The rough sketch above is from one of my favorite Milt Kahl scenes. This is Seq. 13, Sc. 53.4, and the Disney draft says:
King Hubert gets angry - he is about to smash his crown. Prince Phillip grabs the crown and tries to calm his father.
Hubert: "No, no...you can't do this to me!...Give up the throne...the kingdom...for some... some nobody! By Harry, I won't have it! You're a prince and you're going to marry a princess!"
Phillip: "Now father, you're living in the past! This is the fourteenth century! Nowadays...
Hubert: "Nowadays I'm still the king and I command you to come to your senses..."
The scene is a little over 30 feet long. Hubert's anger outburst is beautifully animated, great poses, great timing. Phillip grabs the crown out of his father's hand just in time. I highly recommend studying the scene frame by frame.
The following three drawings by Milt were done for John Lounsbery scenes to make sure the character stays on model. Milt animated the first half of the kings' drinking sequence, Lounsbery drew the second half.
Milt didn't animate any scenes involving the three fairies, but he did sketch this hat treatment for Merryweather and gave it to Frank Thomas.
This is a rough in-between for an early scene that was cut from the movie. At that time Milt drew the Prince with a sharp nose tip.
Design ideas for Fauna. The sagging cheeks were later eliminated for a simpler facial appearance. Beautiful arrangement of shapes, but I do prefer Frank and Ollie's version of the character.
Thank you for posting this i like his drawings, will you post more images of Milt Kahl artworks and thanks Andreas.
ReplyDeleteOh my God! I love the last sheet , what amazing drawings! I had never seen these Milt's version, thanks so much for sharing it.
ReplyDeleteI rather like Fauna with the sagging cheeks, though she's charming either way. I think it's because even when I was little and saw Sleeping Beauty for the first time, I always found something "off" about the three fairies. I knew they were supposed to be "old", but their faces didn't look old to me. They were only "old" because I'd been told they were.
ReplyDeleteThat last one of Philip is a "rough inbetween"??? Wow. The level of control in those lines is intimidating. What I most admire about that image is the boot: Kahl made it clear which part of the boot is solid and stiff (the part that encases the foot) and which part is loose and soft (the sleeve that hugs the leg). And he does it with so few lines!
Nicely observed!
DeleteI like Milt Kahl drew Prince Philippe even he's going in action with his sword and shield to escape in Maleficent dungeon with the fairy's, and how the live action and the animation work to bring it to life on screen in the 1950s beacuse i will like to know about the live action and how many hours or months it takes to filming the actors like Hhelene Stanley and Eleanor Audley?
DeleteThe way I'd interpret the fairies not looking "old" (i.e. not a lot of wrinkles on their faces) is that they are Fairies , although most of the time they act like typical "little old ladies" (especially when they are trying to live as "normal" folk, raising Briar Rose without magic , so as not to attract attention) , but they aren't necessarily old the way their human equivalents would be. I see them as middle-aged, not necessarily old .
DeleteThat 'rough' inbetween is cleaner than most of my cleanups! Is that drawing by Milt too? Wonder why he'd inbetween that himself
ReplyDeleteNo, that's a clean up assistant drawing. Everybody drew very clean on Sleeping Beauty because of the particular graphic style.
DeleteThanks for answering, Andreas. I thought they'd be rougher due to the increased difficulty
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