Bob Ross vs. Disney

Some moves I see performed are the Bob Ross move of taking into account the real-world effects that interfere with the visualization of objects. For example, while drawing the mountain, he talks about how the top should be the most distinct part becasue the lower you go down the mountain, the more air pollution and other stuff gets in the way. A move performed by the Disney Artists, are the context development that they perform. By this, I mean that they try their hardest to get their pictures to looks like the time period they're trying to convey. ie. When drawing Sleeping Beauty, they mentioned going for a medieval look throughout, because that’s when the story takes place. They then said they referenced paintings from that time so that they can see how to portray not just the time period, but the style that came with it.

Bob Ross describes what he's doing with adjectives, sounding like he's genuinely enjoying what he’s doing. It seems less like a job, and more of a hobby to him. He talks about the process he’s going through in his mind, what he’s trying to make the page look like so that it can accurately represent trees or a mountain. In the Disney video, they make a point to mention that the artist must take out their individuality so that the piece can function better as a whole with what the other artists have drawn. The artist must then refer to tge drawing and work done by colleagues as they must match that specific style, then recreate it throughout whatever they’re trying to produce. Bob Ross directs his attention towards the painting, and what the best techniques would be to produce the best finished product. The Disney artist direct their attention towards conformity and fitting in with the presentation as a whole. 

The style differs between Bob Ross and the Animators from Disney, I see Bob Ross as more of a 1st order type artist who paints what he feels and uses adjectives like "happy" to describe the object he is trying to depict. The disney artists on the other hand, must follow a rigid procedure that is based off one another's work and is analyzed for the best quality possible. In a way, Bob Ross does the "One-Shot-Shebang"  that we talked about in class, while the Disney artists use multiple copies and rough drafts before they finally approach their final product. As a viewer, these styles makes me wanna watch Bob Ross more as he seems like a happier individual, somebody who is painting because he likes it, whereas the monotonous, forced explanations from the Disney animators make it seem as if they're getting teeth pulled.