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Ken Anderson's Doodles for The Rescuers
Ken Anderson did a ton of loose character design sketches and background studies for The Rescuers. He was not concerned with the final look of the film, instead he presented valuable ideas which layout...
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Wart
Milt Kahl is showing off a pencil test on his moviola. (A moviola was a specifically designed contraption for the purpose of running pencil tests on a loop. You could also view a whole reel of film on...
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Disney Trains
Most of you know that Walt Disney was a train enthusiast. Trains show up in some of his feature length as well as short films. Often a train would become a personality like Casey Jones Jr., or they...
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Prince Phillip
I know I posted about this character before, but there are many fascinating aspect to his development for the film Sleeping Beauty. As I mentioned before animator Milt Kahl didn't like the assignment...
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The Genius of Frank Thomas
Frank examines storyboard sketches of a sequence from Robin Hood. He would later animate those very scenes. Not very thrilled with the way the film's story was coming together, Frank still did the best...
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Hug, Animal Drawings from the Zoo
That's the title of a limited edition portfolio by Swiss animal artist Fritz Hug. The publishing date is unknown. Hug visited the zoo in Zurich so many times that he knew a lot of the animals by name....
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Happy Halloween!
That's my friend Pierre Landy in the photo, dressed as the Mad Hatter.About three years ago, when I had some time on my hands, I brainstormed with Pierre the idea of animating the invitation for his...
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Duchess
Actress Eva Gabor poses with an enlarged Ken Anderson sketch of Duchess, the female lead in the film The Aristocats. Gabor voiced Duchess with her distinct Hungarian accent. She would later return to...
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Disney Vis Dev
The visual development artists that worked at Disney Studios over the years pioneered all kinds of different styles for characters as well as for environments. Sometimes their artistic vision made it...
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Disney Vis Dev II
Part 2 of classic Disney Vis Dev art begins with The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and ends with The Rescuers. The films that followed were drawn by a new generation of animators, classic Disney ends right...
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One of my Days
In 1978 Wilhelm M. Busch published a small edition with a collection of drawings, depicting moments from one day of his life. Busch gets up in the morning, takes the bus to the Hamburg art school,...
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The Colonel
Storyman Bill Peet drew these sketches of The Colonel, an Old English sheepdog, from the 1961 movie 101 Dalmatians.Most of the animation for this character was done by John Lounsbery, who must have...
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Disney Leading Ladies
Here is a little background information on a few actresses who acted out scenes for the animators.Though this article was published many years ago, it is fun to see faces next to the drawings....
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Penguins
After having seen the fabulous film "Saving Mr. Banks" I feel inclined to do a post on Mary Poppins' penguins. They were animated by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, Ollie did most of the introductory...
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Missed Opportunity
This is one of those things, when a friend asks you to do some character design work. The funding for an animate feature would just be around the corner, blah, blah , blah.I actually thought the script...
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If Fred Moore had his way...
…Snow White might have looked like this. In his beautiful sketch the princess looks very young, and her appearance matches the design of the dwarfs very well. But Walt Disney felt that in order for her...
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Diane Disney Miller 1933-2013
Most of you have heard or read by now of the sudden passing of Walt Disney's daughter Diane.My heart goes out to her husband Ron, her children, but also to the wonderful staff at the Walt Disney Family...
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Diane's Dad
In September of 1964 Walt Disney made a stop over on his way home from Washington in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was visiting his friend Donald S. Gilmore, who had invited a few guests.You can read about...
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101 Dalmatians, Sequence 2, Scene 54
Ollie Johnston animated this scene with Pongo as he growls and backs away from the approaching Cruella De Vil. The following rough drawings explore a pattern of how to get into that final pose, which,...
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Milt Kahl Fan Art
This is a sketch Milt Kahl did for a fan named Jane, a while after he had left Disney.I remember Milt talking about a lady he was corresponding with, who thought that the sun rises and sets with his...
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