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Milt & Roger Miller
Great behind the scenes photo of Milt Kahl and Roger Miller, the voice of Allan-a-Dale, the rooster from Disney's 1973 film Robin Hood. As far as character designs, this is one of my favorites. This...
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Why isn't he finished yet...
...because our team is relatively small, and it takes time to maintain quality. We were thinking earlier this year, if everybody gives it an extra push, perhaps we could could finish the project by...
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One of Milt Kahl's last Drawings
Just a few days ago I found out that this little gem of a drawing was offered at Heritage's Comic Strip auction, which took place in January. It was sold for just about nothing (or an "apple and and an...
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Mike Peraza
My multi-talented friend Mike Peraza created this beautiful poster design. I just love it. Check out Mike's blog:http://michaelperaza.blogspot.com
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Kahl Witches
Heritage Auctions recently sold these design sketches by Milt Kahl from the movie The Black Cauldron. I believe that in the original books by Lloyd Alexander the three witches keep exchanging their...
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Kley's Artistic Evolution
Here are three Heinrich Kley magazine illustrations that show how his art evolved over the years.The first one is titled "Summer Solstice in Heidelberg". I would date this piece sometime during the...
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Frank & Ollie
I just found this photo of Frank and Ollie online, and it brought back some memories.It looks like they both are promoting the release of Snow White on home video.Frank is wearing a Bambi sweater,...
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Magic Mickey
A beautiful rough drawing by Fred Moore from Fantasia's Sorcerer's Apprentice, just recently offered by Heritage Auctions. Moore was animation supervisor on this short film, I don't think he animated...
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Ken's Shere Khan
There are MANY posts on this blog regarding Shere Khan from The Jungle Book, and there is a reason for it. I believe that this character represents a late breakthrough in Disney character animation....
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Woolie's Student Life Drawings
I am always thrilled to do a post on Woolie Reitherman, because there isn't a whole lot of his art available, at auctions or elsewhere. Years before he animated Timothy, the mouse in Disney's Dumbo,...
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Jungle Book / Weekly Animation Productivity
This is a true "behind the scenes" document, detailing the animators' animation output during the last week of 1966. Walt had died just two weeks prior to year's end. So the mood in the animation...
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More Bernard & Bianca Sketches
These photocopies of Milt Kahl's character designs for the mice leads in The Rescuers are currently offered byHeritage Auctions. Milt is exploring various outfits, but he is mainly trying to come up...
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Busch Magazine Covers
For this post I am borrowing illustrations by Wilhelm M. Busch from Hans Bacher's blog:https://one1more2time3.wordpress.comI think they are magnificent. Sternchen (Little Star) was for a while a...
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Johnny Appleseed II
As many of you know, Mary Blair created many works regarding color and background styling for a great variety of Disney films. Seldom did her personal vision make it to the screen though. Background...
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9 Old Men Exhibit
Just a reminder of this phenomenal exhibition at the Walt Disney Family Museum. It will run until early January. Beautiful, inspiring and occasionally shocking (to realize just how good these guys...
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Roger Radcliff
In the previous scene Anita gently ridicules Roger's musical talent. "What clever lyrics!"Roger: "Melody first my dear, and (then the lyrics)."Milt Kahl is in full command of the human figure here....
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Mickey Mouse Development
Two images from different eras in the development of Mickey Mouse.The first one is from Steamboat Willie, 1928. A gorgeous animation drawing by Ub Iwerks, who animated the whole short. There are still...
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Bambi at 76
Bambi was widely released in US theaters on August 21, 1942. The film lost money in its first outing, partially because foreign markets were cut off due to WW II.The critics weren't helping either, as...
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A Hug Squirrel
Several artists are having an influence on me while animating on MUSHKA. Swiss animal specialist Fritz Hug is one of them. I love this sketchy squirrel illustration. I find his observation intense, how...
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Roger Rabbit at the El Capitan
Another Who Feared Roger Rabbit panel plus screening will take at the El Capitan theater in Hollywood on Thursday, August 30. I will be on that panel along with my partner in crime Nik Ranieri. The...
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