I have one copy of De Blanche Neige a Hercule (From Snow White to Hercules) and Les Heroines Disney (The Disney Heroines) available for sale. I’ve also listed my animation desk on eBay as I’m running out of space where I live! To inquire about all three items with questions or offers, please contact me using the form on this page.

Darrin Butters is selling his Disney animation desk. These models are extremely rare. If I was in California, I’d be bidding on this. Click the image to check it out.

Steven Gunter e-mailed me about his animation desk which needs a new home:

I have a Chromacolour 16 Field disc with both Acme and Oxberry peg bars. I bought the disc about 10 years ago and had a custom workspace built so that it could easily be tucked away when not in use. The dimensions are 36″ x 24″ is 6 1/2″ deep when closed. It has a pencil holder from Lightfoot Ltd attached, and I’ll include a mostly full ream of 12 and 16 Field paper.

I’m asking $650 (or best offer) plus shipping. I live in Austin, TX. So, if someone wants to pick it up, they certainly can.

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Update: This desk is now sold.

John Herzog e-mailed me to let me know he’s selling this awesome portable animation desk. This is one of the nicer portable desks I’ve seen (I have several of my own), and it has everything you need to get started and conserve your workspace. Here’s John’s sales pitch:

Photos 01 to 05 are actual pictures of my desk, while photos 06 to 10 are from Colin Johnson’s website; I purchased the desk from him last year. The desk is portable, requires no assembly, and is made of a high-density birch plywood which has been finished with two coats of protective lacquer. This desk was a custom order from Mr. Johnson, measuring 24″x36″ — ordinarily, his desks are 20″x30″ but I wanted some extra room on the side to accommodate exposure sheets. When collapsed, the desk is 5″ high. It’s comparable to the Chromacolour 2000 Lightbox available from Chromacolour.

Included with the desk is the animation disc from Lightfoot Ltd. I purchased the disc this past February, but have not used it very much so I still consider it new. Any and all information about the disc can be found here. I also purchased the pencil holder from Lightfoot Ltd. and the information for it can be found here. The desk also has a small mirror for facial reference.

Also included with the desk:

• Around 300-400 sheets of Finch 12 Field Paper
• Around 300-400 sheets of Chromacolour 16 Field Hollywood Studio Paper (cut down to 10.75×17)
• 15 Exposure Sheets (pictured)
• Silver Clamp Desk Lamp (pictured)

My asking price is $700 or best offer plus shipping, which should be between $50 to $100 depending on where the potential buyer lives. If they live in the Provo/Salt Lake City area, they are more than welcome to pick it up. The shipping cost will be calculated once I have a firm buyer, and payment must be received in advance.

I’m also selling my Wacom Intuos4 medium tablet. It’s been used once or twice, for a whopping total of about four hours. It’s basically new; here are the specs from Wacom. Asking price is $250 or best offer plus shipping, which should be between $15 to $25. Again, the tablet is available for pickup if the buyer lives in Provo/Salt Lake City area. Payment must be received in advance, and shipping will firm up when the buyer does.

If anyone is interested, they can e-mail me at szobinski@gmail.com or give me a call at (801) 378-6098.

Let’s find this desk a good home. If anyone else is trying to sell their classical animation equipment shoot me an e-mail, and I’d be happy to post it up here. I know how difficult it is to track down when you need it, so I’m partial to helping people sell it through the blog.

Since I’ve showcased other people’s animation desks on the site, I figured I should show mine too. She’s a bit rough around the edges, but ain’t she purdy?

I got it off Craigslist. The previous owner got it from Studio B in Vancouver. Apparently it originally came from Disney’s Vancouver satellite studio from years back. Who knows?

I had to fix it up a bit because the drawing board was wobbly and had two crappy drawing angles. I bought some pieces online, and installed a nice lighting unit. It’s this one if you’re interested.

The new hinges allow me to draw from pretty much any angle between flat and straight up (90 degrees). I bought the ones recommended here by David Nethery (the first one). Here’s a couple pics demonstrating the drawing angle extremes:

The plastic white cover encases the lighting unit, and the animation disc goes on top of that. That way you get a powerful even lighting over your drawing area, but dim enough that it’s not a strain on the eyes. A tip I picked up over the years: Apparently if you only have one circular lighting tube, it’s really bad for your eyes. But if you have two, it’s fine. One alone emits a flickering or something that can irritate the eyes. If there’s two they cancel each other out (or something like that). Anyway, I have two so my eyes are fine, right? Wait, what are those pink dots? OMG…

Finally here’s some pics from “under the hood.” This shows you how I rigged up the drawing board with the hinges I bought. It was tricky and I had to change the actual hinges themselves because they’re not meant for an animation desk. You’ll see what I mean if you try it.

This desk is dear to me, but I haven’t been able to use it because I can’t fit it in my cramped apartment. These pics are from a while ago when I had more space. Now I just sit and reminisce of days gone by when we used to be one. I’ve toyed with the idea of selling it, but because of it’s aforementioned “dearness” I’ll only take a serious offer. I do have other desks, table tops ones, but this one is just a dream to work at. I’ve also spoken with a number of professional animators about drawing up plans for the desk to share on the blog so people in other countries can build there own just like it. So far everyone’s been too busy.

From Vimeo:

This is my graduate film from the animation program at Sheridan College. To find out more about the production of my film, visit my blog. Thanks for watching!

I posted about a beautiful vintage animation desk a few days ago. Well, Boris has his own modern equivalent. This is the same desk he used for his film above, and the same one used by Disney when they had a studio in Canada. I asked Boris for some pictures to feature it here. It’s very similar to the one I own, except it has nicer finish and a few more compartments. Mine came from the Disney Vancouver Studio, or so I’m told.

If you live in the Toronto area, or even if you don’t, you can contact Boris about his desk through his Kijiji listing. Don’t mistake the current abundance of desks like this as a common thing either. I know from experience just how hard they are to find, and it’s quite rare to see one, let along two beautiful desks like this for sale right now. Snap one up if you have the cash!

David White alerted me to the sale of his beautiful 1940s Disney animation desk on Craigslist. Since I can’t afford it, I’d like it to go to someone else who will appreciate it. Help David give this desk a nice new home with a loving owner. Here’s some great pictures. Click them for high resolution enlargements.

A close-up for authenticity:

Here’s a couple shots with a more modern ChromaColour animation disc:

Remember, if you have something as cool as this, and want to get the word out to place it somewhere, don’t hesitate to contact me and I’ll help you get the job done.

Unbelievable deal. Snap it up while you can…

Once again this desk is up for sale. One of my readers was looking for one, so I feel it’s my duty to alert everyone in the Vancouver area. Snap it up, the last one went real quick. I don’t know if people are just unloading them because they’ve gone CG or if they just don’t like or use the desk, but it’s pretty much the same one I have, and I love it. I definitely won’t part with it anytime soon.

There’s a nice animation desk available on Craiglist right now for a good price. Traditional animators in the Vancouver area without a full size desk will want to jump on this one. I picked up an identical one a few months back. They originally came from Studio B in Vancouver.  They do not come up online this often, so don’t be fooled into thinking you’ll just get the next one. I did that and I had to wait two years for the next one. If you do buy it, please leave a comment and say so. I’d love know I helped place it in a deserving home.