I can't figure out what is going on in this photo. Ollie Johnston and Milt Kahl are looking into a mirror during production of Lady...

A wonderful photo showing story artist/animator Retta Scott with visual development artist Mary Blair. They are studying a baby alligator...

...is Bambi's voice. Early in 2011 I had the tremendous pleasure to meet him in Chicago while we were both promoting the Bluray relea...

Mary Blair played a big part in the success of Disney's Cinderella. Her rough color/environment sketches didn't make it to the sc...

I am about to  start off a series of animation online lectures with my buddies at Virtual animators this coming Saturday, December 6, at ...

During one of my visits to see Milt in Northern California I brought along a Colonel Hathi sketch, I had just purchased. Milt didn't ...

This sequence of drawings was done for a scene from an unproduced Mickey Mouse short film. My guess is that they date back to the early 1950...

Milt Kahl animated this line of dialogue, as Medusa is sitting down on her desk while she answers the phone. Initially upset at this late...

I will update my blog again toward the weekend. In the meantime I am off to New York to see my friend Jonathan perform Jafar on stage. As...

I am not sure if I recall this Kahl statement from one of his lectures, or if he told me in person. It is an interesting comment on how a p...

Some animators are great handling scenes that involve dancing. Eric Goldberg is one of them, so is Ken Harris and Ollie Johnston. Frank T...

This is an unusual Disney short film from 1952. It brings to life the most rigid objects imaginable, buildings. I love the story and ar...