I saw Aladdin in the theater 8 times. Genie was the reason I wanted to be an animator. What an incredible experience to be able to animate this shot with the great Eric Goldberg. Olaf and Genie together, I almost can’t believe it. Thank you to @trentanimation and @sharktooth72 for making this beautiful short, and for making this dream moment possible. #disney#disneyanimation#animation#olaf#genie#blessed
A little bit of my animation from #treasureplanet for #disember I tried to flip it so you could see the motion but it kept skipping. Sorry, I tried. Also, I have call out @alikigreeky who worked with me on TP and did the ruff inbetweens on this scene. So a special thanks to her because a lot of these drawings are hers. Hope people enjoy. #jimhawkins#roughanimation
#pocahontas day for #disember - finally! These are all production #animation drawings from scenes I animated (and I own the originals still). See the last image of all the scenes stacked up! I did a good amount of shots of this lady! #disney#animation#handdrawnanimation
"Aujourd'hui, en l'honneur de l'anniversaire de Walt Disney, j'ai pensé que je devrais publier mes storyboards de notre moment entre Walt et Mickey. Trent Correy et moi savions que nous voulions un moment dans le court métrage où Mickey honorerait Walt, mais cette idée était assez intimidante. Que dirait Mickey ? Combien de temps y consacrer ? Nous pensions avec certitude que ce serait quelque chose que nous allions travailler, retravailler et retravailler, mais il s'est avéré que la première version que nous avons écrite et superposée à "Feed the Birds" nous semblait juste... juste. À vous Walt. Aucun d'entre nous ne serait ici au studio si vous n'étiez pas restés et n'aviez pas traversé les moments difficiles, les déceptions au box-office et les gens qui disaient que vous étiez fou. Merci. Le spectacle continue." - Dan Abraham
In honor of Walt Disney's birthday today, I thought I would post my storyboards fromour Walt and Mickey moment. Trent Correy and I knew we wanted a moment in the short where Mickey would honor Walt, but the thought of it was pretty daunting. What would Mickey say? How much time do you spend on it? We thought for sure this would be something we were going to work and rework and rework but as it turned out, the first version we wrote and layered "Feed the Birds" under it in editorial it just...felt right to us. Here's to you Walt. None of us would be here at the studio if you hadn't stayed with it and pushed through the hard times, the box office disappointments and the people saying you were nuts. Thank you. On with the show. #onceuponastudio#wdas#waltdisneyanimationstudios#disney#waltdisney#disneyanimation#mickeymouse#storyboards#disneystoryboards#thanks#onwiththeshow#burbank#california
Tomorrowland- early concepts for the city- can't wait to go back to Disneyland !! A fun project, our art department was in the old Animation Building on the Burbank lot- got to work for a hero of mine Director, Brad Bird. #Disney#disneyland
L'image de groupe partagée par Dan Abraham est très proche du résultat final ! Mais je ne suis pas surpris qu'il ait fallu plusieurs semaines de réflexions pour disposer autant de personnages.
Donnie Dunagan, Peter Behn et Stanley Alexander, les voix des jeunes Bambi, Panpan et Fleur étaient présents aux Walt Disney Animation Studios pour partager quelques histoires sur Walt et Bambi.
Dan Abraham a écrit:
Yesterday was another truly magical day at Disney Animation. My co-directing pal Trent Correy and I were able to screen our short “Once Upon a Studio” for the original voice cast of Bambi! That movie came out 81 years ago and it was a thrill to meet (l to r) Peter Behn (Thumper) Donnie Dunagan (Bambi) and Stan Alexander (Flower). And of course I had to get my Art of Bambi book signed! #wdas#waltdisneyanimationstudios#disney#disneyanimation#bambi#onceuponastudio#disneylegend#thumper#flower#animalsofinstagram
David Stodolny a écrit:
The original voices of Young #Bambi, #Thumper and #Flower came in to talk to us at Disney Animation They had such great stories about Walt and being such young kids in the film. The were all very emotional when talking about it which got me emotional.
