I still remember those wonderful pastel color sketches Mel Shaw produced for the film. An enormous amount of gorgeous storytelling illustrations. Come to think of it, they would make a terrific art book.
The story sketches shown here are by Dave Jonas, who also came up with the drawings over the movie's end credits. (Earlier Dave had done the same for the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.)
The maquettes are by Ruben Procopio. The background art is by Dave Coleman.
I have said this before, our inexperience as young film makers really shows in the film. Many of us were straight out of art school with little experience in animation. But...I keep meeting young people who are very fond of The Black Cauldron.
My design marker drawings on the Horned King model sheet. I still prefer my cool color concept over the red tones used for the final version of the character.
I drew these character poses for a limited edition cel set up.
Mike Ploog created a to of visuel development art.
Character poses by me for this Taran and Eilonwy model sheet. Followed by a cel from one of my scenes.
