Jungle Book Tribute
Daniel Ernesto created this beautiful tribute to The Jungle Book. Just when you think you are looking at a film still...things happen. Daniel is an effects animator, and he did a lot of stunning work...
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Creeper
I remember drawing these character designs of Creeper from The Black Cauldron, gosh...so many years ago. We came up with a large variety of looks for this little devilish creature. Nothing got approved...
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The Spinnaker
Milt Kahl is flipping through pages of Bob Thomas' 1958 book "The Art of Animation". The pic was taken sometime during the early eighties on one of my pilgrimages to San Francisco to see Milt. I had...
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Roughs from Bedknobs & Broomsticks
I couldn't resist to do a post on the soccer game from Bedknobs and Broomsticks, 1971. As I am totally enjoying many of the current World cup Games. All these unpredictable scores so far...I believe...
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Hibernating
At the beginning of the 2013 documentary "Growing up With Nine Old Men" film maker Ted Thomas pulls this sketch out of a cabinet. He doesn't give an explanation for the image or who the artist might...
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French Magazine
If you live in France you can pick up this magazine, which celebrates the "Renaissance" of Disney Animation. My friend Matthieu Saghezchi interviewed me for this edition, he also created three stunning...
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Skywalker
What can I tell you? We just spent the most amazing week at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. This was all about final sound for MUSHKA. And boy...what an experience. These artists take your film to an...
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Merry Christmas
The exhibition "Walt Disney's The Jungle Book, Making a Masterpiece" is still open at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco until January 8. Treat yourself!The exhibit's catalogue/book is...
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Patrick Mate
Patrick Mate is an extraordinary artist, who works in the animation industry. He has worked for a variety of studios and is mostly known for his outstanding skills as a storyboard artist and character...
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Buzzie
In this Milt Kahl scene Buzzie is starting to loose his patience with the other vultures while discussing plans for what to do next. "Oh blimey, the same notes again!" Milt Kahl's challenge here was to...
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Lounsbery's Robin Hood
These rough animation drawings of Robin Hood show how John Lounsbery handled the character early on in production. To me he looks more like a comic sidekick than the hero type Milt Kahl turned him into...
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Early Pongo
These rough animation drawings show the early design of Pongo with a larger muzzle. See previous post on this topic here:https://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2012/01/pongo-muzzle-issue.htmlOllie Johnston...
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Sword in the Stone Publicity
These are four "mini stand up posters" that were displayed in windows of movie theaters when The Swordin the Stone premiered in 1963. Beautiful compositions for this unusual format, as well as terrific...
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Scar lives on...
Who knew? You never know what you come across when browsing the internet. I had no idea about this.https://bleedingcool.com/comics/the-lion-kings-scar-gets-his-own-disney-villains-comic-from-dynamite/
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Sketches of Wart
I think I said this before, but Eric Larson found Wart very difficult to draw. "Boy...that kid was so skinny", I remember him saying. But then again any character design by Milt Kahl was hard to follow...
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"Nani....Look!"
Ever since I saw this little scene in story sketches, I was hoping to animate it when the time came. It was so unexpected (or was it?) that after Lilo placed Stich's claw on the vinyl record, she...
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Wilhelm M. Busch, Circus ABC
The last batch of beautiful drawings, illustrating a circus alphabet.
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Vintage Jungle Book Merchandise
Photo - The Walt Disney Family MuseumIt was so much fun putting together a collection of vintage merchandise for the exhibition "Walt Disney's The Jungle Book, Making a Masterpiece". In the end we had...
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Pinocchio Ruffs
These are not properly scanned images, but I had them as photo files for a while. Remarkable rough animation drawings from a film many still consider to be the best animated Disney film ever.First up...
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