Fawn Veerasunthorn revient sur le début de la tournée de presse qui a dévoilé 20 minutes du film à Toronto.
Fawn Veerasunthorn a écrit:
So it begins, our Wish North American footage tour kicks off in the beautiful city of Toronto. Super proud to show off our crew’s beautiful work in the extended 20 minutes footage from Wish. It’s my first press tour ever and it was so much fun! Huge thank you to the lovely team at @disneystudioscanada ! See you all in theaters November 22nd #disney#disneywishmovie#toronto#animation
Répondant à un commentaire, elle a également confirmé qu'une bande annonce arrivera très bientôt.
Une interview justement avec la co-réalisatrice Fawn Veerasunthorn et le producteur Peter Del Vecho :
J'en profite pour partager 3 autres interviews qui datent de la D23 de l'an dernier :
On this day in Disney history, “Christopher Robin” (2018) was released in theaters, reuniting the now-grown-up title character with Winnie the Pooh and his old friends from the Hundred Acre Wood.
This live-action reference stand-in for the honey-loving cubby, used in the film’s production, is now on display at #Disney100: The Exhibition. Visit Disney100Exhibit.com for more details.
Le court-métrage mystère sera projeté en avant-première à Annecy dans quelques semaines :
Trent Correy a écrit:
That’s a wrap! @sharktooth72 and I along with the amazing crew @disneyanimation have been working on a super secret special project 🤫 Premiering at @annecyfestival in a few weeks!!!Come see us and let me know if you’re going!!! #annecy#disneyanimation#disney
Another moment from Strange World. Searcher and Jaeger used to have to climb down those big platforms (while arguing the whole time of course ????????) #strangeworld#disney#conceptart
Clade farms day vs night. One painting, two lighting treatments. Painting the pando glowing was always super fun. Go see Strange World now! #strangeworld#disney#conceptart
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Some silly strange world plants and curious things to populate the environment. A lot of these designs were pulled from amazing visdev by other artists on the team. It was very fun to put it all together. #strangeworld#disney#conceptart
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Silly little goopy slimy sketch for the acid lake environment in #strangeworld
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Just a little strange world slug having a sluggy day. His 3D model asset name is squishy baby and he is my baybeh. Was going for a pseudo Nausicaa vibe in this piece #strangeworld#conceptart
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Strange world goop world. A more finished drawing for this area. This set was based off a very cool drawing that Tadahiro Uesugi did. #conceptart
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Some family photos for #strangeworld . Fat baby Ethan forever
April Liu a écrit:
Strange World is out today!!!!! This movie was basically created entirely in quarantine/pandemic and it was not an easy time…but I was still able to have so much fun on the project and grow a lot creatively and artistically and that’s testament to how awesome and supportive my PD @mehrdadisvandi, AD Larry Wu, production coordinator @oatbran8 and the rest of the team was. I felt really supported even as the world we knew was burning down around us, and we ended up making something really special. It is hard to design super fantastical stuff when u are constantly anxious about getting covid, but I had a lot of fun with the environments and drawing Ethan and splat ???? in random settings. #strangeworld#disney#conceptart
April Liu a écrit:
One of my fav moments to work on from Strange World. Searcher and Ethan selling pando together in the cityyyy #strangeworld#disney#conceptart
#strangeworld a painting I started very early on. I was so happy it finds its way back to the show in last months of the production. The last version in the show is not this one it's actual cg version of it.
Diverses recherches pour les personnages, par le Character DesignerJames Richard Woods :
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‘Strange World’ is out in movie theatres today, and perhaps mostly importantly for me, is that the world finally gets to meet Ethan, the first openly gay lead in a movie by Disney Animation. Also voiced by @jaboukie
I got to contribute early into this character’s development and although my time on this production was shorter - I left Disney Anim for a year but recently returned - I poured all of myself and experiences into this character so he’d be in safe hands for the rest of production. I’m at a point in my career where content and context is much more valuable to me than getting design the most elaborate, ‘bells and whistles’ type of character. Ethan, his queer identity, and what that on screen representation can do for people, young and old, who want to be seen, valued, validated, visible, protected, embraced and celebrated - that’s where my focus and intention is at. I didn’t have that growing up - I didn’t feel safe - but I know that Ethan would have made me feel braver and that’s all I can hope for any other person that should flourish in their identity.
