Wednesday, May 28, 2008

MULAN (Disney,1998)

Digitally reconstructed backgounds of the "Stone Dragon" from MULAN:




Tuesday, May 27, 2008

THE RESCUERS (Disney,1977)


This lovely painting, a digitally re-created pan background, reminds me a great deal of BAMBI artwork. THE RESCUERS was a minor masterpiece. While not groundbreaking, it has tremendous heart, great characters and the background art is far more impressive than I remembered!

More to come...

Monday, May 26, 2008

COLD TURKEY (Disney, 1951)


OK, you know the drill by now. Here's the cartoon (thanks YouTube!):

Now, the background art by Thelma Witmer. I love the Disney touch as interpreting fifties style. Especially the kitchens! This cartoon is full of nifty fifties details.






Saturday, May 24, 2008

ONE FROGGY EVENING

Hello my babies!!

If you love cartoons, you just have to love THIS cartoon! It seems inconceivable that any cartoon enthusiast would be unfamiliar with this classic Warner Brothers (Chuck Jones) film. But just in case, here it is...

YouTube doesn't have the original English version. It has this version dubbed with a rather irritating but thankfully sparse Italian translation. You'll still get the idea:

Additionally, I am compelled to include this new digital version (of the first scene), created by a young filmmaker:

OK - now to the wonderful, stylish, modern backgrounds by Phillip DeGuard. We'll start with the recreation of the opening pan art, and away we go!