Who Was Bill Tytla? 15 Facts About the Artist Who Turned Disney Into a Gold Standard

Do you think Disney was always... well, Disney? Do you believe it became the top animation studio the moment a Kansas cartoonist established it? No, it didn’t. That took the talent and hard work of many fine people -- and Bill Tytla was one of the finest. Wanna know more about him? Just read on.

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Sources: Vladimir Tytla, Master Animator, by John Canemaker (via AnimationResources.org), Cartoon Brew on Twitter

Source: Vladimir Tytla, Master Animator, by John Canemaker (via AnimationResources.org)

Source: Vladimir Tytla, Master Animator, by John Canemaker (via AnimationResources.org)

Sources: Vladimir Tytla, Master Animator, by John Canemaker (via AnimationResources.org), The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney, by Michael Barrier

Source: Vladimir Tytla, Master Animator, by John Canemaker (via AnimationResources.org)

Sources: Vladimir Tytla, Master Animator, by John Canemaker (via AnimationResources.org), Terrytoons’ Jazz Mad (via YouTube)

Sources: Vladimir Tytla, Master Animator, by John Canemaker (via AnimationResources.org), LotSearch


Source: Vladimir Tytla, Master Animator, by John Canemaker (via AnimationResources.org)

Source: Vladimir Tytla, Master Animator, by John Canemaker (via AnimationResources.org)

Source: Vladimir Tytla, Master Animator, by John Canemaker (via AnimationResources.org), The Art Story

Source: Vladimir Tytla, Master Animator, by John Canemaker (via AnimationResources.org)

Source: Vladimir Tytla, Master Animator, by John Canemaker (via AnimationResources.org)

Source: Vladimir Tytla, Master Animator, by John Canemaker (via AnimationResources.org)