Most animation fans know that Ub Iwerks co-created Mickey Mouse. But he contributed much more to animation.
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Name = Ub Iwerks Birth name = Ubbe Eert Iwerks Birth date = October 24, 1901 Birthplace = Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. Death date = July 7, 1971 (aged 69) Death place = Burbank, California, U.S. Nationality = American Other names = Ubbe Iwerks Occupation = Animator, cartoonist, special effects technician Years active = 1922–1971 […] The post Ub Iwerks first appeared on Toons Mag and is written by Arifur Rahman.
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Our favorite rodent turns 87 today and to celebrate, we're sharing 17 fun facts.
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Ub Iwerks was a man of many talents. He was a prolific animator and a brilliant technical mind. He was Walt’s Swiss Army knife, a man who was to Walt whatever he needed him to be.
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Model sheet. Funny Face (Ub Iwerks, 1933).
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Steam Boat Willie
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Mickey Mouse model sheet.
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This is from one of the very first Mickey mouse cartoons and it comes from the original drawer of Mickey Mouse, Ub Iwerks. Contrary to common belief it was not Walt Disney who originally created th…
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Comic Creator Ub Iwerks
In 1922, the Isis Theatre was one of the local theaters showing Walt Disney’s animated cartoon reels produced by Laugh-O-gram Films Inc.. Disney also used the theatre to promote the Laugh-O-gram studio, with footage captured during a South Central Business Association parade. Notable music composer Carl Stalling was the theater's organist and became friends with Disney, which sparked a working relationship with Laugh-O-gram Films and Disney Brothers years later. When several months of…
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In August of 1923, Walt Disney left Kansas City for Hollywood with nothing but a few drawing materials, $40 in his pocket and a completed animated and live-action film. Walt’s brother Roy O. Disney was already in California, with an immense amount of sympathy and encouragement, and $250. Pooling their resources, they borrowed an additional $500 and constructed a camera stand in their uncle’s garage.
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Ub Iwerks seems to have had a regular working relationship with RCA Victor. As we will see, Victor records seem to permeate Iwerks' scoring - - at least for a while.
New video game Epic Mickey: the Power of Two sees the resurrection of a little-known Disney character, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Oswald was the very first cartoon that Walt Disney created in the 1920s, and was at the time a major silent cartoon star. However, in 1928, Walt Disney lost the rights to Oswald to Universal Pictures and famously in response, decided to design and create a mouse instead. Whereas Mickey went on to become an iconic Hollywood star in the 1930s, and the Walt Disney…
Exhibit: Berny Wolf 1911-2006 - AnimationResources.org - Serving the Online Animation Community
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“Flip the Frog” by Ub Iwerks* • Blog/Info | (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ub_Iwerks) ★ || CHARACTER DESIGN REFERENCES™ (https://www.facebook.com/CharacterDesignReferences & https://www.pinterest.com/characterdesigh) • Love Character Design? Join the #CDChallenge (link→ https://www.facebook.com/groups/CharacterDesignChallenge) Share your unique vision of a theme, promote your art in a community of over 50.000 artists! || ★
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Mae West meets Ub Iwerks' Flip the Frog cartoon "Soda Squirt."
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