R.O. Blechman's "Simple Gifts" - Prologue

Prologue to R.O. Blechman's animated television special "Simple Gifts" . This prologue piece is designed by Maurice Sendak, animated by Ed Smith , with watercolor by Sara Calogero. Music by Arnold Black. The entire special was directed by R.O. Blechman. The quality on this clip is not the greatest since it is from an old VHS tape recording of the show. As far as I know PBS has not aired this again in recent times. It's a beautiful Christmas special that really should be released on DVD.

Richard O'Connor has posted an original drawing from this sequence on his blog :

Original Art from "Simple Gifts" click HERE

O'Connor relates this about animator Ed Smith:

Once I asked Ed Smith (who animates in ink) what he does when he makes a mistake.

His response: "I'll let you know when that happens."

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Tateh's Flipbook, from Milos Forman's "Ragtime"

Sergio Pablos "Dr. Doppler" Pencil Tests

Some wonderful animation by master animator Sergio Pablos of the character "Dr. Doppler" from Disney's "Treasure Planet".

(See the interview with Sergio on The Character Design Blog .)







Here are some of the same scenes , but in different form (note that one of the scenes is in much rougher form , so it's interesting to see how he roughed it out first , then tied it down more at a later point) .

Animated Lines

Animated Lines

Animated Aliens

Animated Aliens

Animated Buttons

Animated Buttons

Animated Email

Animated Email

Animated Flowers

Animated Flowers

Animated Flowers

Animated Flowers

Anamtion Animal

Anamtion Animal

Animal Animations

Animal Animations

Animal Animations - bucket

Animal Animations - bucket

Animations any color page

Animations any color page

Animations for Black Page

Animations for Black Page

Animations for White Page

Animations for White Page

Micky Mouse

Micky Mouse

Animals Animation

Animals Animation

Tweety

Tweety

Sweet things are easy 2 buy

Sweet things are easy 2 buy

Devils

Devils

Wording

Wording

Turtles

Turtles

Trees

Trees