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  • June 18, 2013 at 11:09 am #991005
    cedronella
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        Hello friends, I haven’t posted here in five years! I have started doing animated music videos (for my own Yiddish theater song cds) and find I want to try the paper-frisket sponge techniques used in Yogi Bear, Gerald McBoing Boing, Rocky & Bullwinkle style cartoons of the 1950s and early 1960s. I have a roll of something similar to paper frisket but am finding it oddly difficult to get started. Anybody doing this? Any suggestions? Thanks, Jane

        June 18, 2013 at 2:42 pm #1189151
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            As an animation junkie I can say there are some excellent resources available. There is a current resurgence in “old school” animation.

            The Animation Book

            The Animator’s Survival Guide – My personal favorite

            Animated Life – this one came recommended to me, but I haven’t read it.

            There is also a book by Christopher Hart that covers classical animation, and one by White, whose first name I cannot recall, that is a good intro to basic non-computer animation techniques.

            Good Luck!

            Andrew

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            November 20, 2014 at 12:30 am #1189152
            kumbionics
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                This is a very old post and you’ve likely figured it out, but this is a great place to start.
                http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2006/12/color-theory-art-lozzi-explains-some.html?m=1

                November 21, 2014 at 2:56 pm #1189153
                M.L. Schaefer
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                    Welcome to Wet Canvas!!!! Very nice to meet you!!!

                    So, I looked up Paper Frisket on the Net, and found numerous articles about it, many are from Wet Canvas sources. You can look it up on the net too (easiest way to find articles that may help you), or, one Forum, Airbrush Art, may have some information since they use Paper Frisket a LOT!

                    We have one of our watercolor artists use animation, it is so much fun to watch his stories play out!

                    Much luck! If you have any questions, please let us know. We are a bunch of helpful folk here! :)

                    Margarete

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