Ben Washam (1915-1984) was an American animator who worked at Warner Bros. Cartoons from 1941 until 1962, mainly under the direction of Chuck Jones. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An animator is an Artist who creates multiple images called frames and Key frames that form an illusion of movement called Animation when rapidly displayed Warner Bros Cartoons Inc was the Animation division of Warner Bros Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones ( September 21, 1912 &ndash February 22, 2002) was an American Animator, He also worked on made-for-TV cartoons in the early 1960s. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Later, he worked on various Chuck Jones projects at M-G-M; he also directed a few Tom and Jerry cartoons for release in 1967. Tom and Jerry is a series of theatrical Short subjects (cartoons created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer He did his last work animating commercials for Jay Ward and drawing layouts at Jones' own production company, and retired in 1979. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) For several years Washam, a gifted natural teacher, gladly taught animation at no charge to eager, young students in weekly classes conducted at his Laurel Canyon home in Los Angeles. He explained that "animation has been good to me and I want to give something back. " Indeed he did. Many of Ben Washam's students from the late 1970's, which included Ren and Stimpy layout artist Eddie Fitzgerald, went on to lead the 2D silver age animation revival during the 1990's. The Ren and Stimpy Show is an American / Canadian animated television series created by Canadian Animator John Few people were better at boiling down animation mechanics into pertinent, useful methods. There were arguably better animators but none with Washam's stellar gift for articulating and communicating the principles of his craft. Washam was also a very effective cartoonists' union president, serving two separate terms.
His animation of Bugs Bunny is easy to recognize, as he usually let Bugs' incisor teeth taper to a point. Clyde Rabbit (uncleMrs Bugs Bunny (wifePapa Bunny (fatherMama Bunny (motherRugs Bunny Also, he drew relatively wide cheeks on Bugs.