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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Saturday, July 19, 2014

When You're the Best of Friends - Disney Challenge #5



   So, I never knew this, but The Fox and the Hound was actually based on a book. From what it sounds like, Disney, as usual, took a lot of liberties with the material. For instance, in the book Copper is the older dog and Chief is the new, young dog that starts to take his place, Tod is raised by one of the hunters who killed his mother rather than a kindly old woman, Tod and Copper are never friends, and there is no happy ending.

Personally I like the happier stories that Disney comes up with. What about you? If you've read the book how did you like it compared to what Disney created?

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Sing Sweet Nightingale - Disney Challenge #4

Number four of the Disney Song Challenge

So, when I looked up reference for Cinderella I stumbled upon an article that said Carly Rae Jepsen, the singer of Call Me Maybe, has been playing Cinderella in the Broadway musical. I know that big names help bring in the crowds, and the crowds are what keep Broadway going, but it always saddens me a bit when stage trained actors/singers are passed up for the sake of big names.. Not that Carly Rae Jepsen is bad, but she's not Laura Osnes (the last actress to play Cinderella)

In other news I found out that Anastasia the musical is still going to happen! If you haven't seen the 1997 film that it's going to be based on, I highly recommend it!

Anyway, back to Disney. Cinderella was released in 1950, this was shortly after World War II had ended. During the WWII Walt Disney had been creating propaganda for the the American war effort and had not created a full length movie since 1942. To keep costs down in the animation department they used live references for about 90% of the film.

Pictured below is Helene Stanley, the live action model for Cinderella, as well as Aurora in Sleeping Beauty and Anita in 101 Dalmatians.

©Disney
I always think it's fun to see behind the scenes pictures and footage from movies.

The next Disney challenge is Best of Friends from The Fox and the Hound. If you decide to do the Disney Song Challenge along with me, let me know! I'd love to follow along with your work.


Friday, June 6, 2014

A Star Is Born - Disney Challenge

Number three of the Disney Song Challenge! I had to watch the movie while I was drawing this, and I gotta tell you, I have always loved Susan Egan as Megara. She plays sassy really well. She also was the first actress to play Belle in the Broadway musical of Beauty and the Beast ^_^ but I digress, I felt Hades needed a good punch in the face, so I made it happen.



Wednesday, June 4, 2014

100 Disney Song Challenge

  Years ago I came across a challenge called 75 Disney Song Theme Challenge on deviantArt where you create a drawing based on each of the Disney songs in the list. I got through all of two songs before starting college and having all sorts of other projects to do. Today I was thinking about what to draw and remembered this challenge from long ago. I have decided to try to do it again! I may only get another two done... but at least I'll have fun doing it.


One of the original drawings I did for the challenge. I created it with a mouse because I did not yet have a tablet


  I have changed up the challenge a bit. It is now 100 songs, most of which are from the original challenge, but I've added quite a few and taken out some that I wasn't interested in. If you would like to join in, you are more than welcome to! If you would like to see the original challenge the link is here


