Thursday, August 15, 2024

Henn/Deja Sequences

Congratulations to Mark Henn for receiving the Disney Legend Award!

I worked with Mark on the same sequences from time to time. Here are a few of my favorites.


King Triton argues with his daughter Ariel.  I said this before, I was practically animating my own father when he gave my teenage sister Christa a hard time for returning back home late after an evening out. James Baxter also drew a few scenes here toward the end.




Jasmine confronts Jafar to find out what is going to happen with Aladdin. By this time Mark had relocated to the Disney/Orlando studio while I was working on Jafar in Burbak. It might sound strange but we never felt the need to discuss things over the phone. Everything was laid out so clearly in the story sketches, it was obvious who would do his animation first and who would follow. 




Scar sets up Simba on a rock just before the wildebeest stampede. With such great voices to work with, it was almost easy to come up with interesting performances. Again, Mark animating Simba in Orlando, I animated Scar in Burbank.