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This is an Art Trading Card/ATC Trade request with *MansonHeartagram. We went with the theme of Don Bluth films, so I ended up creating this bit of fan art of Mrs. Brisby when she meets the Great Owl from The Secret of NIMH. This measures just 2.5x3.5 inches. Colored with a mix of Prismacolor markers and pencils on some laser printer paper.In return, I got Little Foot and Petrie from The Land Before Time, seen here:
The Secret of NIMH was 1982 film by renowned animator Don Bluth, and his first film after leaving the Walt Disney Company. It's based upon the 1971 Children's Novel, 'Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.' Don Bluth set out with the explicit goal in mind of returning feature animation to its 'golden era', concentrating on strong characters and story, and experimenting with unusual and often more labor-intensive animation techniques, despite his very limited budget. Don Bluth Productions was initially based out of Bluth's own house and garage. The film is credited with helping to kick off what would become known as 'The Renaissance Age of Animation'.
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I loved this movie growing up, and the Great Owl was always my favorite part! Awesome Drawing!
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This terrified the HELL out of me as a child.
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I must agree - the great Owl combined with that monstrous cat gave me nightmares that have since inspired me to no end.
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One of my favorite movies as a kid. I actually bought it on DVD not too long ago and one of my roommates watched it today. You captured the cobweb look very well.
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Ah, thank you. I always thought the cobwebs were an odd thing to have in the scene, but it certainly added to the Mysterious/creepy factor of the Great Owl.
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Remember seeing this movie (and especially this scene) when I was about 5 years old. It's probably to blame for my nightmarish, demented personality.
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Perhaps mine as well. I watched this movie a lot when I was a kid. This and Watership Down. There was a period when I very very little when I wanted to watch them nearly every single day.
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Watership Down was another one that freaked me out, yet was so fascinating I couldn't stop watching it. The worst part was when Blackavar got torn apart by Woundwort - he was one of my favorite characters for some reason.
Hey, did you ever see "the black cauldron?" It wasn't nearly as complex, but still had a creepy, dark vibe that I'll never forget.
...of course, none of these can ever compare to "The Dark Crystal..."
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Yeah, Watership Down had a lot of nightmare fuel in it. You know you should pick up a copy of the book it was based on. It's actually probably my favorite book of all time.
The Dark Crystal was actually another childhood fav of mine. Hah, I'm beginning to realize I watched a lot of creeper movies as a kid.
Interesting story about The Black Cauldron... I was a big fan of 'The Chronicles of Prydain' book series growing up, and I wanted to watch The Black Cauldron more than anything. (It's based loosely on the first two books in the series.) But, it was basically impossible to get a hold of. It had never been released to video anywhere in the US and it was like Disney wanted to forget it existed. I had a preview of it before one of my other movies and I would watch that preview so longingly... lol. Then, when I was a little older, I had a teacher that was going to London over Spring Break. I knew it was available over there, but this was all before the days when you could buy stuff online. I actually gave her money to pick up a copy of it in PAL format, then I found a guy locally that had the equipment to convert it to NTSC so I could watch it on my VCR. I didn't have much money but he let me pay him in Transformers toys. Lol.
A few years later, I made a copy of my copy of The Black Cauldron and traded it with a guy who had a copy of Song Of The South. It was a pretty awesome trade considering The Black Cauldron eventually was released in the US on DVD, and as far as I know Song of the South has never been released in the US. (My bootleg copy has Japanese subtitles.)
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That is an interesting story. I actually never read the books, but a few days ago was intrigued to explore the world a little more (happened when I was thinking 'Dang, that movie was creepy. Whatever happened to it?' so I might watch it again and check out the books just for nostalgia reasons (and of course, even at that young age I was in love with Orwen the fat witch, lol).
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Lol... well Orwen and the other witches were significantly different in the source material. I haven't read the books since I was a kid but I do remember absolutely loving them, and I imagine they'd be very light but enjoyable reading as an adult. I guess I've always personally kind of seen them as... Tolkien-lite, though I have a feeling a lot of people would disagree with me there. They're basically a nice mix of high fantasy and Welsh mythology.
Anyway, the movie was based *very* loosely on the books. They changed quite a lot around. As much as I enjoyed the movie, I have to admit the books were far better.
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LoL, it's Disney - they'd MLK white if they could. I'm certain the books wouldn't measure up to my jaded, demonic level of blood-and-gore loving adult self, but I am capable of reverting back to semi-innocent childhood if need be.
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You win with this pic because that's one of my favorite childhood movies. It's also an amazing book
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It IS a good book! I read it when I was like, 12 or something. I should see about finding a copy and reading it again.
Thanks Dan!
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