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Shere Khan meets Kaa
An original cel set up from The Jungle Book. Iconic! Beautiful background art and Milt Kahl's cutting-edge animation.A German journalist told me years ago that part of the reason why he adores this...
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Vision Awards 2003
This was one of Frank and Ollie's last public appearances together. On June 28, 2003 they both reveived VISION AWARDS at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. This is an organization that fights...
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Let the Match Begin!
Another great Milt Kahl scene from the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.The King is getting rid of his royal coat as he announces the start of the soccer game.A couple of steps forward and a hop at the...
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Disney Villains Stamps
The United States Postal Service just came out with these Disney Villains postal stamps.Pretty cool to find among them a couple of characters I helped create. These images were inked and painted on...
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Stepmother's Bedroom
Probably my favorite sequence in Cinderella. Lady Tremaine is about to discipline her stepdaughter by demanding an overwhelming number of chores around the house.This camera angle is from behind the...
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Milt Kahl on Medusa's Cel Colors
After leaving Disney Studios and before moving up to San Francisco, Milt Kahl reminisced about his work on Madame Medusa during a lecture. Here are a few interesting points relating to the amazing...
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Disney 1949
UK PICTUREGOER Magazine published this article in December of 1949. Disney's latest feature film offering had been So Dear to my Heart. The writer was obviously dissatisfied with Disney having turned...
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Eric Larson's Cinderella
Another example of how an animator's rough drawing gets translated for the final screen version.All rough animation drawings were redrawn and cleaned up on a new sheet of paper (until the 1960s). That...
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Milt's Brom Bones
This is the official clean up model sheet for the character of Brom Bones. He appeared in the Legend of Sleepy Hollow section of the 1949 film The Adventure of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.Milt Kahl supervised...
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Mushka in Color
We are so ecstatic to move into final color on our film Mushka. In this scene above we find out that Sarah's and Mushka's sleeping quarters have gotten too small for a girl and a Siberian tiger. Mushka...
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From Story Sketch to Final Frame
It's always interesting to compare a story sketch to the way the final film frame turned out.If you take story man Bill Peet's work, you'll find out that layout and animation poses are extremely close...
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Sherry Sander
I love great animal sculptures.Especially when there is movement involved, or when the pose reveals the animal's character.Sherry Sander is an American sculptor who has high standards and emerges...
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Four Old Men & One Young Lady
On February 13, 1957 the Disneyland TV episode was titled:The Tricks of our Trade.Walt Disney explains various production techniques, and how his animators study real life to achieve convincing...
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Filming at the Walt Disney Family Museum
A couple of pics taking yesterday at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco, during the filming of "The Making of Mushka". My exhibit "Deja View" will run until October 9, and we thought it...
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T.S. Sullivant in Color
A gorgeous Sullivant illustration from around 1905. His black and white work was mostly published in Life magazine, some in Judge magazine. But occasionally a color Sullivant cartoon such as this one...
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Versions of Tigger
It's kind of funny to see early concepts of Tigger, before the final design was set.This is the cover of sheet music for the Sherman song "The Wonderful thing about Tiggers"You can see that Winnie the...
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From Bill Peet to Frank Thomas
Three terrific story sketches by Bill Peet of Pongo, as he is sent flying during a fight with the Baduns.Peet could have been a top animator as you can see in the action break down displayed here.Three...
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Richard Williams animates Frazetta
I remember visiting Richard Williams Animation studio in London for the first time in the late 1970s. It was also my first time in the UK, and my first time traveling by plane (from...
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Bambi Realism
Unless we study the real thing thoroughly, we cannot caricature or animate our characters convincingly.One of Walt Disney's insightful quotes that makes complete sense. Milt Kahl would add:"Our...
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"Boo"
This story sketch by Bill Peet inspired Milt Kahl, who aimed this scene featuring Madame Mim, as she temporarily turns herself into an "ugly" creature in front of Wart. Milt used practically everything...
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