It’s very easy to be excited for the world to see this character, but it isn’t lost on me that just a few days ago we lost five queer lives in a shooting targeting our community. One gay lead isn’t enough. We need continued, authentic and real stories to be told to combat these hateful acts. Please go and see ‘Strange World’ and champion this character and click the link in my bio for ways to help the friends and family effected by the Colorado shootings - #disney#disneyanimation#strangeworld#strangeworlddisney#characterdesign#visualdevelopment#queerartist#ethan
Voilà, ici un cadeau donné à l'équipe qui avait travaillé à Blanche Neige pour célébrer la fin du tournage. Selon plusieurs sources c'est un art work qui nous va montrer un peu ce qu'il est le style du film.
En effet, confirmée par Nadia Stacey, qui a utilisé l'illustration pour en faire des sacs offerts à ses équipes coiffures et maquillages.
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SNOW WHITE - a huge thank you to @soleiljacksonillustration for making these bags for me for my crew. She captured the essence of the film completely. Such a huge talent who deals with my very last minute requests! #snowwhite#disney#makeup#hair#designer#illustration
Chip'n Dale Rescue Rangers is out today on Disney+ Two years ago, I've been approached to work on this movie, to supervise what would be the "2D animated" part of the film that was handled by MPC in Montréal. Taking over such classic and Iconic Disney characters sounded pretty exciting to me at the first place. Before finding out that MPC's plan was driving the "2D looking" characters in CG. After hesitating a bit, I decided to give it a shot and take on this challenge with my fellow artist and good friend Sam Cabanac @sam.cabanac as the 2D lead animator on this show. This was also my chance to collaborate again with my good old friends Julien Bizat @julien_bizat_animation, Slaven Reese @slavenreese, Elio Lischetti @eliolischetti as well as some raising animation gems : Josh Hill @joshhilldraws, Javier Ferrer @javierferrer_2d, Arianne Roy @nananeroy, Alec Yard @alecyard, Joaquin Madrid, Maia Geeraerts @maianouninator, to name a few. In adition we had the great privilege to get the help of animation legend Chuck Gammage who formerly animated on "Who framed Roger Rabbit" back in 1988.
Now I won't hide my annoyance as the final product is a galaxy away from my standards. To say the least...
I won't blame MPC as the artistic choices, political stakes, and strategies for this production goes much beyond them. I'll be sharing here a few character exploration/dev, modelsheets and 2D animation tests I did to explore visual language and animation directions.
A Dale model/suggestions page for Rescue Rangers These were done pretty early on my production time in 2020. In the film's first act, Dale is still in his "hand drawn" appearance before he decides to "go CG" for the sake of his career. So it was needed to study a solid 2D look for the two main protagonists. Even if our goal here was to picture the very characters from the 90's TV show, my approach was to consider all that has been done in terms of design through the ages for these two lads. Then to blend the attitudes/character context/mindsets/costumes/colors of the 90's TV show with the visual appeal of the Chip'n Dale shorts from the early 40's. (as much as possible.)
Some expressions sheet I did on my first production day on Rescue Rangers. When my friend Sam and I got onboard in October 2020, the animation production was supposed to start right away. But Modeling and rigging still had a long way to go to hit the spot I was aiming for. So I came up with these very few expressions sketches for the rigg and modeling departments, looking to show how to reach contrast in acting and performance. Yet the model for Chip here is not quite accurate. This was mostly to provide inspiration.
