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Winnie the Pooh Original Signed Drawing Mike Royer

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Winnie the Pooh Original Signed Drawing Mike Royer
Offered here is an original Winnie the Pooh animation concept drawing of Rabbit signed by cartoon artist Mike Royer. Mike Royer helped launch a Winnie the Pooh licensing program in late 1993; for the latter, he was featured in a 43-minute video, How To Draw Pooh, sent to licensees. Royer had left his staff position in June 1993 to freelance full-time for Disney, primarily on Winnie the Pooh projects. Christopher Robin and his boy animals, have one adventure after another -everything from filching honey from the angry bees to welcoming Tigger (a very bouncy animal), consoling Eeyore (the gloomy donkey), enduring a flood, and seeking out the South Pole. Everything is related in extremely childish (but by no means "cutesy" terms), including bursts of poetry, rudimentary logic, and a great deal of remarkably in-depth character study. Each animal has a district personality: impulsive Tigger, neurotic Eeyore, no-nonsense Kanga, self-important Rabbit and Owl, humble Piglet, and, of course, direct and simple Pooh. The animals might be any group of typical siblings or playmates and teach, through their adventures, many real life lessons. No one is going to touch my carrots, no one!! Original "rough" animation, in red pen with the notations in red pen. Overall Size: 8 1/2" x 11" Signature: In red pen, lower right Excellent Condition Traditional animation is a multi-step process which includes various types of art techniques. Drawings are a key part of the process, in which the animator creates the design and movement of the characters. Drawings are then transferred onto acetate cels (by hand-inking and/or photo copying) to create a production cel, which is then hand painted on the back side, using paint colors chosen and approved by the creator of the series. This drawing is ready to framed and matted. The animator's notations are shown at the bottom of the drawing.