More sketches I drew as a student at the Zoo Duisburg in Germany, around 1978. My art university did not offer any animal drawing classes, so I was on my own. But I really enjoyed sketching at the zoo. Of course you have to get used to comments from by-standing kids like: Are you an artist? Or: My uncle draws much better than you.
These are all Indian elephants, except for one sketch, which depicts an African one. You better spot it and let me know.....
As I am working on the Milt Kahl book, I started to select images of drawings that I feel are important to be included. There will be a large chapter on Milt's work for Sleeping Beauty. And I do have drawings that have not appeared yet on my blog or elsewhere online.
I am looking for Milt's rough animation of the scene pictured here. Hubert is frustrated upon finding out that his son doesn't want to marry the princess, but a girl he had just met in the forest.
This is a long scene, and Milt gives a masterful performance of Hubert's outrage.
Many rough drawings and scenes from this film have been made available over the past two decades or so, and I have been lucky to acquire a nice inventory. But I have not yet seen any offerings from this scene. Let me know if you are the owner of some of the key drawings. I would love to include them in the book.
I would need scans, and you'll get a free copy of the book.
I always get excited when I come across an animal artist (from the past or from the present) that I never knew anything about. Other artists' styles and points of view can really inspire and make you think about your own approach toward animals.
I am wondering if you have any favorites in the world of animal art. Let me know, it might be somebody I haven't discovered yet.
Here are three great artists whose work I found out about not so long ago.
Eugen Bracht
Here are just a few examples of production designs by the extraordinary Peter Moehle. Previoudly I had worked with Peter at Disney's Orlando Studio on Lilo and Stitch. On that film Peter created concept art as well as finished background paintings in watercolor.
For MUSHKA I wanted rough suggestions for several of the film's locations. He nailed the style immediately, and Background supervisor Natalie Franscioni-Karp used his ideas in her settings to great effect.
