Pencil Tests

Excellent collection of pencil-tests from the Thief linked from Dave Nethery's blog here.
The first of which is notable for its inclusion of live-action print-outs that Dick referenced for particular scenes in the film.

I remember in his Masterclass Dick told us about his method of using a 'medical printer' to study live-action footage but I had never seen the results until now.

Dick on Disney

Richard Williams, Brian Sibley and Gerald Scarfe discuss the enormous influence of Walt Disney.
Listen to the BBC radio 4 podcast here.

More Photos from the reunion

Some more pictures from Tuesday night, this time courtesy of Ramon Modiano and myself...
There'll probably be more later.

Teddy


Tanya & Alyson


Squeaky


Simon


Phil & Sharon


Gary & Michael & Sharon


Roy & Sharon


Robert & Kevin


Robert


Squeaky & Phil


Michael & Michael


Jim


Phil & Claire & Inge


Ian


Gary


Cyrus


Atlanta


Everybody


Pete & Alex (out of focus, sorry)

All done and dusted.

It came and went, and I think must be considered a success.
We managed to pack out Blakes-bar at the Star and Garter, much to the delight of Kelvin, the landlord, who prides himself on the pubs animation history.
Simon Maddox sent me his photos and, as they are nicer than mine, they'll be the first to see publication.
I enjoyed it so much, I promise I won't wait another 20 years before we do it again...
Enjoy...

Sharon & Robert


Pete & Paul


Claire


Mark


Lance & Neil


Cy & Roy



Rob


Tanya


Alyson


Michael


Alyson


Gary


Mike


Ramon


Sue & Tanya


An & Iain


Robert


Dean & Atlanta


Roy


Roy & Ian


Paul


Dean

London, 3rd of August, Star and Garter

The 3rd turned out to be the most available date.
To all of you who can't be there, I apologise.
I'm sure we'll do it again in the years to come and I'll give everybody a bit more warning then.
Meanwhile:

Tuesday 3rd of August,
Star and Garter,
62 Poland Street,
Soho, London
6:30 or 7:00 onwards

See you there...

Michael

The Thief Archive

Patrick McCart and Garrett "Recobbled" Gilchrist have collected lots of Williams and Thief related clips on this YouTube channel. Click this link: The Thief Archive

...an inward and invisible reality.

It's been 20 Years and a get-together is in the making.
It will probably be within the first three weeks of August
and probably on a Tuesday, but definitely in London.
I will contact as many people as I have details of, by E-mail.
If you don't hear anything in the next week
and you worked on the Thief and are interested in coming along,
leave a comment under this post and I'll contact you.

Michael

Roy's birthday

Roy Naisbitt is 80 years old today. Here is a drawing he gave me when he showed me his collection of drawings in his home. He has the original artwork for his opening pan of Christmas Carol for example and lots of other things that should be in a museum.The drawing size is 25x12".

Happy Birtday Roy! You are awesome.

The Creative Person

I recently had a drink with Pete Weston, who told me about this video documentary.
It seems to be a half hour film made in the 60s and even if it doesn't give any revolutionary new insights, it does offer an intriguing view of Soho, 40 years ago...
Here is the Google video version, which is all in one piece.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4521253840921599093#

If that doesn't work for some, just watch it on youtube.
Part one is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQdcJ84BHSk

Once again, Thank you Pete for the tip...
Enjoy!

I recently contacted Mr Anthony Perry after reading his small book on the making of The Yellow Submarine in which he has written a chapter on his association with Dick Williams.  Mr Perry was a producer on the Beatles picture and helped set up Dick in his first studio space.  With permission I've scanned the chapter on Dick to post here.

Mr Perry's book makes for a fascinating read about how & why The Yellow Submarine was produced-it only costs £3 and is available from the Cartoon Museum, London.