Dumbo Stat Model Sheet: Little Guy (Specks)

Specks

MEDIUM: Original Photostat Model Sheet
IMAGE SIZE: 14" x 11"
PRODUCTION: Dumbo, 1941
SKU: CCV6509

NOTES: The date on this model sheet reads March 24th, 1941. A "RETURN THIS MATERIAL TO ART PROPS DEPT." stamp has been reproduced in the lower left corner. This piece shows signs of minor production wear: crease in lower right. 

ABOUT THE IMAGE: Dumbo is a 1941 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth Disney animated feature film, it is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, and illustrated by Helen Durney for the prototype of a novelty toy ("Roll-a-Book"). The main character is Jumbo Jr., an elephant who is cruelly nicknamed "Dumbo", as in "dumb". He is ridiculed for his big ears, but in fact he is capable of flying by using his ears as wings. Throughout most of the film, his only true friend, aside from his mother, is the mouse, Timothy – a relationship parodying the stereotypical animosity between mice and elephants.

ABOUT THE MEDIUM: A model sheet is a group of character drawings illustrating different poses and expressions of a cartoon character. Because a number of artists worked on a single cartoon, these sheets were circulated to the animators to give a uniform look and feel to a character throughout a production.