Bill Plympton is an Illustrator born in 1946 in Portland USA. He graduated from College with a B.A in Graphic design, but has ways had a preference for illustration and film making evening going as far as filming his introduction for his Prom year book, despite the footage being upside down and un-usable it didn’t stop his ambition to create new pieces. He is most famous for his series of Illustrations and animated shorts, including “ Microtoons ”(1990) and “ Boomtown ”(1985). His work has featured in the likes of Vanity fair, Rolling Stone and the New York Times in comic strips and illustrative pieces. He has also dabbled in producing advertisements form the likes of Trivial Peruse all the way to Sugar Delight.  His career started out with producing illustrations and political cartoon strips , which ended with his works featuring in the likes of The New York Times, Vogue, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair, but one of his most prominent success came through his work with “ Plymp...

 Williams is a Canadian British animator, most famous for his work on the (1988) film Who Framed Rodger Rabbit and Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976). He’s had over 50 years in the animation industry, with his first being a short called The Wardrobe (1958) and his most recent project being a 16 DVD set and book called The Animator’s Survival Kit (2008).  William’s foot in the animator industry is very important, as he bridges the gap between the Golden age of animation, with hand drawn animation such as Disneys Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and even Who Framed Rodger Rabbit (1988) and the current computer animation that plays into nearly all anime films used today. Who Framed Rodger Rabbit especially is an impotent achievement, as it not only gave William’s two out of his three Oscars, but is also widely credited for some to of have reinvigorated an art form that has fallen out of fashion, with the films hand drawn animation characters playing side by sid...

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