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What does it mean?
Disney recounts starting animation work in 1920 with crude puppet methods.
In plain terms
He began making cartoons in 1920 using simple tools.
What can you take from it?
Start with simple tools and learn.

Where it applies

  • learning a craft
  • technical history
  • creative journey

Putting it to work

  • document early drafts
  • share tool evolution

Questions to consider

  • What was your first tool?
  • How did your methods change over time?

Another view

Early work often lacks the polish of later achievements.

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