Famous Cartoonists and Animators TOM MYERS Matt Groening

Famous Cartoonists and Animators TOM MYERS

Matt Groening Most famous for The Simpsons, Futurama and Disenchantment Matt uses very simple techniques to draw the characters The seemingly low quality drawings are made with dark thick lines that make the characters stand out He also uses Ligne Claire to achieve similar effects Large eyes are also used which makes the characters seem more human He has won 12 Emmy’s for his work

Matt Groening's work

Ligne Claire A commonly used art style Downplays Contrast Strong colours and cartoonish characters against a more realistic background Strong dark outlines with all the same width

Georges Remi Has the pen name Hergé He is most famous for Tin He also uses ligne Claire to simply and effectively draw characters that stand out Made very early comics which were then converted into an animated style He has been added to the Will Eisner and the Jack Kirby Halls of Fame

Georges Remi’s work

Walt Disney Most Famous for Mickey Mouse and the creation of the Disney company which continues to make animated movies He has won 22 Oscars which is the world record for any individual He also was presented with 2 Golden Globes The first Disney movie, Snow White, used cel (hand drawn) animation and a multiplane camera

Walt Disney’s work

Seth Mac. Farlane Most famous for Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show Uses animation style of mostly character mouth movements and rigid poses This creates a stale animation with no true human expressions/ emotions conveyed

Seth Mac. Farlane’s work

Richard Williams Most famous for ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ and Pink panther He won two Oscars for work on WFRR Drew storyboards and sketches which later became short films

Richard Williams’ work