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Mickey Mouse is probably the most difficult character to ink
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Mickey: The Story of a Mouse

Mickey Mouse is probablythe most difficult character to ink because of all the curves....

Mickey Mouse is probably
the most difficult character to ink because of all the curves. That's the most difficult part of inking
is inking circles. And Mickey Mouse is full of circles

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Mickey Mouse is probably the most difficult character to ink
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because of all the curves.
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That's the most difficult part of inking is inking circles.
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And Mickey Mouse is full of circles.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
174
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:02
Uploaded
May 27, 2023
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Tremolo Productions,ABC News Studios

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Movie Summary

Mickey Mouse is one of the most enduring symbols in our history. Those three simple circles take on meaning for virtually everyone on the planet.
Your job as an inker is translating the animator's work onto the cel. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
Your job as an inker is translating the animator's work...
You don't have any room to go outside of that. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
You don't have any room to go outside of that.
They say it takes about 15 years of consistent inking-- - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:11
They say it takes about 15 years of consistent inking--
There's only a few of us in the Ink and Paint department now, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:09
There's only a few of us in the Ink and Paint departmen...
The thousands of pencil drawings - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:25
The thousands of pencil drawings
When what they were accomplishing was mind-blowing. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
When what they were accomplishing was mind-blowing.
In the studio paint laboratory, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:12
In the studio paint laboratory,
Color forever transforms the world of Mickey Mouse. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
Color forever transforms the world of Mickey Mouse.
It's actually dropping a glob of paint, and then we just push it to the edges, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:12
It's actually dropping a glob of paint, and then we jus...
When I'm inking or painting Mickey Mouse, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:08
When I'm inking or painting Mickey Mouse,
So now that we're done with it, this is what it looks like from the front. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
So now that we're done with it, this is what it looks l...
Once Mickey becomes an international children's star, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
Once Mickey becomes an international children's star,
Parents of Mickey's younger viewers - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:08
Parents of Mickey's younger viewers
He can't be a bully. He can't punch people. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
He can't be a bully. He can't punch people.
He can't behave in any way that would be considered bad behavior. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
He can't behave in any way that would be considered bad...
It pushed Mickey into a straight man role, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:12
It pushed Mickey into a straight man role,
And so, Donald Duck appears. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
And so, Donald Duck appears.
The duck came along as a result of too many taboos put onto Mickey Mouse. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:06
The duck came along as a result of too many taboos put onto ...
People didn't feel that Mickey could blow his top like the duck. - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:05
People didn't feel that Mickey could blow his top like ...
So, in order to give ourselves a latitude, - Mickey: The Story of a Mouse 00:07
So, in order to give ourselves a latitude,