The life and career of Marty Sklar are so rich and far reaching in scope that a proper introduction to the former Imagineer would require a book. And such a b
American movie producer, artist, and animator Walt Disney listens to an unidentified animator talk through the storyboards for the film 'Sleeping Beauty' , California, 1950s. Beside them, animator...
The Disney Parks Blog has a wonderful post today about Disney animator and imagineer, Marc Davis. Marc is responsible for many of the wonderful characters found in Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, The Jungle Cruise, and the Country Bear Jamboree. Here is a really great picture of
Jason Surrell, the author of several books on Disney exhumes 13 ghostly tidbits about The Haunted Mansion.
The life and career of Marty Sklar are so rich and far reaching in scope that a proper introduction to the former Imagineer would require a book. And such a b
VideoDisney will be going head-to-head with Activision in a cross-platform battle between the Skylanders toys and games, which have crossed the $1 billion mark, and Disney Infinity, the contender that has huge Disney and Pixar franchises in its corner. John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer of Pixar and The Walt Disney Animation [...]
Learn about Disney's plans to built a version of the ‘Skyway’ in Euro Disney.
In a 1953 article titled 'A Silver Anniversary for Walt and Mickey,' LIFE magazine took its readers behind the scenes at Disney.
This is an original hand-made "Get Well Soon" card that was created for Disneyland Imagineer, Ken Kerr. The card measures 11" x 7.5" when folded, and there is a fantastic image of Mickey Mouse that measures 6" x 6" on the inside.
It seems that in every creative endeavor or cultural phenomenon there is always a person or piece that just essentially needed to be present to make it work. However this person’s vision and artist…
The Original Plans For Disneyland Are The Happiest Thing On Earth
Matthew Parris ' guest on this week's edition of Great Lives (BBC Radio 4 today at 16:30), is the cartoonist Gerald Scarfe who nominates...
As talented as the illustrators at Disney and Warner Brothers are, even they cannot draw their expressive characters out of thin air. They, and other professional animators, often use mirrors to model for themselves as they draw their characters' frowns and grins.
Wolfgang Reitherman, also known and sometimes credited as Woolie Reitherman, was a German famed Disney animator, director, producer, and one of Disney's Nine Old Men. Born in Munich, Germany, Reitherman's family moved to America when he was a child. After attending Pasadena Junior College and briefly working as a draftsman for Douglas Aircraft, Reitherman returned to school at the Chouinard Art Institute, graduating in 1933. Reitherman had three sons named Bruce, Robert, and Richard, the first o
Fun artwork created by Disney animator and Imagineer Rolly Crump, going to auction soon.
Celebrate 75 years of Pinocchio with some of the only known color images to exist of the former Disney Studio on Hyperion Avenue.
Marty Sklar, a longtime chief at Disney Imagineering, says there are two ways to look at a blank sheet of paper.
As talented as the illustrators at Disney and Warner Brothers are, even they cannot draw their expressive characters out of thin air. They, and other professional animators, often use mirrors to model for themselves as they draw their characters' frowns and grins.
Duncan Marjoribanks is a Canadian animator and character designer at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Duncan Majoribanks at the Internet Movie Database
Franklin Rosborough "Frank" Thomas was an American animator. He was one of Walt Disney's team of animators known as the Nine Old Men. Born in Fresno, California, Frank Thomas attended Stanford University, where he worked on campus humor magazine The Stanford Chaparral with Ollie Johnston. After graduating from Stanford, he attended Chouinard Art Institute, then joined The Walt Disney Company on September 24, 1934, as employee number 224. There he animated dozens of feature films and shorts, and
Though the work that animators create is often exhilarating, the actual process of animating, which involves sitting at a desk for hours at a stretch, is not particularly interesting to … Continued
Blue sky thinking is an important part of creative collaboration and these three technique will help your next brainstorming session to be more practical.
The famous animator's private station house and man-cave was the birthplace of imagineering.
Biography | Quotes and life story of Walt Disney. How he created the Disney Empire. His religious and political views.
