Flying Squirrel, Donald Duck

MEDIUM: Photostat Model Sheet
IMAGE SIZE: 25.5" x 20"
PRODUCTION: The Flying Squirrel, 1954
SKU: CCV4614

NOTES: "OK Bill Justice" (written by one of the animators) has been reproduced below the title of the model sheet. This piece shows signs of heavy production wear: wrinkling and tears along the right margin. Due to its size, this piece will be shipped rolled in a tube.

This photostat model sheet comes from the estate of veteran Disney animator and director Jack Kinney, who was awarded a Winsor McCay Award in 1983 in recognition for his lifetime contributions to animation. Kinney was the primary director of the Goofy series, responsible a total of 39 entries. His most notable creations were the Goofy How to... shorts, where the character demonstrated how to play various popular sports. Kinney also directed two entries in the Pluto series, as well as directing four entries in the Donald Duck series, including Der Fuehrer's Face (1943), a wartime satire of Adolf Hitler, which became the only Donald Duck short to win an Academy Award.

ABOUT THE FILM: The Flying Squirrel is a 1954 animated short film featuring Donald Duck. It was released by Walt Disney Productions. The plot consists of Donald enlisting the help of a flying squirrel to hang a sign in a nearby tree for his peanut stand, but the squirrel has to take revenge when Donald cheats on his half of the deal.

ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Photostat Model Sheets are reference guides used by animators to ensure consistency in character design, proportions, and expressions throughout a film. These printed sheets typically feature multiple poses, facial expressions, and turnarounds of a character, often photocopied from finalized drawings by lead animators. Model sheets help maintain uniformity in animation by providing a standard reference for all artists working on a character, preventing visual discrepancies between different scenes.