More Hercules

 

Starting off with a very happy Hercules. At his point I don't remember which scene this key drawing of mine belongs to. I would need to look it up.

Let's go back to the start of Herc's visual development. Beginning with anatomical studies.

These are my thumbnail sketches from the scene in which he meets Meg. I drew them from video reference. He is all shy here, almost forgets his name. He clears his throat and introduces himself. 

Early design explorations for Hercules.

And he looked like this before I started animating.

Another key animation drawing. With wet hair from a scene after the fight with Nessus. 

I am just so pleased that today the film seems to have found new audiences that embrace both the satire and the pathos we tried to convey. 

Cinderella Sketches

Years ago just before Cinderella was going to be offered on DVD, Disney Home Video asked Ollie Johnston to create a few character sketches from the film. The drawings would be included as art prints in a special edition of the DVD.

Ollie was getting getting up there in age, and he felt like this assignment would be too difficult for him. So he called me to help out. I picked moments from the film that might make nice character portraits.

I tried my best to draw "on model". It was an honor to do this for Ollie and to see my signature alongside his.