Prince John

Prince John as a tiger?Milt Kahl considered this for the villain from "Robin Hood" at least momentarily,as you can see in some of these early design sketches. But his brother King Richard "The Lion Hearted" obviously had to be portrayed as a lion, so the tiger idea was dropped.Ollie Johnston of course animated this character. I remember Ollie talking often how much he enjoyed animating Prince John (as well as Sir Hiss), and he thought that Peter...

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Tinker Bell

Here is a little gallery of Tinker Bell roughs by Marc Davis. A few scans are from originals, others from photographic reproductions. I really enjoy studying some of these doodle sheets, where Marc is figuring out the character's structure and is dealing with drawing issues. Then again some of the scribbles look more like telephone doodles. He is definitely establishing that the top of Tink's head is a straight line and the back of her...

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Early Yzma

The animated movie "The Emperor's New Groove" used to have a different title.The original version was called "Kingdom in the Sun".I was thrilled at that time to get the assignment of designing and animating the female villain in the film, Yzma.And I loved her main motivation in the story. Yzma was extremely vain, she wanted her youth back under any circumstance. So she made a deal with a dark spirit who had been locked up inside a mountain. If she...

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Harry Rountree

If you google/picture Harry Rountree you will find a lot of treasures.He is one of the best illustrators when it comes to anthropomorphic animals.The way Rountree depicts rabbits, squirrels, foxes and other animals is very unique and appealing. You could take any one of his designs and animate them.I have a whole bunch of his vintage books, and below you'll find a cross section of his wonderful art.There are illustrations for the "Uncle Remus Stories",...

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More Scar

Here are a few more pencil tests of Scar rough animation.I am also adding some leftover drawings. I remember enjoying animating the scene below, where Scar responds to Mufasa's warning. "I shall practice my curtsey."Jeremy Irons said it in such a character rich way, it seemed to animate itself.There was hate and cynicism in the reading, just perfect.I tell you about a scene that I wished I could redo, because it bugs me so much.At the end of the...

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