Found this at EliseMerand.tumblr.com and thought it was too good not to share with you. You’ve probably wondered where an animator gets those facial expressions, you know, the ones that just seem so extreme. Well, now, we have the answer! They looked in the mirror! Take a gander at these terrific animators and their reflections vs. their drawings.
Ken Harris at Warner Bros. (the Chuck Jones Unit)
Ward Kimball at Disney
Carlo Vinci (Terrytoons & Hanna-Barbera)
Charles “Nick” Nichols (Disney, Hanna-Barbera + other studios)
Fred “Freddie” Moore at Disney
Norm Ferguson at Disney
Irv Spence (Leon Schlesinger, MGM, Hanna-Barbera)
Ollie Johnston at Disney Studios
Wolfgang “Woolie” Reitherman at Disney Studios
I Like The Photos of Fred Moore, Ken Harris, Carlo Vinci, Irv Spence, Ollie Johnston and Ward Kimball with their “Animation Mirrors”