The Story of Kem Weber - Creator of Disney Animation Desks!

This is the story of Kem Weber - a designer from Germany who gets accidentally stuck in America during WWI and eventually creates the iconic studio furniture used by animators at Walt Disney Studios!
During this video I sketch one of his famous animation desks with a Blackwing 602 pencil. It's a fun way to get a little art and storytelling together. I hope you enjoy it!
If you'd like to see more stories like this, please subscribe or comment! You can also see my work at the social media links below.
BOOK FEATURED IN THE VIDEO:
Kem Weber: Mid-Century Furniture Designs for the Disney Studios: amzn.to/2E0UhIl
TO CREATE ART:
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[@EricDoggett]

Hope you enjoyed Kem's story! To see a tour of my desk and all of it's fun design elements, just head on over to this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYvdoaaYd91qpsk

[@charliebrown3001]

God I want a animator table so freakin bad. 😩

[@EricDoggett]

They are awesome! I'm going to do a tour of mine for an upcoming video, and I'll do my best to track down some resources on how to find one for yourself and include that.

[@charliebrown3001]

@@EricDoggett Oh please do that would be fantastic! 😁

[@EricDoggett]

Hey Charlie - just posted the video tour of my desk! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYvdoaaYd91qpsk

[@carloscarion1748]

I noticed you were left you got the Lucky Hook I got the left hook to and I also do art and design furniture and lighting, great video thank you

[@EricDoggett]

You are welcome!

[@natepinto444]

👍 thanks for the quick Ken intro. I came across Ken’s name while reading Walt Disney’s Nine Old Men & the Art of Animation.

[@jamisonwright3437]

Thank you for posting this. This was wonderful. I run the WDFA desk page on FB. Always good to hear the stories of KEM Weber.

[@EricDoggett]

Hi Jamison - thanks for writing - I appreciate it! It was a lot of fun putting that together. I did manage to find myself a desk recently (not a Kem Weber one but still :) ). Hopefully when I get it all set up I'll post a photo to the group!

[@otisedward3964]

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[@jaidenvicente7200]

@Otis Edward Yup, been watching on Instaflixxer for years myself :D

[@ART-gr9zn]

👍🏻🇸🇦💖💖💖💖💖

[@birdy369]

Thank you so much for this info! The little details behind animation - I can't get enough of, and can never find enough of! Also, I'd love to be so lucky to be able to buy one someday. Saw one up for auction months ago, one of the originals from Disney's burbank studios Edit: Oh! I have however rigged up my own rotating light box - the extra cheap, super poor man's version lol: A 20 buck led light pad, glued to a lazy suzan! Though the cord can sometimes get in the way! Temporary until I can build a proper box with disc and acme bar!

[@dillonwright13]

On scale to 0 to 100, how possible would it be to build one of these desks?

[@EricDoggett]

I would say not too complicated at all for anyone with experience in woodworking. The most difficult part would be finding/creating a way to angle the center table, if wanted. Take that part out of it, and I'd probably put this at a 30-40 on your difficulty scale. I want to say that I've heard of plans out there for building your own, so that might be worth checking into!