For today's anniversary post I thought I break out one of my favorite pieces of concept art, this very cool pencil, ink and paint drawing of the Mad Hatter.
This drawing is on a piece of trimmed animation paper, and is a little worse for wear, but the image itself is fantastic. The stylized rendering is very reminiscent of the UPA stuff that was going on at the same time, and while I don't know who exactly executed this drawing, it has a zany quality that I usually attribute to Ward Kimball. One of my faves.
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Congrats on the year. Thanks for posting your items and showing us your collection.
I like this drawing a lot because you can tell its a caricature of Ed Wynn.
Congratulations - I always enjoy checking out your blog, even if I don't comment very much! Here’s to another year!
Great blog! This drawing of the mad hatter really stopped me. You had said that you attributed the drawing to Ward Kimball. Yes, you can see Ed Wynn in the drawing. What I find really interesting is that I met Ward later in his life and it looks like Ward himself. It's a little longer in shape, his face was rounder but it could be Ward!
Take care and thanks for the great work.
I love your blog and I'm loving that sketch of Mad Hatter. It feels like Ward Kimball's art to me, too.
Keep up the great work!
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