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Don Bluth is another legend in the field of animation. A quick online search also revealed that after leaving the Walt Disney Company in 1979, he went on to direct such notable films as The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, and The Land Before Time. Currently, he is the owner of his own independent studio, Don Bluth Films.
I wonder if animators were likely to wear down their pencils to the very end. If cost and availability aren’t a factor, how low do you go before you inaugurate a new pencil? In the case of the Blackwing the ferrule almost acts like an extender, i.e. your fingers have a little something extra to grasp.
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Great to know he was a Blackwing user! The Secret of NIMH was probably the first movie I ever watched in a cinema (not 100% sure about this) …and I didn’t know it’s his movie.
I know him as the creator of Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace. Even though I have never seen the real LD versions, only the Amiga version (which featured incredible long loading times in-between) I was completely fascinated by the animation of the main characters and am now very happy to know they have been created using the Blackwing…
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I remember The Secret of NIMH, too. My vague recollection was that it was shown at school; I remember being captivated by the line “…to the lee of the stone.”
Come to think of it, you could do your own and call it “The Secret of MEMM”. 🙂 Or maybe, “The Bleistift of MEMM”.
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8^)
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How low do I go? Almost to the bitter end. I save the stubs. And you Sean, do you have an ossuary filled with the bones of Blackwings past?
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I have just such an ossuary (though there are no markings in Aramaic) in which I box-up my bones.
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Well I only have 40% of one Blackwing (kindly donated by yourself) and if it is used to be used to the bitter end I will make damn sure I keep the fabled ferrule and possibly stick it on another pencil, like some of your creations.
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