Ub Iwerks

drawing abilities by attending art classes at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in the evening. Disney paid for the schooling himself by washing jars at his father’s jelly factory. When Disney was 16 he tried to follow in his brothers footsteps and join the army, but was too young so he decided to join the Red Cross’ Ambulance Corps which took him to France and Germany (Schwartz 2). When he returned from Europe in 1919, Disney was determined to become an artist. He moved back to Kansas City with his brothers, where he landed a job as an apprentice at Pesmen- Rubin Commercial Art Studio drawing horses, cows and bags of feed for farm equipment catalogues. Disney was quickly laid off along with another employee, Ub Iwerks, so they started their own company, calling it Iwerks- Disney (Walt 1). However, this also came to a quick end when the company went bankrupt (Biography 1). Soon after, Disney took a job at the Kansas City Film Ad Company where he made animated commercials, and just like everyone else on the 1920’s, Disney was curious as to how to improve the clumsiness of animation used at the company, causing him to look deeper into animation and start his own cartoons (Walt 1). Disney married his ink artist, Lillian Bounds on July 13, 1925 (Schwartz 2-3). Leading up to his death, Disney continued to work on his art and animation, figuring out ways to improve the way his cartoons and films were seen. In 1966 Disney was diagnosed with lung cancer that was caused by his…

Matt Roche and Jaimie Warren Too are a duo which created the show “Whoop Dee Doo!” This show is a live show for kids. The show “Whoop Dee Doo!” balances art, humor, and entertainment while providing those involved a creative outlet. The show utilizes its space to create a different world which is what the content of the show is based on. In the specific segment I watched, the duo picked a space and had ten days to transform it into their vision. They collaborated with high school students to…

Failure is an option Every successful entrepreneur must be have this traits which is failure is an option . Failure is an option can be define as when you do something wrong, you learn from it, and try to avoid damage and do your best. Normally people is try to escape for making a mistake or avoid to fail while doing something. We should always prepare a plan B for doing anything else, it is because instead of we are doing wrong at least we having a plan B. Learn from the mistake and take it as…

The first Peanuts comic strip was introduced on October 2nd, 1950 illustrated by a man named Charles M. Schulz. The last strip was printed on February 13th, 2000, a day after Mr. Schultz died. There are hints on why certain things were named in the strip. His address is “1770 James Street” in Minneapolis.” It was invented because Charles was an average student and when someone found him and that he could draw they signed a 5 year contact with him to work for the Peanuts comic strip.…

children's dreams and imaginations and making them think of a place, where dreams come true and magic and fairytales comes alive, in whatever ways imaginable. He made this possible through his work in movies, cartoons, children's books, storytelling, theme parks, etc. He did all of this in the middle of the Second World War and other problems happening in the world. While giving credit to Walt Disney, whose main priority is to focus on children’s happiness before money, rank, or revenue. …

Thesis: He signed a deal with Universal to make cartoon a cartoon "Oswald the Rabbit." Walt Disney lost his newly found Disney Bros studio, cartoonist, and characters such as Oswald the Rabbit and Alice to Universal Studios in a contract loophole then, in turn, he created Walt Disney Studios. This changed entertainment forever with things such as for Mickey Mouse. Background: In 1901, Walt Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois. At a young age he found his passion of art in Marceline, Missouri.…

Jones would kick off his animation career by working as a cel washer for The Iwerks Studios thanks to Fred Kopietz, who was an animator that put in a good word for Jones. This studio was owned by Ub Iwerks and he was a former Disney animator who helped with the creation of Mickey Mouse. The Iwerks Studio was not gaining the same success either Disney or Fleischer Studios. Seeing this, Jones would leave Iwerks Studios and get employed by Friz Freleng as an animator for the Leon Schlesinger…

Their first project together was Little Red Riding Hood, and soon after they began to create Alice’s Wonderland, but the company went bankrupt. Luckily, Margaret Winkler, a film distributor, agreed to sell Alice’s Wonderland films (5). On July 13, 1925, Walt married an inker at the studio named Lillian Bonds. Charlie Mintz, Margaret’s husband, took charge on the Alice’s Wonderland films. In 1927, Disney, Ub Iwerks, and other animators created a series of successful cartoons featuring Oswald…

That’s where he met his partner, Ub Iwerks. They were then laid off and decided to join forces into making the Iwerks- Disney Commercial Artists; lasting about a month. Going through a couple more jobs, Disney landed a job where he learned and soon had made something out of it. Starting his own business, Disney created an advertisement called Laugh-O-Grams. This company lasted for about a year and half. “He had good ideas, but he was not a good businessman. Eventually his staff left because…

Back in the 1920’s multitudes of inventions and discoveries in many areas helped build the base for businesses. One of these businesses was entertainment, specifically the film or movie industry. Now back then film technology was not only expensive but had many restrictions because of the level it was at. They would focus on feature-length films instead of shorts. Yet one man started to change that, Walt Disney. His first profitable series was Alice Comedies, which was a girl in an animated…