Comments on: Homer Jonas http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/ The official blog of the new Chronicle book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION. Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:36:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Rick http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/#comment-939 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:07:42 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/#comment-939 Nice post, Brad! Thanks for sharing. Jeff's dad was a pretty talented guy, just like his son! Nice post, Brad! Thanks for sharing. Jeff’s dad was a pretty talented guy, just like his son!

]]> by: Jeff Jonas http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/#comment-851 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 22:46:21 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/#comment-851 Thanks for posting this stuff. It is of course nice to see the old artists get some recognition, especially now when that old stuff is so trendy again. My dad would get a hoot out of seeing the design style of those days retro-ing forward. Thanks also to Brad, Doug, and everyone for their nice comments. Thanks for posting this stuff. It is of course nice to see the old artists get some recognition, especially now when that old stuff is so trendy again.
My dad would get a hoot out of seeing the design style of those days retro-ing forward. Thanks also to Brad, Doug, and everyone for their nice comments.

]]> by: Amid http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/#comment-845 Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:55:34 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/#comment-845 <b>Animoller</b> - Thanks for commenting. In the second one, Jonas is playing around with the idea of divorcing the colors from the lines. This was a pretty common technique among animation designers in the 1950s. One of the most obvious examples of this technique is in 101 DALMATIANS. They were starting to design DALMATIANS around the time Jonas did these color keys, and Jonas was also a layout artist on DALMATIANS, so perhaps he had that in mind when he did that second frame. Animoller - Thanks for commenting. In the second one, Jonas is playing around with the idea of divorcing the colors from the lines. This was a pretty common technique among animation designers in the 1950s. One of the most obvious examples of this technique is in 101 DALMATIANS. They were starting to design DALMATIANS around the time Jonas did these color keys, and Jonas was also a layout artist on DALMATIANS, so perhaps he had that in mind when he did that second frame.

]]> by: animoller http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/#comment-843 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:40:00 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/#comment-843 I absolutely LOVE the style of the second frame. I absolutely LOVE the style of the second frame.

]]> by: William Wray http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/#comment-813 Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:43:26 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/#comment-813 No kidding! I'm Glad John K. never saw that or I would have had to do it for every background. No kidding! I’m Glad John K. never saw that or I would have had to do it for every background.

]]> by: SubjectRuin http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/#comment-807 Sun, 16 Jul 2006 01:26:08 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/#comment-807 I feel as if I'm staring in the face of nostalgia. I feel as if I’m staring in the face of nostalgia.

]]> by: Doug TenNapel http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/#comment-806 Thu, 13 Jul 2006 22:32:08 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/07/13/homer-jonas/#comment-806 That is some impressive work. I'd have stopped if I managed to pull off one of those panels but Homer was old-school. The funky style is so bold and ballsy, I love the way it couldn't be done with a cowardly hand. I also got to work with both Jeff Jonas and Brad Constantine...Hooray and hello! That is some impressive work. I’d have stopped if I managed to pull off one of those panels but Homer was old-school. The funky style is so bold and ballsy, I love the way it couldn’t be done with a cowardly hand.

I also got to work with both Jeff Jonas and Brad Constantine…Hooray and hello!

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