Comments on: An Early McIntosh Background http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/an-early-mcintosh-background/ The official blog of the new Chronicle book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:08:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: nick http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/an-early-mcintosh-background/#comment-71 Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:52:08 +0000 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2005/11/11/an-early-mcintosh-background/#comment-71 Great. This is a perfect example of the difference between knowledgable distortion and "wonkiness". The latter represents a lot of the so-called designy background work that is being done in animation currently. Full of arbitrary angles and random lines. What makes this background so great is that at a quick glance everything seems natural and only when one really starts to analyse the composition do you see the flatness. Also I like how the different objects look like they are made of different surfaces; like the trees. They contrast so nicely with the buildings. And look at how clearly the sign reads. You don't see work like that much anymore. Thanks for posting it Amid! Nick Great. This is a perfect example of the difference between knowledgable distortion and “wonkiness”. The latter represents a lot of the so-called designy background work that is being done in animation currently. Full of arbitrary angles and random lines. What makes this background so great is that at a quick glance everything seems natural and only when one really starts to analyse the composition do you see the flatness. Also I like how the different objects look like they are made of different surfaces; like the trees. They contrast so nicely with the buildings. And look at how clearly the sign reads. You don’t see work like that much anymore.
Thanks for posting it Amid!

Nick

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