Hitting the Ground Running

By 1932, Chuck had already graduated from Chouinard Art Institute, and was in the animation industry drawing pencil portraits for a dollar piece on Olvera Street, which led to work as a cel washer for Ubbe Iwerks and assistant animator at the Walter Lantz Studio. It was under the employment of Iwerks he met his first wife Dorothy Webster - who was another cel washer at the time.