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What's Marc drawing...?
Marc is flipping one of his scenes with the flamboyant Cruella De Vil. It is scene 66 from sequence 2, which features Cruella's introduction. Here she is talking to Anita:"Poor Roger is your bold and...
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Jungle Monkeys
A number of animators drew scenes with King Louie's monkey gang for The Jungle Book.Those crowd shots are a lot of work, since each monkey's movements need to work as a single character as well as...
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"But you were singing to someone..."
Shere Khan intimidates Kaa, the python, in this scene, after the snake just stated: "I was just curling up for my siesta."Before reaching out for Kaa's neck, animator Milt Kahl has the tiger scratch...
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Images of Mickey
The ever changing appearance of Mickey Mouse over the decades makes for some fascinating study.Some people might wonder why his look changed at all, wouldn't this confuse audiences?The thing is that...
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Eyvind Earle
This incredible hi/res photo surfaced online recently. Walt Disney is dropping by Eyvind Earle's office, it looks like a late afternoon meeting sometime during the late 1950s. Walt loosened his tie,...
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Skiing Crocodile
Only Heinrich Kley could add such convincing life to this fantasy situation. A Croc skies downhill while a couple of Monkeys are looking on. As so often Kley challenges himself by portraying a...
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Ollie's Farewell Animation
The 1981 film The Fox & the Hound turned out to be the last animated movie Ollie Johnston worked on. After decades of superb character animation Ollie's work still had that magic touch. But as he...
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Shere Khan Dialogue
Another post showing rough animation drawings by Milt Kahl for a Shere Khan scene.This is Seq. 8.1, Sc. 102.The tiger is interacting with Kaa, who has just said: "Shere Khan - what a surprise!"The...
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Wilhelm M. Busch, The Little Hero 1977
More beautiful book illustrations by Busch for Dostojewskij's novel, titled The Little Hero.In the past I have posted samples of his work that show a linear, graphic quality. The following images are...
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A Little Man with an Egg Head
That's what Ward Kimball once called his early creation of Jiminy Cricket from the film Pinocchio.He also said that the only reason we know he is a cricket is because we call him that. No resemblance...
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The Amazing Story of Walt Disney
This (Part 1) article was published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1953. It gives you an idea how far Disney had come until then, and how he was perceived by the media at that time.When I look at...
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Snoops and Penny
This scene from The Rescuers appears toward the end of the film. Snoops pulls Penny up a rocky terrain toward an opening which is the passage way into a dangerous cave below. Snoops has no patience, he...
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It's Tough to Be a Bird
Ward Kimball accepted the Academy Award for best short film in 1970 as the director on behalf of Walt Disney Productions.The main character is a wise-cracking bird voiced by Richard Bakalyan with a New...
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Lounsbery Wolves
Disney all-round artist Ken Anderson drew concept designs for all characters in the film Robin Hood.I have posted quite a few of them in the past. Usually Milt Kahl would then take over and polish...
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Who should Voice Shere Khan?
Director Woolie Reitherman was looking for actors who might voice the villain in Disney's JungleBook. This document comes from Woolie's archive, and it gives us an idea about how many candidates were...
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More Shere Khan...
Even Milt Kahl erases his lines once in a while, as is evident in this small staging sketch. The upper fielding dimensions are 5 x 3". Shere Khan is leaving Kaa behind, he is done interrogating the...
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Book Signing at Barnes & Noble @ The Grove
If you live in the Los Angeles area, come by the The Grove and see me at the fabulous Barnes & Noble next Thursday, July 28. I will give an informal talk on Disney's Nine Old Men, followed by a Q...
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Madame Mim as a Cat and as a Tiger
During the Wizard's Duel in the film The Sword in the Stone Madame Mim and her opponent Merlin change themselves into different animals in an effort to crush the other one. Story artist Bill Peet came...
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Mim as a Crocodile
These are some of the best Milt Kahl drawings you will ever see. Character designs of Madame Mim as a crocodile. Milt did a thorough exploration of this creature, even though the croc is on the screen...
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The Sword in the Stone 1963
Why not one more post on Disney's The Sword in the Stone ? A film disliked by some, but loved by many. By the time I enrolled into art school way back, I had seen all of Disney's classic animated films...
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