Continuing the series, here is Frank reminiscing in 1993 about working for his boss.
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Mama Odie's Secret
I remember having a moment of animators' block during production of The Princess and the Frog.
In one scene during her song "Dig a little deeper" Mama Odie was searching through a chest, looking for appropriate "musical instruments" for some of the other characters present. As she begins to dig in, the layout artist suggested that she throws out a shoe and a gavel at first.
The thing is that I had time for Mama Odie to throw ONE more item. So what should that be? A book, a piece of clothing, a plant....boring! For the life of me I could not think of anything clever (even though audiences would not really have the time to register the third object). I was starring at my animation disc forever...and then...of course, she will throw an animation disc.
I did not tell anybody about my choice, not the directors, not checking, nobody. AND IT WENT THROUGH. No phone call...what is this?...we can't have her do this...Everybody within the Disney pipeline knew exactly what this item was. By coloring the disc blue meant that this was a vintage metal animation disc. (The ones we worked on were black plastic.)
Mama Odie had some serious voodoo powers, but... she was also a 2D animator.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Ward Kimball in his own Words
Here is Kimball in Storyboard magazine, talking about his boss Walt Disney.
A few of his terrific life drawings with clothed models. My guess is that they were done sometime during the 1950s.
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Wilhelm M. Busch, Ex Libris
Sunday, October 18, 2020
Ollie Johnston in his own Words
I am going to post a few comments by Walt Disney artists that were originally published in an issue of Storyboard Magazine from 1993. The topic is mostly about their relationship with Walt.
At the time these essays were submitted to the magazine by the artists, and as far as I know are unedited.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Lady & the Tramp Pencil Test Sequence
Here is the link: https://vimeo.com/466013616
Sunday, October 4, 2020
The Power of Vintage Disney
Saturday, September 12, 2020
More Robin Hood Designs by Milt Kahl
I have posted numerous Robin Hood visuals over the years. My favorite post remains this bizarre interview with Milt when he was promoting Robin Hood in Dallas:
https://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2012/11/milt-kahl-talks-robin-hood.html