Comments on: Tom Oreb Week! http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/03/07/tom-oreb-week/ The official blog of the new Chronicle book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:32:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Jenny http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/03/07/tom-oreb-week/#comment-524 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:14:49 +0000 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/03/07/tom-oreb-week/#comment-524 I've always loved the animals in SB--but I think for me it has more to do with the overall appeal of the animation, design and color than any personality that's there(The Prince's terrific horse excepted). Funny, I wouldn't agree with Ward that the Oreb designs are flatter or more graphic--rendering aside; to me they actually look <i>more</i> volumetric, more fat and sloppy--and that's part of the personality thing that I get from Oreb's bunny that's lost in the translation for me: the original is goofy, dumb(somewhat), enthusiastic, a little left behind or mystified--and lazy. The cleanup is perky, smart, friendly-perhaps just a bit too much one-note(keeping in mind I think they're beautiful drawings). And maybe that's just what they wanted from the rabbit--and birds, etc.--in their few scenes; no more distinction of personality than is seen in the cleanup. I’ve always loved the animals in SB–but I think for me it has more to do with the overall appeal of the animation, design and color than any personality that’s there(The Prince’s terrific horse excepted). Funny, I wouldn’t agree with Ward that the Oreb designs are flatter or more graphic–rendering aside; to me they actually look more volumetric, more fat and sloppy–and that’s part of the personality thing that I get from Oreb’s bunny that’s lost in the translation for me: the original is goofy, dumb(somewhat), enthusiastic, a little left behind or mystified–and lazy. The cleanup is perky, smart, friendly-perhaps just a bit too much one-note(keeping in mind I think they’re beautiful drawings). And maybe that’s just what they wanted from the rabbit–and birds, etc.–in their few scenes; no more distinction of personality than is seen in the cleanup.

]]> by: Danielle http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/03/07/tom-oreb-week/#comment-515 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:37:39 +0000 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/03/07/tom-oreb-week/#comment-515 awww.... Fluffy bunny! that rocks awww…. Fluffy bunny! that rocks

]]> by: Ward http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/03/07/tom-oreb-week/#comment-510 Wed, 08 Mar 2006 08:25:27 +0000 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/03/07/tom-oreb-week/#comment-510 I can definitely tell that someone else took Oreb's rabbit designs and converted them into a more cuddlier and 3-dimensional bunny. I actually don't mind the look of the revised bunny -- Oreb's bunny is flater, more graphic in nature, which would've posed a problem for the animators working on the character. Animators tend to make flat characters more fleshed out and fuller and I think that whoever took his initial designs wanted a bunny that was softer than what Oreb had done, I'm guessing. When I created these characters for a show open a couple of years ago, I incorporated a very stylized and very FLAT look into their design. My assistants had a dickens of a time trying to "get" that look. It was very difficult for them to understand completely what I was intending when say, the arm was raised or when the character turned his head. They wanted to draw curves in places where I had never intended curves to be at all. I eventually took most of what they did and tweaked it to make it fit. I can definitely tell that someone else took Oreb’s rabbit designs and converted them into a more cuddlier and 3-dimensional bunny. I actually don’t mind the look of the revised bunny — Oreb’s bunny is flater, more graphic in nature, which would’ve posed a problem for the animators working on the character. Animators tend to make flat characters more fleshed out and fuller and I think that whoever took his initial designs wanted a bunny that was softer than what Oreb had done, I’m guessing.

When I created these characters for a show open a couple of years ago, I incorporated a very stylized and very FLAT look into their design. My assistants had a dickens of a time trying to “get” that look. It was very difficult for them to understand completely what I was intending when say, the arm was raised or when the character turned his head. They wanted to draw curves in places where I had never intended curves to be at all. I eventually took most of what they did and tweaked it to make it fit.

]]> by: julie http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/03/07/tom-oreb-week/#comment-508 Tue, 07 Mar 2006 22:27:56 +0000 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/03/07/tom-oreb-week/#comment-508 awwww that's so so so cute! awwww that’s so so so cute!

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