D23: Day 2 Drawing With Personality

After a presentation about the wild and wacky animation of Disney presented by veteran animator Eric Goldberg we were treated to a lecture about modern day animation at the Studios.

Historian Jerry Beck and Animator Eric Goldberg

Genie from Aladdin Pencil Test later cut from final film

The famed soup slurping scene cut from Snow White 

Disney animator Andreas Deja presented the next segment of the program providing insight into character animation Disney style. Deja spoke about how acting and empathy were crucial to understanding the psyche behind a character's action on screen. In addition to doing some of his most well known characters such as Scar from the Lion King and Jafar from Aladdin, Dejas also revealed some fantastically candid character concepts and first pass animation done by Disney animation legends. 

Andreas Deja

Fred Moore

Dumbo Concept Sketches

Fantasia: Night on Bald Mountain

Fantasia

Ollie Johnson

101 Dalmatians

Baloo from the Jungle Book

The Rescuers

The Rescuers

Marc Davis: Briar Rose: Sleeping Beauty

Maleficent: Marc Davis

Originally Davis was adamant that Maleficent be red and black, red was later changed to purple

Marc Davis

Maleficent: Dragon form

Capt Hook: Frank Thomas

Capt Hook- first pass animation

Capt Hook Second pass animation

Lady and the Tramp: Frank Thomas

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

101 Dalmatians

Pinocchio: Milt Kahl

Prince Philip: Milt Kahl

Basil The Great Mouse Detective

Awesome insight.