John Whitney (animator)
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John Hales Whitney Sr. was an American animator, composer and inventor, widely considered to be one of the pioneers of computer animation.
Flyer for Whitney's 1973 presentation at Theatre Vanguard in Los Angeles.
The history of computer animation began as early as the 1940s and 1950s, when people began to experiment with computer graphics – most notably by John Whitney. It was only by the early 1960s when digi
John Whitney (animator)
…Spirograph – A drawing toy with a resemblance to some of Whitney's art. History of computer animation John Whitney's "Catalog" (1961) on YouTube…
Russell Kirsch created the first digitally scanned image in 1957, depicting his three-month-old son Walden.