Comments on Animation Blog: Anatoliy Petrov "The Singing Teacher" (1968)

julia2night has directed me to a subtitled version...

2010-04-16T08:26:05.960Z

julia2night has directed me to a subtitled version of "Hercules Visits Admetus" (yes!). I've updated my article:
http://niffiwan.livejournal.com/29239.html

R.I.P. Anatoliy Petrov - one of the few great anim...

2010-03-18T18:51:03.134Z

R.I.P. Anatoliy Petrov - one of the few great animators of all time, his style, and technique where beautiful, unequalled - Dave

Hi Loveable, Thank you for your appreciative com...

2010-03-10T20:04:09.775Z

Hi Loveable,

Thank you for your appreciative comments. Pen and paper on cells it most certainly was though Anatoliy was innovative in his work. During his career he used a technique whereby two layers were made, one of which being slightly blurred lending a 3D effect when photographed by a camera that itself is moved in a varied way to add more realism. Although early, "Curiosity" has something of this effect I think. Computers do all the work nowadays.

This is hilarious! Many cartoons with little to no...

2010-03-10T03:54:21.954Z

This is hilarious! Many cartoons with little to no dialogue seem to work well, for both humour and sadness.

How was this illustration effect achieved? mostly through pencils and shading, I presume. I haven't seen much of this style in years -- perhaps because most of it's done on computer now? Maybe there is more of this style out there that I just haven't seen.