Imagine as a Disney animator looking at these terrific development visuals for an upcoming feature! How can you not get super excited, you j...

  In 1978 concept artist Mel Shaw was working on several potential future animation projects. Among them  Catfish Bend, The Little Broomstic...

  I am not entirely sure if Marc Davis drew these analytical bird studies. They do show a sense for observation and research that reminds me...

  Some of you might have heard the news that the next grand exhibition at the Walt Disney Family Museum will be: Walt Disney's THE JUNGL...

I just purchased this beautiful booklet with drawings by Wilhelm M. Busch. It is a mini catalogue for a 1984 exhibition of some of his circu...

  These are various sketches by Ollie Johnston for his final animated film The Fox & the Hound (1981). I remember him saying that at t...

I am not sure if Ollie Johnston thumbnailed his story- and staging continuity for all of his animated sequences. But he sure did a lot of th...

Milt Kahl was born on March 22, 1909.  He is one of a few giants in the animation industry. At Disney he set a standard for excellence in dr...

  I don't think I have ever told this story before. It is a bit personal. But to me it was also kind of revelatory when it happened.  In...

  Here is an interesting experimental pre-production cel set up for one of the early scenes from Sword in the Stone.  The photo shows a lot...

  Just recently a copy of Christopher Finch's 1973 book The Art of Walt Disney was offered at an auction in the UK. I love this book. Be...