My upcoming book with Focal Press "The Nine Old Men: Lessons, Technique and Inspiration from Disney's Great Animators" will...

I don't know when exactly this book was published, a date wasn't included in it. My guess would be mid 1960s. It doesn't mat...

The Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco just opened a stunning exhibition about two of the greatest artists of the last ce...

Disney Studios soundstage, late 1950s. Sleeping Beauty Live action reference is being filmed for the animators. A moment from the film...

I have had numerous posts on the film  Lady and the Tramp , featuring one of its funniest characters,  the Beaver. Here is one more, sinc...

Sometimes you just luck out!! A few years ago I had the tremendous pleasure to be on a flight from LA to Paris, sitting next to none ...

More of John Lounsbery's work, this time undisputedly brilliant. The crocodile in Peter Pan is for the most part a comedic villain, ...

As I mentioned before, I like a lot of things in the film The Aristocats . But the sequence in which lawyer George Hautecourt takes the s...

This Sullivant illustration dates back to 1898. It is one of his earlier pieces, even though he was already in his mid 40s. Sullivant was...

is one of the topics I will discuss at my next online lecture with Virtual Animators this coming Saturday, June 27. Both approaches hav...

I see the essence of Walt Disney animation in this cel. (And yes, I am the proud owner of this iconic piece of art). Pinocchio just befor...

In 2010 an exhibition about animal art opened at the Forest Lawn Museum in LA. I was a part of an eclectic group of artists who were a...