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John Lounsbery animates Gideon and Honest John
I had long thought that animator Norm Ferguson was responsible for animating this scene which features the fox and the cat from Pinocchio. But the film's draft states clearly that this is the work of...
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Heinrich Kley Color Sketch
This is a stunning watercolor study by German artist Heinrich Kley (1863 - 1945).Many of you are familiar with his lively, satirical black and white pen and ink drawings of anthropomorphic animals and...
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Milt Kahl's Robin Hood
Milt did this appealing drawing of Robin for a certain Leonard at a time when he had just about finished animating on the movie. I just love the fact that Milt drew anthropomorphic characters like...
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More Busch Circus Sketches
Each time I turn to works by Wilhelm M. Busch I get inspired. He takes "on the spot drawing" to another level. Raw, intuitive, masterful sketches. Beautifully observed moments put down on paper in...
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3 x Ward Kimball
A great snapshot of Walt stopping by Ward's office around the time of The Three Caballeros.Kimball seems to be saying: "Just to let you know, Walt, I'm going to go a little crazy with this...
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Don't mess with Medusa
Medusa is threatening Snoops and Penny in this scene toward the end of the film The Rescuers, (obviously) animated by Milt Kahl.Geraldine Page's line is: "(If either of you try to) follow me, you get...
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I am without tech help for a few days, so perhaps I can elaborate a bit on a point I brought up in my previous post. Let's say you are about to animate a scene in which the character says; "I don't...
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The Queen of Hearts
A great back view of this hearty Queen drawn by Frank Thomas. Wonderful pose, as she anticipates a croquet kick with a flamingo. Look at the dimensional quality in the drawing.Frank handled most of her...
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Centaur Family
…is the title of this stunning drawing by Heinrich Kley.Here again he succeeds in making an impossible fantasy situation look believable.The man was obsessed with anatomical accuracy (as was TS...
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Trigger Happy
Ken Anderson drew these story sketches for a scene which appears toward the end of the film Robin Hood. The Sheriff of Nottingham has just made himself comfortable as he guards the town jail, when his...
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Happy Holidays
I want to take a moment and wish everybody Happy Holidays and a great 2014.It's been an interesting year for me. With the help of good friends the story for my film "Mushka" came together beautifully....
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Goofy Pencil Tests
The Goofy short "How to hook up your Home Theatre" was released in December of 2007. If you missed it you can watch it right here at Disney.com (not sure if the aspect ratio is correct, it looks a...
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TS Sullivant 9
Another round of Sullivant eye candy! A while back there was supposed to be a book published with his work.Unfortunately that never happened, so I hope that these occasional posts will help satisfy the...
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Classic Animation Roughs
To close out the year I picked animation roughs from Walt Disney's animators, one drawing per artist. The Mickey drawing above is by Les Clark.It's interesting to compare the different styles and...
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Milt Kahl's First Shere Khan Scene
This scene is at the beginning of a brilliant sequence from The Jungle Book when Shere Khan interrogates Kaa, the python. Milt animated both characters throughout. The moment when the tiger comes...
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Miscellaneous Lilo Stuff
Before starting on production animation with Lilo, I did this little test scene. Chris Sanders' design of her was unique in that her proportions resemble those of a baby's body. I wanted to find out...
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Tinker Bell drawn by Milt Kahl
We all know that Tinker Bell is primarily the creation of Marc Davis. But several other artists explored her character's design as well, including story men like J.P.Miller and Joe Rinaldi.Milt Kahl...
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Iwao Takamoto
Iwao Takamoto was an outstanding draughtsman and designer, who worked in the animation industry for decades. This photo shows him in 1945, when he just got hired by Disney Studios.He eventually became...
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Paul Jouve's Jungle Book
Paul Jouve illustrated several publications based on Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book stories. The images shown here are from Le Second Livre de la Jungle, 1919, and they were reproduced surprisingly...
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