MIS*CEL*LANEOUS SHORTS


Here you can find the cels and drawings that I bought for various reasons. Sometimes I just liked the image, sometimes the cel or drawing represents a part of animation-history and sometimes I got the artwork for free, from someone who knows what a passionate collector I am. 

On this page you'll find artwork from various shorts, some made for theatres, others just for television.
Especially of interest are the two key-setups from two short Russian films.

I hope you'll enjoy my website, and if you have anything to add or any other comments, please e-mail me: hwalther@xs4all.nl

Hans Walther


All images © and TM of the respective studios.

You can click on the thumbnails to see larger images.

   
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WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A TIGER (1996)
Production cel (paper cut-out on cel) from this English/German animated short about a little kitten who fantisises about being a fearsome tiger. Made by An Vrombaut.
Sequence A2 - Nr. B15: The tiger jumps.
Signed by An Vrombaut.

A dear friend of mine, Tjitske Muller, did the voice of the kitten who wants to be a tiger for the Dutch dubbed version. For her birthday I wanted to give her a cel from this short film, so I wrote a letter to the animator, An Vrombaut. After quite some time (my friends birthday had long passed) I got a letter back from An Vrombaut. It took her some time to write back, because she just had given birth to her first child. Included with the letter were two cels of the tiger from the film, one for my friend and one for myself. She also signed them.
Apart from being an animator, An Vrombaut is also an illustrator for childrens books.

bg-room.jpg (36980 bytes) UNKNOWN PRODUCTION
Original hand-painted background from an unknown production.
Anyone out there who recognizes it? Tell me from what cartoon it is and you win an original cel with matching drawing.

I matched the background with a Pink Panther cel.
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“BOUNTY HAMSTER” (2002)
Original animation drawing of the lead character from this English television series, signed by its director, animation guru Graham Ralph.

 
opc-upa-girl.jpg (20665 bytes) UNKNOWN PRODUCTION (1950's)
Production cel of a little girl from an unknown UPA production. I'm still searching for the title and year of production of this cartoon.

The cel is just inked and not painted; a method used frequently by the UPA Studios to save time and money. Their backgrounds were very simple and stylish in those days.
drw-layout-oompahs1.jpg (23111 bytes) THE OOMPAHS (1952)
Layout drawing from this cartoon which was released on January 24th, 1952 as part of the Jolly Frolic sries directed by Robert Cannon.

"The Oompahs" is an effective metaphor for the conflict between parental aspirations and a child's career ambitions. It uses the theme of classical music versus Jazz to portray tensions within a musical family of instruments.
drw-layout-oompahs2.jpg (19634 bytes) THE OOMPAHS (1952)
Layout drawing from this cartoon which was released on January 24th, 1952 as part of the Jolly Frolic sries directed by Robert Cannon.
opc-yellowsuitcase.jpg (45417 bytes) THE SUITCASE
Hand-inked and hand-painted production cel with key production background from this Russian animated short, designed by Nadya Mikhailova and directed by Alexander Garlenko.

Notice the superb use of colors in this key setup. Only the suitcase is yellow, everything else is brown.
When I bought this setup the cel was stapled to the background. Apparently the Russians are fairly new to animation art conservation... Luckily I was able to restore cel and background.

I know very little about the film, have never seen it and even don't know the year in which is was made. If there is anybody out there who could provide me with more info, I would be most grateful.
opc-provincialschool.jpg (43184 bytes) PROVINCIAL SCHOOL (1992)
Hand-inked and hand-painted multi-cel set-up with key production background from this Russian animated short, directed by Ivan Maximov. He also signed his name Max on the back of the background.

I think this is one of the finest examples of Russian animation. The characters are just so non-Disney and the image so crazy, that it has become one of the highlights of my animation art collection.
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“FROM DARKNESS” (2002)
Original background artwork of the interior of a tent from this wonderful short animated Irish film by Nora Twomey. 

The film is based on an Inuit legend. An angry father throws his daughter into the sea, where she drowns. Fishermen still avoid the haunted waters. One brave fisherman goes there to fish and the magic starts.

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“FROM DARKNESS” (2002)
Rough animation drawing of the girl from the opening sequence of the film. Signed and personalized by the director if the film, Nora Twomey.

 

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“HAIR HIGH” (2004)
This is a layout for Bill Plympton’s film "Hair High".

Bill Plympton's short films have been seen widely around the US, highlighting many animation festivals. All his life Bill Plympton has been fascinated by animation. After a string of highly successful short films ("One of Those Days", "How to Kiss", "25 Ways to Quit Smoking" and "Plymptoons"), he began thinking about making a feature film. What came to be called “The Tune”, was financed entirely by the animator himself. In 1998, Bill completed another animated feature, titled "I married a strange person”. His next animated feature, "Mutant Aliens”, the story of a stranded astronaut returning to Earth after 20 years in space, was completed in January 2001 and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. It won the Grand Prix in Annecy and was released in theatres in 2002.

This layout is from another feature film, "Hair High”, a gothic 50's high-school comedy about a love-triangle that goes terribly bad, with two young, murdered teens returning to their prom to get revenge. The film was completed in January 2004.

Bill signed this layout for me when I met him at the Holland Animation Film Festival in 2004 (see the "About Me" page to see a photo of Bill and me.).

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ORANGE (2002)
Short film made by Russian director Slava Ushakov, about a saleswoman of oranges, who falls in love with a sailor whose passion is to gamble.

Slava Ushakov began his professional career at the age of 17 as a cartoonist for the Moscow weekly, Soviet Circus. From 1987 till 1996 he worked in various capacities for the Pilot studio in Moscow and in 1996 established his own Nils studio. Since 1998, Ushakov lives in Los Angeles, where he works as a director and storyboard artist for Kinofilm.

Two cel setup on a lasercopy background, signed by director Slava Ushakov: ‘To my friend Hans’.

I saw this film for the first time at the Holland Animation Film Festival in 2002, and immediately fell in love with it! The character designs are just so wonderful, as are the backgrounds.

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ORANGE (2002)
Short film made by Russian director Slava Ushakov.

Production-cel and matching drawing of the sailor, signed by director Slava Ushakov.

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ORANGE (2002)
Short film made by Russian director Slava Ushakov.

Production-cel and matching drawing of the sailor walking, signed by director Slava Ushakov.

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ORANGE (2002)
Short film made by Russian director Slava Ushakov.

Production-cel of a boat on high water, signed by director Slava Ushakov.

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ORANGE (2002)
Short film made by Russian director Slava Ushakov.

Production-cel of a four sailors in a boat on the back of a whale, together with a mouse, signed by director Slava Ushakov.

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ORANGE (2002)
Short film made by Russian director Slava Ushakov.

Production-cel and matching drawing of the woman who sells oranges, signed by director Slava Ushakov: ‘For my best friend Hans’.

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ORANGE (2002)
Short film made by Russian director Slava Ushakov.

Layout for scene 38. It shows the frame guide for the zoom in this particular scene.

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ORANGE (2002)
Short film made by Russian director Slava Ushakov.

Four original hand painted backgrounds: scene 82, 103, 112 and 125. 
All signed by director Slava Ushakov.

 

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