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King Louie & Flunkey
Ken Anderson came up with sketches that defined the relationship with King Louie and the little langur monkey in The Jungle Book.Louie is annoyed by Flunkey who imitates his own jazzy vocalization. The...
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Drawing Sculptures
I drew from these sculptures more than twenty years ago. The late renaissance and early baroque have always fascinated me because human figures in painting and sculpture had this amazing sense of...
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Kley @ kunkelfineart
It's always thrilling to find new art by German artist Heinrich Kley. I google Kley about once a month to find out if any new illustrations have surfaced. Some of the images here have been offered at...
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Click's Magazine 1941
Here's a 1941 magazine article that promotes the release of Fantasia. Always fun to read about the current mood and situation during Disney's golden age of animation.
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Eric
Eric Larson working -obviously- on 101 Dalmatians. I am not sure when this photo was taken. Perhaps during production or after the movie was finished. Everybody loved Eric. When interacting with...
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Sword in the Stone Vis Dev
Some beautiful visual development art by Vance Gerry and Ken Anderson. Â Ken Anderson art directed The Sword in the Stone, Vance got credit as a layout artist. But as you can see he did much more than...
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Embattled Drawings
This is a Frank Thomas scene from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow section, which is a part of the 1949 feature The Adventures ofIchabod and Mr. Toad. The animation is gorgeous. Here are just five drawings...
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Fred Moore's Mickey
 I found this image on the internet a while ago. Whoever the owner is...congratulations, this is a unique Fred Moore doodle sheet. Starting out with red pencil, Fred explores a variety of poses. Then,...
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Prince John Goes Berserk
A beautiful scene with Prince John, animated by Ollie Johnston. The character is very consistent throughout the film -drawing and personality wise- because Ollie handled just about every scene with...
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Just a Beautiful Drawing
...by Wilhelm M. Busch for a bookcover.An ordinary pose, drawn in an extraordinary fashion. This approach applies to animation as well.Often you get to do a scene in which the character does something...
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Martin Provensen
So I have a confession to make. These are early model sheets of the villain for the 1946 short film Peter and the Wolf. The artist is the incredible Martin Provensen. His sketches greatly inspired me...
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The 9 Old Men at the Walt Disney Family Museum
A once in a lifetime exhibition is being presented at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. NINE OLD MEN will be open to the public on May 17, it will run into January of next year. The...
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Roger Rabbit Poster
I drew this illustration of Roger Rabbit eons ago for some Disney travel department or Disney theme parks. I remember having fun with it.Black felt pen and Magic Markers. Very much influenced by what...
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More Early Black Cauldron
I found a few more of my early character concept art currently being offered at Heritage Auctions.They date all the way back to 1980/81. Drawn in an office on the second floor of the original Disney...
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Sullivant Original
I do own a few TS Sullivant originals, but not this one. It was offered by Heritage Auctions late last year.Just like every Milt Kahl drawing, each Sullivant illustration represents an adventure in...
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Ex Libris
A couple of book plate illustrations by Wilhelm M. Busch (who else?)Competent, honest draughtsmanship in its purest form. Can't stop admiring and being inspired by his beautiful work.
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Frogs
A great sketch of a frog by Swiss animal expert Fritz Hug. I love frogs. Their arms and legs always remind me of human anatomy. (Part of the reason I could never eat them.)Below are beautiful sketches...
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Happy Mothers' Day
This unconventional mother-son relationship represents one of Disney's most heartwarming short stories. This is a basically a Bill Peet story, even though Ralph Wright and Milt Banta also received...
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A Family Affair
The opening night for the Nine Old Men exhibition at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco was magical. Most of the Nine's families showed up, and to talk to them while visiting the various...
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Geppetto Head Studies
I should have put in a bid on these two sheets that were just up for auction. I was busy animating and forgot about S/R's animation art auction. Most of you know that Art Babbit animated the character...
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