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Mickey Mouse
I am posting this lovely tweet from the Walt Disney Family Museum.You can find more infos about the exhibition here:https://www.waltdisney.org/press-room/mickey-mouse-walt-world
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A King Louie Cel
Somebody asked me a while ago:"What's up with Milt Kahl's drawing style? He only uses straight lines in his animation."That of course isn't true. Milt used straight as well as curved lines when...
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Pinocchio Layout
I am not really sure what to call this astounding piece of artwork from Pinocchio.It looks like a layout for a camera move from the opening sequence. But it is in color.Layouts were drawn usually in...
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Kimball Cars
An absolutely stunning exercise by Ward Kimball in animated motion range for a vintage cartoon car.This was published in the magazine Asinine Alley, also known as the Horseless Carriage Gazette.I...
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Wouldn't You Know?
I have often wondered if there are any Disney feature film characters that didn't get the final Milt Kahl polish, when it came to finalizing the designs.I have never seen any Cruella De Vil sketches by...
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Dwarfs Revisited
An interesting piece is currently being offered at auction. Fred Moore drew these four dwarfs ( Sleepy, Dopey, Grumpy and Bashful) probably sometime during the late 40s or early 50s.You can see how...
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For Alan
Here again are some interesting pieces up for auction.Apparently a young Disney fan named Alan celebrated his 10th birthday in 1979. How he was able to get so many Disney artists (some of them had...
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Richard Williams
Just like all of you I was saddened to hear about the passing of Dick Williams.This is how I remember him most, working on Who Framed Roger Rabbit. We had met before this, in LA at Academy events and...
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Jeremy Irons and the New Lion King
This made my day! You have to check this out:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1411068125814604/permalink/2371715359749871/Here is Jeremy's interview with Larry King from...
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Mickey Mouse at 20
In 1948 members of the National Cartoonists' Society congratulated Walt Disney on the occasion of Mickey's 20th birthday. Quite the line up of who is who in American comic strips.Which reminds me to...
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The Princess and the Frog at the Academy
Great night at the Academy last Thursday. A 10th anniversary screening of the film and a panel.So nice to see everybody again. I was asked: "Does it feel like 10 years ago to you?"Heck yes! So much has...
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The Mystery Video Tape
This item is currently being offered on Ebay.The year is 1994, and Disney Art Editions invited Marc and me to have a conversation about our careers and animation in general. The video would be...
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A Father Daughter Story
I remember animating this sequence from The Little Mermaid. King Triton is having a serious conversation with his daughter, who has disobeyed the rules by going up to the ocean's surface. His tone of...
View ArticleThe Genius of Milt Kahl
Another example of the immense creativity of Milt Kahl during the production of Lady and the Tramp. Milt was able to animate just about any situation with a four legged animal at this point.He knew a...
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Can't Get Enough of Kley
I really can't.Each new Kley piece I discover online or at auction takes my breath away. Maybe it's our common German background.This drawing was titled by Kley "The Patient". Not sure of the date.What...
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WDFM Mickey Mouse Book
Get this book!The catalogue/book that covers the Walt Disney's Family Museum's current exhibition is gorgeous.My co-curator Micheal Labrie and I had the greatest time compiling this unique selection of...
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Cinderella Photostats
A small selection of photostats from Cinderella. Filming all that live action to help the animators maintain realism in their work resulted in a very short animation schedule. I remember Frank Thomas...
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Appeal, Flair & Magnetism
For some reason I have a difficult time finding those attributes in recent as well as upcoming animated feature releases.Look at how Donald Duck's world was presented in this 1944 ad. So incredibly...
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Flying Horses
I have always loved the design and animation of the Pegasus pair in Fantasia.Beautiful simplified anatomy combined with an elegant art deco style. And did they ever work out perspective challenges of...
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Mickey Mouse, 90 Years
This is a reject for a proposed illustration to help promote Mickey's 90th anniversary.Theme park Mickey and Steamboat Willie take a selfie together.
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