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Simply Great Drawings
This amazing stylized drawing of Aurora reminds me of the graphic quality found in church stain glass windows. This clean up image is small in its original size, but look at the precision of each...
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Sullivant 12
It's been a while since I posted any T.S. Sullivant material. So here are a few more high res scans right off original pages from Time and Judge Magazine, dating back from 1904 (image above) to 1925....
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"See You All on Monday..."
John Lounsbery animated the "Friday Mickey segments" for The Mickey Mouse Club. He has a terrific handle on the character, who wears a very involved Cowboy outfit with lots of detail.You can tell that...
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Anita
I am lucky enough to count both of these artists as a friend. Frank Thomas and Lisa Davis, who voiced Anita in the Disney classic film 101 Dalmatians, interact with a couple of Dalmatian puppies at the...
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Menagerie Exhibit
In 2010 an exhibition about animal art opened at the Forest Lawn Museum in LA. I was a part of an eclectic group of artists who were asked to contribute to the show. Any medium was represented,...
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The One and Only...
I see the essence of Walt Disney animation in this cel. (And yes, I am the proud owner of this iconic piece of art). Pinocchio just before he comes to life. There is such a beautiful feeling of...
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Pose to Pose or Straight Ahead...
is one of the topics I will discuss at my next online lecture with Virtual Animators this coming Saturday, June 27. Both approaches have benefits but also shortcomings.The other issue I want to talk...
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Vintage Sullivant
This Sullivant illustration dates back to 1898. It is one of his earlier pieces, even though he was already in his mid 40s. Sullivant was somewhat of a late bloomer when it comes to finding a personal...
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When Live Action Reference doesn't help...
As I mentioned before, I like a lot of things in the film The Aristocats. But the sequence in which lawyer George Hautecourt takes the stairs with the help of Edgar, the butler, always baffled me. This...
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Crocodile
More of John Lounsbery's work, this time undisputedly brilliant.The crocodile in Peter Pan is for the most part a comedic villain, even it he ate one of Captain Hook's hands. Lounsbery animated the...
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Olivia de Havilland
Sometimes you just luck out!!A few years ago I had the tremendous pleasure to be on a flight from LA to Paris, sitting next to none other than the lovely Olivia de Havilland. She is the last surviver...
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Milt's Design Doodles for the Beaver
I have had numerous posts on the film Lady and the Tramp, featuring one of its funniest characters, the Beaver. Here is one more, since I just came across some beautiful design sketches by Milt...
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Restaged
Disney Studios soundstage, late 1950s. Sleeping Beauty Live action reference is being filmed for the animators. A moment from the film's final sequence, the Happy Ending. I like the way the situation...
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Disney and Dali
The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco just opened a stunning exhibition about two of the greatest artists of the last century, Disney and Dali. You would think that their work couldn't differ...
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Busch, The Brothers Zemganno
I don't know when exactly this book was published, a date wasn't included in it.My guess would be mid 1960s. It doesn't matter, the illustrations depicting scenes from the circus world are stunning....
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Tease
My upcoming book with Focal Press "The Nine Old Men: Lessons, Technique and Inspiration from Disney's Great Animators" will include a lot of never before seen animation art, including all key drawings...
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Titanic with a Twist
© Andreas DejaA watercolor sketch from a few years ago. Wouldn't it me fun to reenact classic Hollywood scenes in pencil animation?
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Milt Kahl's Wendy
An early pre-animation, charming model sheet.Milt wasn't happy at all when Walt Disney asked him to take on the animation for Peter Pan and Wendy. He had high hopes for getting assigned to Captain...
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Nana
Nana, who acts like a nanny to the Darling children, is a minor, but terrific character nevertheless in the film Peter Pan. She is handled in a somewhat cartoony, but still believable way by animator...
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Mickey Magic
The Sorcerer Apprentice from Disney's grand experimental film Fantasia remains one of my all time pieces of film making. The idea of having a cartoon character commanding the forces of the universe...
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