I animated this scene from Who Framed Roger Rabbi t about a hundred years ago. These frames are from the start of the scene, which ...

What an extraordinary story sketch by Bill Peet.  The circus ringmaster confronts Mrs. Jumbo, who is protecting her baby son. Every...

Here is a frame from the final version of a scene I was animating just recently.  At the start we watch only Sarah as she pushes ...

I am highly recommending a new documentary by Don Hahn, called Howard. It starts streaming today on Disney +.  This is a personal portrait ...

Toward the end of his life Liu Jiyou painted these small size images of the twelve Chinese Zodiac signs. What a beautiful collage of di...

Another great example of how animators translate a story sketch into the staging for their scene. This beautiful story sketch is...

More coat hanger art...like some friends used to tease me years ago. This piece belongs to my friend Steve Gordon, or actually to his wife ...

Wil Raymakers alerted me earlier this year about the publication date of this LONG OVERDUE book on our favorite cartoonist TS Sulliva...

I don't always have the time to read all of the comments posted on this blog, particularly when they appear much later than the origina...

There are a few restaurants/bars in the LA/ Burbank area that have a strong Disney connection. Let's start with this painting by Ma...

Recently there have been a few offerings of Milt's drawings at Heritage Auctions. While other animation art items saw record prices, th...

I've always loved this still from 101 Dalmatians.  Cruella de Vil is reassured that her plot has been successful. The newspaper reports...

Marc Davis animated this beautiful scene at the beginning of the "Sweet Nightingale" song sequence. No doubt based on live ac...

From Tom Bancroft's Instagram.

These are illustrations for a story about a Lipizzaner stallion, written by by Uno Modin. Busch's graphic style looks almost like a w...

Another article from Sketches Magazine written by Jim Fanning, Disney historian and author. Frank consulted on the figurine of Mickey Mou...

Another nice article in Sketches Magazine from 2001. Interesting quotes by Disney greats Ward Kimball, Ollie Johnston and even Tytla hims...

I remember animating this scene early on in production of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The Disney Archives recently posted these three phases...

A handsome article from Sketches Magazine, spring 1994. Its readership consisted mostly of Disney fans, so the information is basic. Bu...

For a while during WWII Frank Thomas joined the US Armed Forces as a member of the First Motion Picture Unit, which produced training...