Lady and the Tramp concept art from The Disney Villains
Story sketches on Song of the South were a big advance in character development for the studio. Marc Davis, who animated on the picture, said, “Bill Peet is the one who deserves the credit for that conception… absolutely an incredible thing.” — Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston’s The Disney Villains
The Terrible Bandit
Story Training Program for Blue Sky Studios
Blue Sky Studios is proud to announce its inaugural Story Artist Training Program. Beginning in mid-June, this 16-week program for recent graduates will provide the opportunity to work alongside and be mentored by our talented story artists. Trainees will be immersed in our environment of 400+ artists who have created some of the top grossing animated features over the past 15 years.
These paid trainees will be mentored and evaluated throughout the process and considered for full-time positions.
Highlights of the Program
• One on one daily interaction with mentors
• Individual assignments
• Working in a team dynamic with other trainees
• Pitch sessions with directors
• Guest lectures
• Opportunity to work on a feature film in production
Blue Sky Studios is located 45 minutes north of New York City. Shuttles are provided from nearby train stations to the Blue Sky campus.
Rolling admission is now open. Applications are being accepted through June 1, 2012. Submit PDF portfolio and resume to storytraining@blueskystudios.com
Pinocchio This period was the high point of Walt’s involvement with animation. He was healthy, eager, endlessly creative and completely consumed. This was far more than a job. — Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston’s The Disney Villains
Ron Clements & John Musker Working on Disney's Next Hand-drawn Animated Feature
A big collective cheer came from hand-drawn animation fans as Disney’s Animation Research Library confirmed on its facebook page that Ron Clements and John Musker are working on Disney’s next hand-drawn animated film. Although, that’s all they could reveal about the project.
As listed above, Ron and John are the legendary team that have brought many Disney 2D-animated classics to life since the ’80s. We’re beyond excited to hear this news for two reasons: 1) Disney’s has more hand-drawn animated films in the works (meaning the medium is not dead) and 2) Disney has put this project is good, seasoned hands.
Unfortunately, nothing more is known about this project: no name, no plot, no release date, no nothing! Most likely the project is still very early in the pipeline and won’t be released until at least after 2014. Most likely if they were further along, Disney would have revealed more info about the project at CinemaCon like they did with Wreck-It Ralph and Pixar did with its upcoming features.
via The Rotoscopers
Source: therotoscopers.com
Behind the Scenes of TRON: UPRISING
“The Mouse has released a behind-the-scenes featurette of the upcoming “Tron: Uprising” animated series. It’s short, but feature thoughts from actors, designers and fans who were at the premiere of the series. It looks like this is going to be a great addition to the Tron mythos.”
via Blue Sky Disney
Source: blueskydisney.blogspot.com
New information from Warburton Labs on the state of Disney Television Animation. To me this stuff looks a lot more Cartoon Network than Disney, but it’s a promising line-up nonetheless! He’s not giving out much info, but you can still read up on it on his blog.
Source: warburtonlabs.blogspot.com
Disney recently screened some of their upcoming film Wreck-It-Ralph, and a couple of people from The Rotoscopers were lucky enough to catch it. Listen to their podcast about the film here.
Source: blueskydisney.blogspot.com
When I Grow Up by Jasmin Lai