Plusieurs artistes et autres personnalités de Disney commencent à faire entendre leurs voix contre cette loi, et parfois contre Bob Chapek :
I strongly oppose the #DontSayGay bill in Florida. I hope my friends and colleagues within the Disney family will join me in saying so publicly. https://t.co/xJWHXvxB46
As a Floridian, I am so blown away by these kids. This bill is discrimination at its most base. There isn't a political issue... this is about humanity and decency. There are nuanced issues in this intense political climate. This is not one of them. #LetFreeFloridaSayGayhttps://t.co/dXuL59m7hb
Years ago, I was going to lunch on the Disney lot. A tall man in a suit was ahead of me. He opened the door, held it for me, looked me directly in my eyes and simply said “Good afternoon.” Even in small ways, Bob Iger connected directly and honestly. Thinking about him today…
Disney needs to take action at once. No more of Bob Chapek's empty words, do something concrete. Start by pulling the funding for bigoted politicians, immediately.#DisneySayGay#DisneyDoBetterpic.twitter.com/cUz6lwI0az
Second assignment on #encanto movie. Design/worbook on the abuela song flashback scenes. Being quite fresh on the project I mostly followed the storyboard. It didn't made it in the movie but one of them made it in the book to my surprise. If somebody can credit the storyboard artist he is the most welcome. #Encanto#encantodisneymovie#encantofilm#encantomovie#casita#disneyencanto#disney
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The jumbotron. This is the code name for the flower screen seen on the Isabela song. I think I was a little too shy, today, after 10 month at Disney I will go wilder. Image 3 shows firsts intentions I did suffer on the last image, I never could have it right. Having even a panic attack episode on one morning, believing I was letting the wonderfull team down. But @camille.andre.art, @lorelay_bove and Ian Gooding were great help.
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Some visual exploration for the background flower screens in the Isabela song. These were mostly done at morning,warming up before working on other designs. The intention was to be colorfull and dynamic but without interfering with the main animation. #encanto#encantodisneymovie#encantofilm#casita#disneyencanto#disneyanimation
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Some visual exploration for the background flower screens in the Isabela song. These were mostly done at morning,warming up before working on other designs. The intention was to be colorfull and dynamic but without interfering with the main animation. #encanto#encantodisneymovie#encantofilm#casita#disneyencanto#disneyanimation
SPOILER - Isabela song "free" dress. It was kind of fun to " trash" the "señorita perfecta" dress in a colorfull and chaotic way. I remembered as a kid in a rainy day in the countryside trying to catch a frog with my sister, to our joy and to our mom despair, and used that memory to get the right mindset of the 2 sisters getting wild and playfull. The third image is a early version and the last one is the darker color I used as a base to add the colors. I'm sorry @neysabove, I had to throw some paint on your beautiful dress design. #encanto#disneyencanto#disneyanimationstudios#visualdevelopment#casita#colombia
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This is the second batch - and last- for the Isabela's song face look. It never made into the movie, except for the hair. I guess it may be too much trouble to read the expressions with too much colors on her face. Still, it was fun to break the classic Disney princess look.
