Disney's Nine Old Men: Marc Davis

I have been enjoying studying up on Marc Davis. He did a lot of design and animation for leading ladies in the Disney's earlier days which included Cruella De Ville, Alice, Cinderella, and Maleficent. I was more impressed with the designs he did for Disneyland though.  He designed many characters for rides like Pirates of the Caribbean, The Jungle Cruise, It's a Small World, and, one of my favorites, The Carousel of Progress. 

Here are some of his beautiful designs (I didn't draw anything from him this week because I'm a lazy bum... sorry :P)

Disney's Nine Old Men: Milt Kahl

As an animation major I feel like I should more about Disney's Nine Old Men than I actually do at the moment, so for the next few months I'll, hopefully, be sketching from their work and learning more about each of their specific talents. This weeks man is Milt Kahl.

Milt Kahl was able to give such fantastic life to his characters which included Peter Pan, Alice, Cinderella's fairy godmother, Edgar from The Aristocats, and Madame Medusa from The Rescuers. Just look at this pencil test he did of Roger from 101 Dalmations! He was able to make such a simple action as putting a coat on interesting.

Milt Kahl was so talented that other animators would bring him their work to touch up or have him make a drawing that they would then continue their animation off of to make it better. I will definitely be studying his work more in the future.

Here are some sketches I did to study his work: