August 10 is World Lion Day. In light of the recent horrific events surrounding Zimbabwe's lion Cecil, it is important to reflect on...

Fred Moore drew this pose of the dwarf Happy twice. First as a lively intuitive rough, then as a tie down. What I love so much about this...

A gorgeous color sketch of the Lackey from the film Sleeping Beauty by Milt Kahl. I love the contrast  within the shape arrangements. B...

The flowers in Disney's Alice in Wonderland have attitude issues. Friendly at first when a downsized Alice approaches them, but then ...

The Sorcerer's Apprentice from Disney's grand experimental film Fantasia remains one of my all time pieces of film making. T...

Nana, who acts like a nanny to the Darling children, is a minor, but terrific character nevertheless in the film Peter Pan.  She is handl...

An early pre-animation, charming model sheet. Milt wasn't happy at all when Walt Disney asked him to take on the animation for Pete...

© Andreas Deja A watercolor sketch from a few years ago. Wouldn't it be fun to reenact classic Hollywood scenes in pencil animati...

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...