A great photo of Milt working on The Aristocats, sometime in 1969 or 1970. Afterwards he would work on two more animated features before leaving Disney, Robin Hood and The Rescuers.
Madame Bonfamille is a unique character in terms of her realistic design and illustrative look. I remember seeing the film for the first time, and I was thinking: She is different, she looks like a beautiful magazine illustration come to life. I wondered who mastered such a unique challenge.
In the pic Milt is re-working the first drawing from one of her opening scenes, in which she inspects her appearance in a mirror in anticipation of her lawyer George Hautecoure's visit.
Here is the link to an earlier post about this scene:
https://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2015/05/animated-elegance.html
And a relating post:
https://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2012/05/madame-bonfamille.html
Here are copies of Milt's rough animation drawings from Madame Bonfamille's first close up scene. What delicate drawings!
