tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post2197816854507077501..comments2023-09-11T01:08:04.956-07:00Comments on The Blackwing Diaries: Disney paper circa 1989Jenny Lerewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06668171465801333811noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-60901540862712365052012-07-17T22:31:38.124-07:002012-07-17T22:31:38.124-07:00I would like to connect with Floyd Norman, my gran...I would like to connect with Floyd Norman, my grandfather was Johnny Bond.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-73993351398232027782007-06-26T15:45:00.000-07:002007-06-26T15:45:00.000-07:00Why on earth DID Disney go from their proven, uniq...Why on earth DID Disney go from their proven, unique peg system to Acme pegs in the late 1980s? It was no improvement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-38649302547408494932007-06-26T12:08:00.000-07:002007-06-26T12:08:00.000-07:00When I first started, the old Berol Boldliner was ...When I first started, the old Berol Boldliner was the pen of choice. They were black with a while tip on the cap. Then they changed them so the body was white and the cap was black. This version worked okay, but wasn't as durable. I still used them for years. Joe Mosier called the originals his "Blaisdell". He loved them and horded them by the box.John S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03562963042584020477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-66680569371497981572007-06-25T13:09:00.000-07:002007-06-25T13:09:00.000-07:00If you're as old as I am you'll remember the old f...If you're as old as I am you'll remember the old five field paper. The stuff was no longer in use, and Disney was trying to get rid of the endless supply. They had tons of the stuff, and Johnny Bond kept me supplied. I can't tell you how many animated films I made using that "free" Disney paper.<BR/><BR/>The only drawback was having to use Disney's peg system, which was okay because I had lots of Disney pegs anyway. Shame they abandoned that system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-30740182176165138312007-06-24T17:01:00.000-07:002007-06-24T17:01:00.000-07:00Yeah, a friend of ours smuggled out a bunch of tha...Yeah, a friend of ours smuggled out a bunch of that stuff so I could animate my CalArts film on it - rather ironic, if you think about it. Everyone at Disney always said exactly what Will said above, that putting the words on the paper ruined the drawing surface. Some people at Disney drew on the reverse side. Anyway, once I was at Disney I got hooked on the blue pencils that came from Germany - Polychromos, I think they were called. Anyway, they were kept behind the supply counter so you had to ask Joe Morris for them, and he would only give me a couple at a time, and I never wanted him to know how fast I used them up, so I was always animating with tiny stubs on that scratchy paper with the watermark on it. Ha, ha, good times.mark kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11953166248647413142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-18816014349404295772007-06-23T20:53:00.000-07:002007-06-23T20:53:00.000-07:00i think it was the actual printing that ruined the...i think it was the actual printing that ruined the grain of the paper. it was a classic waste of time and money for all the wrong reasons. fortunately it was very short lived.of course the mentality was eisner worrying that somewhere somehow people might make counterfeit disney sketches and profit from them. for a long time the studio excelled in spending a fortune to prevent losing a dime.Will Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01297122976077620877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-16792824838927017352007-06-23T09:54:00.000-07:002007-06-23T09:54:00.000-07:00Oh yeah, I loved that Disney paper. I think it was...Oh yeah, I loved that Disney paper. I think it was from a company in Canada called Ingram. And with an "Ebony Design" pencil!! Like Butta'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-85626214014754645682007-06-22T20:39:00.000-07:002007-06-22T20:39:00.000-07:00OMG, that paper SUCKED. Well, at least after the ...OMG, that paper SUCKED. Well, at least after the "buttery smooth" paper they'd come from...and went too. Great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218379.post-72624628427967569642007-06-22T18:36:00.000-07:002007-06-22T18:36:00.000-07:00Yeah I remember seeing some of those and thinking ...Yeah I remember seeing some of those and thinking that was overkill of them to do that. I couldn't believe every page had one! Haha! Insane.samacleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735331967593059455noreply@blogger.com