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Tiger Mom Attack
© Andreas DejaA quick update on my film Mushka.I just finished animating the sequence when Sarah encounters the tiger cub for the first time.Obviously the cub's mother nearby isn't too happy about the...
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Lambert
I really like this charming Disney short from 1952. Bill Peet was the main story artist on Lambert, theSheepish Lion. Look at this beautiful nighttime scene above. Wether Pecos Bill, Peter Pan,...
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Lost in Translation
Story sketch artist James Bodrero came up with terrific designs for Fantasia's Pastoral sequence.Particularly the male centaurs with their robust anatomy fit right into the greek mythological settings....
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Why this Scene Looks so Amazing
The dog characters in Lady & the Tramp were drawn extremely carefully. The design style called for dimensional realism like the film Bambi, years earlier. This is one of the most iconic scenes in...
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Happy Birthday, Mary Costa!
Please, Â join me in wishing legendary opera star and voice of Sleeping Beauty, Mary Costa a Happy Birthday. Feel free to leave any congratulatory comments here, and I will get them to Mary's attention....
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Edgar Starr
Edgar Starr was one of Disney's background painters during the Golden Age of Animation. Among his credits are films like Pinocchio, Fantasia (see his develpoment piece above), Song of the South as well...
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More Bongo
More pages from the 1947 edition of Bongo, beautifully illustrated by background painter Edgar Starr, who poured his heart and soul into these paintings.
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The Moviola
This film viewing contraption, called the Moviola, was in use at Disney for many decades, all the way into the 1980s. In the photo you see Ollie Johnston examining a 35 mm filmstrip, most likely a...
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The Moviola II
These pice were taken by Hans Bacher after we had just moved out of Disney's original animation studio into a "temporary" facility in Glendale. John Lounsbery's Moviola moved with me into my new...
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Bambi Art & Artists
Some years ago I had the chance to ask a few key artists from the Bambi crew to sign my copy of Frank & Ollie's book. Quite the title page!The inscription on top of the page was written by Frank...
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Alice Art
Sometimes I think there isn't enough love for Alice in Wonderland. People question the film's narrative, and I get that, but I do like the fact that this movie is different. One zany sequence follows...
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Colonel Hathi
I had the chance to watch the new live action/cg version of The Jungle Book last night.Really liked it. Great script, and the jungle they created for the film is pretty spectacular. For the most part...
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Jungle Book Mix
More Jungle Book.As I said before, the film had so much going against it, it could have been a disaster. To quote Woolie Reitherman: "Walt checked out half way through the picture."Story genius Bill...
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Helene Stanley/ Cinderella
Actress Helene Stanley acted out all of Cinderella's scenes for the animators. Here she takes an imaginary shower at the beginning of the film.This requires the same acting talent as scenes that would...
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A Little Milestone
© Andreas DejaThis is one of the last animation drawings of Mushka as a cub. In the film he appears in three sequences, which are just about finished in animation. It's  been a blast but from now on...
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Wart & Kay
Sitting on a tree branch, Wart is watching Kay, who aims at a deer he just spotted. Suddenly the branch breaks off, and Wart falls straight down, taking Kay with him.The solidity in Milt Kahl's...
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Roger Rabbit Scenes III
After having finished a few scenes that involved combining animation drawings with live action photo stats, I was starting to feel relieved and a bit more comfortable tackling new assignments.As usual...
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Sarah Tumbling
Here are a few first pass rough animation key drawings from a scene in which Sarah looses her balance before falling to the ground. Adult Mushka has just leaped across the screen, right on front of...
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Ellie Mae & Luke
During development and production of The Rescuers the parts of swamp folk characters Ellie Mae and Luke were reduced to minor, supporting characters. Frank & Ollie write in The Illusion of Life:The...
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Get This Book!
...Ward Kimball says so. John Canemaker's beautiful book on the art and lives of Disney's Nine Old Men was first published in 2001. John chronicles the career of these artists thoroughly. There is...
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