January 2012
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Young Tantor, “Tarzan” 1999
December 2011
25 posts
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“Hercules” 1997
This is a cool piece because it has the original opening lines to “I Won’t Say I’m In Love”.
time-out-of-life asked: This is a great blog, Henry. I have a question, though--for those who may enjoy animation like yourself, but may not necessarily want to pursue animation as a career, do you know of any sources one can use to learn and draw their own pencil test animation? I draw a lot in my spare time, and although my career isn't headed in that direction, I always wanted to be able to create an animation of...
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“The Little Mermaid” 1989
No sound
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from “Part of Your World”
“The Little Mermaid” 1989
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Someone requested “The Little Mermaid”. I’m a huge fan of that film, but I have had trouble finding much quality pencil test footage from it. I’ll post what I have, but it’s all kind of fuzzy. Hopefully we get some good special features on the Bluray release in 2013.
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Welcome new followers!
Here, have some “Hercules”.
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Here’s a pencil test Andreas Deja did to get the assignment for Tigger in “Winnie the Pooh.”
He’s been nominated for an Annie Award for his work on that film.
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Curious George (2006)
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“Lilo and Stitch”
I think this is the last of it for now.
Anonymous asked: Do you have a personal blog or anywhere we can see your art? :) (Btw, this blog is amazing!)
lunith asked: Hi! First of all, your blog is so interesting. I want to study animation but realized this too late and now I am a freshman at a University of California. What's a good place to transfer to study animation?
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Even more “Lilo and Stitch”
No sound.
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I’m straying a bit from what I normally post (but staying on the subject of Lilo and Stitch), mostly because I really like this scene.
In the original version of the film, the third act chase sequence involved Stitch and company stealing a Boeing 747 to chase down Captain Gantu and rescue Lilo. However, after the events of Sept. 11th, 2001, Disney felt they needed to change the scene as it...
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More “Lilo and Stitch”
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“Lilo and Stitch” 2002
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I have a lot more from Lilo and Stitch that I’ll be posting over the next couple days.
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I had a request for “Lilo and Stitch”. Here’s an alternate scene that never made it into the film.
(I think I like this better than what ended up in the final version)
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The Badger, by Glen Keane from “The Fox and the Hound” 1981
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“Fantasia” 1940
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And here’s the Spaghetti Sequence from “Lady and the Tramp” (1955)
Frank Thomas did this one.
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“Lady and the Tramp” 1955
I think Frank Thomas was the lead on Tramp, but I’m not 100%.
EDIT: Milt Kahl was the lead. Frank Thomas did the famous spaghetti sequence.
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More Balto (1995)
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Balto (1995)