Preston Blair was an extraordinary animator who worked for Disney, MGM and Hanna-Barbera.  His work on Mickey in the Sorcerer's Appre...

There were many different design versions drawn for the Witches of Morva in  The Black Cauldron . Artists like Milt Kahl, Mel Shaw and Ti...

Today by accident I came across a lecture given by animator Chuck Harvey at California State University in 2017. Chuck talked about his own...

This story sketch showing how Shere Khan extends his claws in front of Mowgli is by Vance Gerry. Its gets a little tricky when a four leg...

This was my first scene that involved a character's eye to pop out a la Tex Avery. I remember paying attention to the technical aspects...

Story artist Vance Gerry boarded Medusa's introduction sequence from The Rescuers. You can see that Vance was still kind of hanging on ...

This is a reject for a proposed illustration to help promote Mickey's 90th anniversary. Theme park Mickey and Steamboat Willie take a...

I have always loved the design and animation of the Pegasus pair in Fantasia. Beautiful simplified anatomy combined with an elegant art d...

For some reason I have a difficult time finding those attributes in recent as well as upcoming animated feature releases. Look at h...

A small selection of photostats from Cinderella .  Filming all that live action to help the animators maintain realism in their ...

Get this book! The catalogue/book that covers the Walt Disney Family Museum's current exhibition is gorgeous. My co-curator Micheal...

I really can't. Each new Kley piece I discover online or at auction takes my breath away. Maybe it's our common German backgrou...

Another example of the immense creativity of Milt Kahl during the production of Lady and the Tramp . Milt was able to animate just ab...

I remember animating this sequence from The Little Mermaid.  King Triton is having a serious conversation with his daughter, who ha...

This item is currently being offered on Ebay. The year is 1994, and Disney Art Editions invited Marc and me to have a conversation abou...

Great night at the Academy last Thursday. A 10th anniversary screening of the film and a panel. So nice to see everybody again. ...