  1. Painting the Roses Red - Alice in Wonderland
  2. Great Spirits - Brother Bear
  3. A Star is Born - Hercules
  4. Sing, Sweet Nightingale - Cinderella
  5. Best of Friends - The Fox and the Hound
  6. Pink Elephants on Parade - Dumbo
  7. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – Mary Poppins
  8. Do You Want to Build a Snowman – Frozen 
  9. I've Got No Strings - Pinocchio
  10. I'm Wishing/One Song - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  11. All in the Golden Afternoon - Alice in Wonderland
  12. Oo Da Lally – Robin Hood 
  13. Mother Knows Best – Rapunzel 
  14. Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride - Lilo and Stitch
  15. The Unbirthday Song - Alice in Wonderland
  16. Strangers Like Me- Tarzan
  17. Zero to Hero - Hercules
  18. Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat – Aristocats
  19. Little Wooden Head – Pinocchio 
  20. Bella Notte - Lady and the Tramp
  21. Humphrey Hop – In the Bag 
  22. Be Prepared - The Lion King
  23. That's the Life for Me – James and the Giant Peach
  24. Why Should I Worry - Oliver And Company
  25. For the First Time in Forever – Frozen 
  26. Poor Unfortunate Souls- The Little Mermaid
  27. Whistle While You Work - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  28. After Today – A Goofy Movie 
  29. So This Is Love- Cinderella
  30. Arabian Nights- Aladdin
  31. He Mele No Lilo – Lilo And Stitch 
  32. I Wonder- Sleeping Beauty
  33. Sally's Song - Nightmare Before Christmas 
  34. The Second Star To The Right - Peter Pan
  35. Out There- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  36. Rumbly in My Tumbly Song – Winnie the Pooh 
  37. Just Around the Riverbend- Pocahontas
  38. The Sorcerer's Apprentice – Fantasia 
  39. I'll Make A Man Out Of You – Mulan
  40. Goodbye So Soon – The Great Mouse Detective 
  41. One Jump Ahead- Aladdin
  42. Something There- Beauty And The Beast
  43. Friend Like Me- Aladdin
  44. You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! - Peter Pan
  45. Go the Distance - Hercules
  46. I Wan'na Be Like You - The Jungle Book
  47. Love Goes On – Robin Hood 
  48. I Wont Say (I'm in Love) – Hercules
  49. Sugar Rush – Wreck-It-Ralph 
  50. I Just Cant Wait to Be King- The Lion King
  51. Never Smile at a Crocodile – Peter Pan 
  52. The Bare Necessities - The Jungle Book
  53. Hakuna Matata- The Lion King
  54. Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee – Pinocchio 
  55. A Whole New World- Aladdin
  56. Someday My Prince Will Come- Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
  57. Beauty and the Beast - Beauty And The Beast
  58. Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me) – Pirates Of The Caribbean Ride 
  59. Goodbye May Seem Forever - Fox And The Hound
  60. 121 – A Goofy Movie
  61. Baby Mine – Dumbo
  62. R-E-S-C-U-E – The Rescuers
  63. Almost There - Princess and the Frog
  64. Long Ago - Hercules
  65. A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes- Cinderella
  66. When We're Human – Princess and the Frog 
  67. Circle of Life - The Lion King
  68. Perfect Isn't Easy – Oliver and Company 
  69. Mine, Mine, Mine – Pocahontas 
  70. God Help The Outcasts - Hunch Back of Notredame
  71. That's How You Know- Enchanted
  72. Hellfire - Hunch Back of Notre Dame
  73. I See the Light – Rapunzel 
  74. Little April Shower- Bambi
  75. When You Wish Upon a Star - Pinocchio
  76. True Love's Kiss – Enchanted
  77. Lester's Possum Park – A Goofy Movie 
  78. Under the Sea - The Little Mermaid
  79. Reflection - Mulan
  80. When Will My Life Begin – Rapunzel
  81. Let It Go – Frozen
  82. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo- Cinderella
  83. Les Poissons - The Little Mermaid
  84. The Hula Song – The Lion King
  85. Part of Your World- The Little Mermaid
  86. Grim Grinning Ghosts – Haunted Mansion Ride
  87. You'll Be in My Heart - Tarzan
  88. Tomorrow Is Another Day- Rescuers
  89. Love Is a Song - Bambi
  90. Can You Feel the Love Tonight? - The Lion King.
  91. He's a Tramp – Lady and the Tramp 
  92. Cruella De Vil - 101 Dalmatians
  93. Be Our Guest - Beauty And The Beast
  94. How Do You Do – Splash Mountain Ride 
  95. Once Upon a Dream- Sleeping Beauty
  96. Someone's Waiting for You - Rescuers
  97. Kiss the Girl- The Little Mermaid
  98. Dig a Little Deeper – Princess and the Frog 
  99. Colors of the Wind - Pocahontas
  100. Who Will Rescue Me? - Rescuers

Friday, May 16, 2014

The Pursuit of the Questionable...

This is an old animation I created for a class. It was a lot of work, but I enjoyed the story I created :)

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

My Very First Animation

This is an animation that I did a few years ago. I had never animated before and I had never used Flash before. It could use some cleaning up, but the story still makes me laugh ^_^