ABSTRACT

Discover the lessons that helped bring about a new golden age of Disney animation!

Published for the first time ever, Drawn to Life is a two volume collection of the legendary lectures from long-time Disney animator Walt Stanchfield. For over twenty years, Walt helped breathe life into the new golden age of animation with these teachings at the Walt Disney Animation Studios and influenced such talented artists as Tim Burton, Brad Bird, Glen Keane, and John Lasseter. These writings represent the quintessential refresher for fine artists and film professionals, and it is a vital tutorial for students who are now poised to be part of another new generation in the art form.

Written by Walt Stanchfield (1919-2000), who began work for the Walt Disney Studios in the 1950s. His work can be seen in films like Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians, and Peter Pan.

Edited by Academy Award®-nominated producer Don Hahn, who has prduced such classic Disney films as Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.

part |42 pages

Basics

chapter |1 pages

Enthusiasm

chapter |5 pages

Principles of Animation

chapter |1 pages

Consider Anatomy Alone

chapter |1 pages

Anatomy Continued

chapter |1 pages

Consider Weight

chapter |1 pages

Squash and Stretch – I

chapter |1 pages

Squash and Stretch – II

chapter |1 pages

Stretch and Squash – III

chapter |1 pages

Line and Silhouette

chapter |1 pages

Basic Shapes versus Details

chapter |1 pages

Simplify Where Possible

chapter |1 pages

Straights and Curves

chapter |2 pages

Overlap, Follow-through, and Drag

chapter |1 pages

Eyes

chapter |1 pages

Avoiding Tangent Lines

chapter |1 pages

Some Simple Rules of Perspective

chapter |2 pages

Some Ways to Create Space and Depth

chapter |2 pages

Some Principles of Drawing

chapter |2 pages

Great Performance or Just a Drawing?

chapter |2 pages

Drawing Calories

chapter |2 pages

Sketching

chapter |3 pages

Animation and Sketching

chapter |1 pages

Simplicity for the Sake of Clarity

chapter |3 pages

The Opposing Force

part |58 pages

Gesture

chapter |2 pages

Anatomy vs. Gesture

chapter |1 pages

Mental and Physical Preparation

chapter |1 pages

Dividing the Body Into Units

chapter |8 pages

Dimensional Drawing

chapter |2 pages

Drapery – Its Role in Drawing

chapter |4 pages

The Head in Gesture

chapter |6 pages

A Little More on Heads

chapter |1 pages

Feeling the Pose

chapter |2 pages

The Pose Is an Extreme

chapter |2 pages

Pose and Mood

chapter |5 pages

Symbols for Poses

chapter |2 pages

Positive and Negative

chapter |1 pages

Silhouette

chapter |1 pages

P.S. The Metaphysical Side

chapter |2 pages

Draw Verbs Not Nouns

chapter |2 pages

Osmosis

chapter |3 pages

Drawing and Caricature

part |57 pages

Seeing

chapter |2 pages

What Not to See

chapter |1 pages

A Bit of Introspection

chapter |2 pages

It Ain't Easy

chapter |1 pages

A Good First Impression

chapter |2 pages

Stick to the Theme

chapter |1 pages

Cleanup – General

chapter |2 pages

Cleanup

chapter |4 pages

Inbetweening

chapter |2 pages

Problems with Drawing in Line

chapter |1 pages

Creative Energy

chapter |1 pages

More Meanderings

chapter |4 pages

Those Who Cannot Begin Do Not Finish

chapter |2 pages

Body Language

chapter |6 pages

Note Taking and Sketching

chapter |4 pages

Using the Rules of Perspective

chapter |3 pages

Applying the Rules of Perspective

chapter |2 pages

Copy the Model…Who Me?

chapter |2 pages

Getting at the Root of the Problem

chapter |3 pages

Doodling vs. Drawing

chapter |1 pages

Purpose in Drawing

chapter |2 pages

When Acting (Drawing) is an Art

part |75 pages

Analysis

chapter |3 pages

Action Analysis Class I

chapter |3 pages

Action Analysis Class II

chapter |2 pages

Using Cylinders

chapter |2 pages

Action Analysis – Hands and Feet

chapter |3 pages

Angles, Angles, Angles

chapter |2 pages

Using Angles

chapter |3 pages

Angles and Tension

chapter |3 pages

Tennis, Angles, and Essences

chapter |4 pages

More on the Same

chapter |3 pages

More on “Essence” Drawing

chapter |3 pages

Driving Force Behind the Action

chapter |3 pages

A Drawing Style for Animation, Part II

chapter |3 pages

Learn to Cheat

chapter |1 pages

One Picture Worth A Thousand Words?

chapter |3 pages

Double Vision

chapter |5 pages

Lazy Lines

chapter |5 pages

Spot It for Yourself

chapter |1 pages

The Pose – A One-Drawing Story

chapter |2 pages

My Eye Is in Love

chapter |5 pages

Become the Director

chapter |1 pages

Hone Up or Bone Up

chapter |5 pages

The Illustrated Handout

part |70 pages

Creativity

chapter |2 pages

Drawing on the Artist Within

chapter |4 pages

Fine Tuning the Gesture

chapter |2 pages

For a Better Gesture, Adverbs

chapter |2 pages

Omni – on Creativity

chapter |5 pages

Metamorphosis

chapter |4 pages

Mime

chapter |1 pages

True Gesture Drawing

chapter |2 pages

A Good Sketch Is Like a Good Joke

chapter |3 pages

Opposition

chapter |2 pages

Elastic Band Tension

chapter |3 pages

Get Out of the Way

chapter |3 pages

Play-Acting

chapter |4 pages

A Storytelling Drawing

chapter |4 pages

Drawing Techniques

chapter |3 pages

Step Into It

chapter |3 pages

It Could Be That….

chapter |2 pages

Gallery of Class Drawings

chapter |2 pages

Think First….

chapter |3 pages

Piles of Nuts

chapter |2 pages

A Meaningful Assembly

chapter |3 pages

The Time has Come, The Walrus Said…

chapter |3 pages

Clarity

chapter |4 pages

Action or Reaction?

part |96 pages

Thinking

chapter |2 pages

Be Transformed

chapter |4 pages

Be Relentless

chapter |4 pages

Adjust Your Crystal

chapter |2 pages

A Love for Drawing

chapter |2 pages

A New Slant on Drawing

chapter |4 pages

Think Gesture

chapter |3 pages

Precious Instruments

chapter |5 pages

Shape – A Multi-Form Drawing Tool

chapter |2 pages

Deciphering and Defining Gestures

chapter |3 pages

The Decisive Moment

chapter |5 pages

Relationship of Character to Prop

chapter |2 pages

Drawing

chapter |4 pages

Words That Help in Drawing

chapter |2 pages

A Simple Approach to Drawing

chapter |3 pages

Vocalizing

chapter |2 pages

Abstracting the Essence

chapter |3 pages

Common vs. Uncommon Gestures

chapter |4 pages

A Thinking Person's Art

chapter |5 pages

Lines, Lines, Lines

chapter |3 pages

Feel, as Well as See, the Gesture

chapter |6 pages

Savvy Sayin's

chapter |4 pages

The Inner Force

chapter |4 pages

The Power of “mmm”

chapter |3 pages

Gestural Symbolism

chapter |3 pages

Some Left Over Thoughts

chapter |5 pages

The Right Way