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Peter Pan Key Drawings
Nice publicity photo of Walt Disney and young actor Bobby Driscoll on the stage set, where live action footage was filmed to aid the animators in their work. Milt Kahl was the supervising animator for...
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From Thumper to Shere Khan
Milt Kahl is showing off model sheets of Bagheera from TheJungle Book to colleague Eric Larson, who seems somewhat less excited than Milt. During the 1960s practically all Disney model sheets were...
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Alice and the Caterpillar
When Alice meets the eccentric Caterpillar she realizes that she is not in London anymore.Like most scenes from the film, this encounter was filmed in live action as an aid to the animators.Kathryn...
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Pongo
Australian actor Rod Taylor died a few days ago in Los Angeles. I have always enjoyed his roles in films like The Time Machine and The Birds. For Disney he provided the voice of Pongo in the iconic 101...
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Disney Mix
Running a bit short on time these days, trying to finish the animatic (story reel) for my film Mushka. Almost there !Here are a variety of images from different stages of Disney Productions.The design...
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Fox Hunt and Horse Race
The huntsman blows his horn, and the pursuit begins for that scrawny, little fox in Disney's 1964 film Mary Poppins. Milt Kahl animated key scenes for the fox hunt, he also came up with the final...
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Marc Davis Sketch
I need to ask Alice Davis about the title and date of this beautiful color sketch. An amazing graphic composition emphasizing straight against curved lines. Look at the fluid movement of the python...
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Mim as a Dragon
The animators who worked on The Sword in the Stone all agreed that The Wizard's Duel was a highlight of the film. This is pure character animation material, two sorcerers turning themselves into a...
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Disney Ladies
Disney female characters are among the most difficult to animate, depending on the degree of realism in their portrayal. Look at this clean up drawing of Cinderella, which was drawn right over Marc...
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Who All Created Shere Khan?
We all know that the villainous tiger in Disney's The Jungle Book is a Milt Kahl character, but you'd be surprised to find out how many artists had a hand in creating this iconic bad cat.Milt himself...
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Wilhelm Kuhnert
German animal artist Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865 - 1926) is somebody who's work seems to get better the more you study him. At first glance his drawings and paintings communicate the kind of bland realism...
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Disney Book Illustrations
As a kid I was always searching for new Disney books which told stories using original stills from the movie. Looking at those film stills it felt like the movie stopped, and I had the chance to study...
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Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson
Way back my art school (Folkwang Schule, Essen, Germany) didn't offer any animation classes. As a student I decided to give myself various assignments in order to explore my potential as a future...
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The Huntsman
Albert Hurter drew these charming sketches showing the Hunter after he couldn't bring himself to kill Snow White. He begs her to run far away and hide.That makes him a good guy, who disobeys the Evil...
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Stuff I Drew in Art School
Here is another post with old student samples, ranging back from 1976 to 1979.That's my landlord's son Rene in the drawing. He would stop by my rented room once in a while with friends. They sometimes...
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My Dad, Walt Disney
Bits and pieces of this 1956 series of articles from the Saturday Evening Post have surfaced online, but since I have scans of all of them, I thought you might enjoy the whole lot (posted in...
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Walt Disney and Benny Goodman
One of the best postwar Disney shorts in my opinion is All The Cats Join In from the 1946 feature Make Mine Music. It is only four minutes long, but highly enjoyable because of Goodman's energetic...
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Eric Larson on Lady & Tramp
Eric Larson is flipping a scene with his character Peg for singer/songwriter Peggy Lee, who provided the voice for this sultry canine.Eric usually downplayed his capabilities as a draughtsman when...
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Ken O'Brien
...is pictured second from the left in this group photo from 1965 showing Disney's top artists at WED (Imagineering). The more I find out about O'Brien's work the more I tip my hat to this artist. He...
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Joe
I LOVE this drawing!The way the pose is balanced, the feeling for fabric like the stiff apron and the soft chef's hat.Guess what? This drawing does not appear in the movie Lady & Tramp. Animator...
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