How ‘One Hundred and One Dalmatians’ Saved Disney
The 1961 One Hundred and One Dalmations is completely Xeroxed, making it one of the most important Disney animated films.
via Smithsonian
The sharp, angular features of Cruella de Vil, the infamous antagonist of Dalmatians, were accentuated by the dark outlines from Xeroxing. “When you see Cruella, she’s very sketchy. Her lines boil all over the place, but somehow it works because it was controlled. It wasn’t just boiling for boiling sake,” says Deja. Inspired by Cubism, animators stylistically adapted to the flattened graphics of Xerox. Animators weren’t able to move De Vil through space the same was as past characters, like Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, and had to find a style of movement that fit the design of this character.
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