tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post6885984707535962846..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: When Did the Golden Age End?James Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-58946881935100628582021-08-01T13:37:43.074-04:002021-08-01T13:37:43.074-04:00Zoungy, thanks for those links. Very interesting t...Zoungy, thanks for those links. Very interesting to see Kay Nielsen's art for TLM.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-33685603916809873352021-07-29T19:53:13.027-04:002021-07-29T19:53:13.027-04:00Last week I presented to my students the concept a...Last week I presented to my students the concept art created by Kay Nielsen for The Little Mermaid, which was shelved from the 1940s until 1989! We compared the sketches against the opening of the film and you really could see the influence.<br /><br />Nielsen's early sketches:<br /><br />https://cizgilimasallar.blogspot.com/2012/08/kay-nielsen-little-mermaid.html?m=1<br /><br />The 1989 film: <br /><br />https://youtu.be/im5o2R_bn3Ulkliggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04842935304314742812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-32141824159888022182021-07-29T16:48:25.229-04:002021-07-29T16:48:25.229-04:00All good comments, thanks. People working in any s...All good comments, thanks. People working in any supposed golden age never realize how special their time was while they were in it. They were just doing their work. There's a video interviewing the stars of Broadway decades after its fertile period of the '40s and '50s was over. They didn't know the great times would end; no one even thought to bring in a camera and film any of the stars on stage doing their shows. <br /><br />But really, just about any art field is so broad that an individual with talent and dedication can find a market and buyers, albeit small. <br /><br />I'd say in the field of animation there was definitely a golden age in the 1930s. That's when Disney character animation was formulated and perfected, Fleischer was doing his greatest stuff before the Hays Code cast its pall. In the '30s there was a ready audience, top talent, and incredible progress. Inevitably Disney animation slumped in the 1940s and '50s (though Warner Bros hit high marks then). <br /><br />The field of animation really did hit a slump in the '60s,'70s and '80s in my opinion. Animation was underbudgeted, with corners cut everywhere, and used mainly as show-length commercials for plugging toys. It wasn't until Little Mermaid and later Toy Story that animation underwent a revival that we're arguably still enjoying today.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-59502051295663655442021-07-28T10:00:55.503-04:002021-07-28T10:00:55.503-04:00Years ago I corresponded about this question with ...Years ago I corresponded about this question with Norm Platnick, the esteemed scientist, Golden age illustration scholar and publisher (now sadly deceased). He had written an essay in which he applied an empirical analysis to address the question and determined that the Golden Age ended in 1938. My own interest in this was that 1938 was the very year the pulp magazine industry collapsed (as establish in another essay by John Locke). None of this, however, contradicts the personal or professional perspective of Mr. Gurney about the Golden Age. It seems the answer can vary depending on the metric(s) you apply.<br />Jack Raglin<br />Bollesfan1@gmail.comJack Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06003755708951409832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-89430518809848380592021-07-28T09:14:41.311-04:002021-07-28T09:14:41.311-04:00Thanks for sharing this! Next week is the last cla...Thanks for sharing this! Next week is the last class session and I'm sure the participants will be glad to hear what you have to say about it.<br /><br />Also I like the idea of visualizing Rockwell and that next generation as a "silver age," if we have to give a name to what followed the golden era. Most people would never guess that Rockwell's best work falls outside of the usually accepted window of a "golden age."lkliggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04842935304314742812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-63220517826902889582021-07-26T21:29:47.099-04:002021-07-26T21:29:47.099-04:00On Gibson:
Forty fwhuh-huffa what thousand?
Oh...On Gibson: <br />Forty fwhuh-huffa what thousand? <br /><br />Oh, god, was I born in the wrong century!<br />Alana Dillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13087231337381347438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-60762417084209524442021-07-26T18:59:29.272-04:002021-07-26T18:59:29.272-04:00Apart from publishing some books, my illustration ...Apart from publishing some books, my illustration output has now reduced to funny birthday cards for family. So now I'm a painter and sometimes make it into 'International Artist' magazine. Lance Ross, Australia - an every day James Gurney looker. Lance Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070631292467841802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-86403934472504592342021-07-26T18:40:56.208-04:002021-07-26T18:40:56.208-04:00So what media do illustrators work with today? Do ...So what media do illustrators work with today? Do they no longer need artists with good traditional pen and brush skills? I remember seeing a lot of great automobile arts in the Road and Track magazine in the 1990s. George Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08277028574040686631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-53999607688434909992021-07-26T16:37:56.557-04:002021-07-26T16:37:56.557-04:00I do miss good movie posters! Drew Struzan, the Hi...I do miss good movie posters! Drew Struzan, the Hildebrants, Richard Amsel and John Alvin affected me the most. (Had to look up the latter two, I admit) Modern posters seem to have joined the medium they advertise, with a certain loss of creativity.Warren JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743987856127631574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-84725508070428914772021-07-26T14:06:41.491-04:002021-07-26T14:06:41.491-04:00Would you give a comment on acrylic gouache vs reg...Would you give a comment on acrylic gouache vs regular-I'm an old printmaker who can no longer stand long enough to print on my huge press. I've done oil painting in the past and loved the texture and glazing. I haven't seen any of your blog or videos on acrylic gouache. I believe in buying very good quality supplies and would like your opinion before I outfit myself with the wrong (for me) materials.<br /><br />Joyce May,<br />Mill Valley<br />Whidbeywomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06223405810343661253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-28351040142908568582021-07-26T09:59:24.723-04:002021-07-26T09:59:24.723-04:00I would suggest that the "Golden Age" di...I would suggest that the "Golden Age" did end around the '20s, and — to barrow a paradigm from comics — the great illustrators of the '40s and '50s represented a new "Silver Age" of illustration.Charley parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704511624881714705noreply@blogger.com