RIP Donnie Dunagan

Bambi's voice actor died today. I am so lucky to have known Donnie Dunagan. He was an energetic, passionate and caring person. I will miss him along with his friends, voice actors Peter Behn (Thumper) and Stan Alexander (Flower).

WILDWOOD

Go to your local theatre and watch WILDWOOD. I can not recommend this film enough. Such an amazing story, and so beautifully crafted. Animation History!

Telephone Doodle

This sketch really is a telephone doodle from a few years ago. 

You are listening while your mind is wandering, and a new drawing style emerges. A reflecting fairy.

 

Gaston Rough

 

This is the first animation drawing I made of Gaston in Beauty and the Beast. Here he has a larger jaw and a moustache. This is from the opening sequence when we see Belle and Gaston interacting.

When I finished the scene it was cut into the story reel. J.Katzenberg liked the animation ok, but asked me to dial up the character's handsome looks.

So I did, and Jeffrey was right. Gaston needed to be good looking because the Beast isn't. Those two characters needed to have opposite qualities.

Mickey and James Levine

I only did a few scenes for Fantasia 2000. Eric Goldberg invited me to animate a section of Rhapsody in Blue, which was a joy to work on. And I consider this part of the feature film a masterpiece.

Don Hahn asked me if I might animate Mickey interacting with conductor James Levine. Of course I jumped at the chance.

Here is a character layout sketch followed by a rough animation drawing of Mickey, as he adjusts Levine's bow tie.

King Triton Sketch

I sketched this King Triton a few years ago. I don't remember what for, but to my pleasant surprise I saw an enlargement of this image on a wall of the Disney cruise ship Destiny earlier this year.

Thought of the Day