Another set of backgrounds for Far From the Tree. I painted them traditionally using pencil and copic markers, and then assembled them in Photoshop (see previous post!). . Since the paintings are used as the actual backgrounds for the final shots I also draw/paint the characters in place (original character designs by the brilliant @jamwoods_) to guide downstream departments, including lighting, for which these also served as the lighting keys. . The backgrounds are a bit larger than they will appear in the final shots (note the red and blue lines in the bottom two paintings) to allow for flexibility later on (for example if we decide to adjust the framing of the shot, or need to perform a simple camera move). Enjoy! . #farfromthetree#disney#disneyanimation#waltdisneyanimationstudios#animator#artistsoninstagram#animationart#encanto
joshstaub.art a écrit:
Another one of my background paintings from Far From the Tree. Each layer is painted traditionally on paper using pencil and copic markers and then scanned and assembled in photoshop. . 1) The final shot in the film. . 2) This shot has a slight camera push-in, so I had to paint the trees, sky, and haystack rock (beloved icon of the Oregon coast!) as separate layers. The painted clouds and water were elegantly animated using Nuke by the incredible lighting team (led by @rogerlee.art), so I paint them as separate layers as well. . 3) I draw/paint the characters in place to communicate to downstream departments how they should appear in the shot. This also serves as the lighting key for the lighting team. . 4) The final painting in layers with the additional trees (which will also be subtly animated by lighting to match the camera push-in). . Go see Far From the Tree in theaters with Encanto! . #animation#farfromthetree#disney#disneyanimation#waltdisneyanimation#encanto#conceptdesign#painting#animator#artistsoninstagram#oregon#oregoncoast#haystackrock #animationartist"
Diverses étapes de production partagées par Josh Staub :
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In Disney’s Far From the Tree, the characters are CG animated, but the backgrounds are painted in a more traditional manner. Here’s a simple behind-the-scenes look at a typical shot. . 1) I begin the background painting by using traditional marker and pencil on photo paper based on a simple modeled layout and camera setup defined by the incredibly versatile @joabaldwin (see step 2). Once I’m happy with the marker sketch I scan and assemble the pieces in photoshop until arriving at the final background painting. I also draw/paint the characters in place to visually explain to downstream departments how they should appear in the shot. . 2) @joabaldwin then updates the rough 3D model to match the final painting, which then becomes the foundation for the placement of the characters for animation, and also because we need it to make the film work in stereo (3D)! . 3) The CG animation team (led by the brilliant @chadsellz) creates the tear jerking and/or hilarious character performance. The characters are then rendered flat and receive a visual treatment (lines, shadows, eye specs) to make them “appear” 2d animated (this was a technique I originally developed for a short circuit project - Exchange Student, also directed by @tallychyck, more on that in a future post). Finally, the Lighting team (led by the innovative @rogerlee.art) integrates the characters with the background and adds the finishing artistic touches (reflections, water movement, caustics, dynamic shadows), to make the shot sing! This was actually one of the dozen or so shots I also lit for the film. . Far From the Tree was a labor of love for all who worked on it and I couldn’t be more proud of the team and the final result. Enjoy the film in theaters with Encanto! . #farfromthetree#disney#disneyanimation#animation#encanto#conceptdesign#conceptart#productiondesign#waltdisneyanimationstudios
This was the first completed shot of Far From the Tree, from which we learned so much about how to animate and then integrate the cg characters (meant to look hand drawn) with a 2d traditionally painted environment. This shot also includes a subtle camera move which also posed a challenge. . Once this shot was finished I was confident in the technique and that we could make it work for the rest of the project. . 1) My first background painting (of 92 paintings in total!) for Far From the Tree, done traditionally using copic markers and pencil and then scanned and assembled in photoshop. I also draw/paint the characters in place to guide the downstream departments. . 2) The completed shot from the film! Go see Far From the Tree in theaters with Encanto! . #farfromthetree#disney#disneyanimation#waltdisneyanimation#waltdisneyanimationstudios#encanto#painting#animator#painting#conceptdesign#animationart
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Here’s another background painting from Far From the Tree which I painted traditionally and then assembled in photoshop … but what does that mean exactly? Here’s what: . 1) Final background painting (to provide context for the following slides). I also paint the characters in place to guide downstream departments. . 2) Layout render (roughly modeled by the versatile @joabaldwin), which I use for reference in order to make sure the camera and characters will be in sync. This is actually the starting point. . 3) Scanned pencil and copic marker drawing/painting of the tree element done on real paper to match the rough model … I had to paint many elements like this in separate pieces in order for the 3d and camera moves to work! . 4- Cutting out and assembling the scanned pieces in photoshop! . 9) The final shot from the film, first animated in cg by @bhomman, then with the 2d character look technique and dappled lighting applied by the incredible lighting team! . Go see Far From the Tree on the big screen with Encanto while you still can!