Not so many years ago there were hardly any books available relating to animation. Today of course every new animated feature comes wit...

“You eat ants?” Mowgli asks Baloo in disbelief. The scene from the film Jungle Book was animated by Ollie Johnston. Milt Kahl drew this...

The stories about Reynard the Fox go back hundreds of years. There are French, German and Dutch versions, who all portray the character...

Not many animation artists make good teachers, but Walt Stanchfield was a heck of an inspirational instructor to many folks who worked ...

Traditional animators generally don’t deal a lot with color. We express ourselves with black pencil lines on white paper. That doesn’t m...

My 10th post on the breathtaking art of Mr. Sullivant. who influenced so many artists that followed him, Disney’s animators, Walt Kelly...

Sleeping Beauty’s Goons have their roots in paintings by Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516). When I was a kid there was nothing...