSDmBbV/s320/14054202_537436499780150_7671537953532519788_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: 19.32px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;">I just posted an article on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/vignalistudio/posts/537436499780150:0" target="_blank">Art Page</a> to answer the question, "Why use stylization in animation?" This is a follow up to the Tumblr article I posted a few days earlier.</span>Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-54388420568451821242016-08-03T19:47:00.005-07:002022-12-02T17:59:18.130-08:00The Original Art Postcard Game<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">I've just uploaded my latest video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzLQRSTRNDc" target="_blank">my Youtube Channel</a> on The Postcard Game. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWerA8ylwmNUNTEVXK4c8jYl8o6pg5Lv6wjjfelwY_4FENxK-QzFLUBQ-UwWVP3jbmCx1MxF-zO3hhnT0l5iinfiHbHADzzk5V1RoRy8wi2E7LCnXL9pxI2ba4Rx5twyzZbIv/s1600/IMG_3915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWerA8ylwmNUNTEVXK4c8jYl8o6pg5Lv6wjjfelwY_4FENxK-QzFLUBQ-UwWVP3jbmCx1MxF-zO3hhnT0l5iinfiHbHADzzk5V1RoRy8wi2E7LCnXL9pxI2ba4Rx5twyzZbIv/s320/IMG_3915.jpg" width="320" /></a><span class="s1">Look at this gorgeous watercolor postcard I received several years ago from my friend Paul Felix...sent to me FROM AFRICA! The Disney Studio sent Paul all the way to Kenya to do research for their upcoming film at the time, TARZAN, and he was taken by guides to a remote mountain where he was able to observe Mountain Gorillas </span>in their natural habitat!</div>
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Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-49918709344338980352016-07-13T16:17:00.000-07:002016-07-13T16:18:24.362-07:00Stacy, the Barbarian<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In this five-minute sketch, I'm showing the simplified building-block structure that I use to balance my figure.<br />
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Using this building-block structure, it's easy to balance the figure. You simply stack boxes in a way that looks balanced.<br />
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If the boxes aren't balanced, understand you're suggesting movement. This isn't a bad thing, if you're drawing a dynamic pose. But, in a standing pose, you'll want to suggest a steady balance.<br />
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Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-52929390914412382222016-07-11T10:58:00.000-07:002016-07-12T16:03:25.934-07:00Mobile Studio Video, Overcoming Obstacles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXRxCd474AVCy3qNqcLjKgQC4fdNs-WVYOe_Dz4jSWZujLiE_s2CX-OIc21NYd0ToA8NKJUNo4j2mhyphenhyphen6yPLUUN-0SOQXHYmziqTzY5eLsg3qHiQ7Vh6kOOP3xV7iCHlQIdgrP/s1600/Youtube+Obstacles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXRxCd474AVCy3qNqcLjKgQC4fdNs-WVYOe_Dz4jSWZujLiE_s2CX-OIc21NYd0ToA8NKJUNo4j2mhyphenhyphen6yPLUUN-0SOQXHYmziqTzY5eLsg3qHiQ7Vh6kOOP3xV7iCHlQIdgrP/s320/Youtube+Obstacles.jpg" width="320" /></a>Come check out my latest How-To video on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SpjNkKdNCU" target="_blank">Overcoming Obstacles</a>, and dealing with adversity. <br />
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Have you ever felt like you're tied to someone else's drama?<br />
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It's a shame, I tried to record this drawing, but somehow the file was corrupted and I lost the recording.Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-31514607147009362662016-04-30T01:20:00.001-07:002016-04-30T01:20:19.974-07:00Spring is in the air...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have you ever noticed that the bees aren't the only ones looking forward to all the flowers in Spring?<br />
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Here's a seven minute figure drawing sketch from last night, drawn while using my Fractal Method.<br />
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Athletes to the gym and train, they build muscles they need and use when performing their activity. Artists are very much the same way, we need to train for our activity -- and going to figure drawing is our gym.<br />
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So, if you're an artist, get into our gym and start working out!Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-57440509475938183812016-02-17T20:40:00.003-08:002016-02-17T20:40:54.671-08:00NO MISTY LOU!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, we're at that phase in kittenhood when our little Misty Lou needs to sharpen her claws, literally at our expense.<br />
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I snapped this picture of our kitty when I caught her in the act.<br />
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BAD KITTY!Marcelo Vignalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02796012151999417945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21568791.post-63741969998132679252016-01-26T17:43:00.000-08:002016-01-26T17:43:10.333-08:00IT'S WINDY...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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