I am going to post a few comments by Walt Disney artists that were originally published in an issue of Storyboard Magazine from 1993. The to...

Classic Disney pencil tests are treasures. The characters seem to be even more alive than in the final color footage. You are reminded that ...

  Walt Disney's animation studio didn't invent character animation, but it elevated it to unimaginable artistic heights.  Here are a...

These Kahl drawings represent Robin Hood's earlier version based on Ken Anderson sketches. Robin looks like a mischievous character acto...

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...