Well, sort of.
Baloo in particular partied a little too hard with King Louie and the monkeys.
Ken Anderson came up with this beautiful sketch, which shows where Bagheera, Baloo and Mowgli are settling down after the rough encounter with the King of the Swingers.
That sketch was the inspiration for the stunning production background.
Ken also imagined what an "after party face" might look like on Baloo.
Milt Kahl then did his version based on Ken's, exaggerating the black eye and the swollen cheek.
Bagheera is being told, he doesn't look like a basket of fruit either.
And here, one of my favorite Kahl drawings!!
He did this one and the other sketches for Ollie Johnston, who ended up animating the whole sequence.
Bagheera is pointing out that Mowgli doesn't belong in the jungle, he is a human after all.
This is Baloo's response to Bagheera's line: "You wouldn't marry a panther, would you?"
What a hilarious reaction !!! It is the essence of "I don't know!" Baloo goes on: "No panther ever asked me." Amazing economy of lines. The drawing should hang in a museum.
This is a great bit of character dialogue, and I find this sketch absolutely hysterical. Milt's Baloo looks more stylized than Ollie's, nevertheless this pose made it intact into Ollie's final animation.
Blasphemy though it may be, If that's Milts best extreme, this is a case where Milt lost Ken's attitude ( model be damned...).
ReplyDeleteAs far as the first drawing goes, yes.
DeleteBut he more than redeemed himself with the last one.
I agree. The last drawing is great.
DeleteI miss the lump in the final version....
ReplyDeletequick question..Any chance we could see some drawings from Kaa's bent up snake slither?..
DeleteI'll see what I can find.
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ReplyDeleteAnother example of teamwork among the Nine Old Men.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right, Andreas. That one Milt drew of Baloo shrugging just defies description. Amazing!
Is the Jungle Book still your favourite?
ReplyDeleteIt's in my top three.
DeleteHey Andreas, I was wondering if you can give me some advice. You see I am going for my degree in animation and I'll start at a college to get that degree in a few years. I know hand drawn animation is a dying art but I want to learn that skill of animation but I don't know where to start.
ReplyDeleteI suggest you learn hand drawn animation because you can apply that knowledge later to any other kind of animation. Get all books that teach traditional animation, take a class, if you can, and practice on your own. You learn it by doing it.
DeleteThank you for the advice Andreas. I'll keep that in mind. Can you recommend any animation books in particular?
DeleteThat background tree is BEAUTIFUL. Anyone know who did it?
ReplyDeleteEvery new post on this blog is instant happiness for me! :) Thank you!
ReplyDeleteOh Baloo... :D
ReplyDeleteThat IS a gorgeous tree BTW.