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On March 30th 1993, almost 20 years ago, Marc and Alice Davis threw a garden party with family and friends in celebration of Marc’s 80th birthday.

Andreas Deja was one of the many Disney animators to attend, and instead of getting Marc a store-bought card, he came up with an illustration of Maleficent (one of Marc’s characters) being asked to dance by Jafar (one of the characters Andreas had animated).

In additon, he wrote the lyrics from an old song in order to point out that Maleficent had an influence on the way he designed and animated Jafar. Simple, clear lines and shapes, resulting in a stylized design for the character. Andreas animated some great villains from the Disney Renaissance, whereas Marc did two great villains from the golden age. He was truly inspired by Marc’s work, what better way to show it than in making him this home-made card.

In the photo there is Andreas in the ~~very 90s~~ colorful shirt, giving Marc the card. The animation historian Charles Solomon is the one with the glasses in the middle.

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Andreas Deja drew this christmas card with a caricature of himself and sent it to Milt Kahl and his wife Julie wishing him a Merry Xmas.
Apparently, it was a tradition for many animators in the Disney Studios to hand-draw christmas cards during the season, as did John Lounsbery, Marc Davis, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston and Ward Kimball.Not Milt though, he always said he only drew when he had to. To reply to the card Andreas sent, he purchased this Santa card on a store and invited him over.

Andreas Deja drew this christmas card with a caricature of himself and sent it to Milt Kahl and his wife Julie wishing him a Merry Xmas.

Apparently, it was a tradition for many animators in the Disney Studios to hand-draw christmas cards during the season, as did John Lounsbery, Marc Davis, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston and Ward Kimball.
Not Milt though, he always said he only drew when he had to. To reply to the card Andreas sent, he purchased this Santa card on a store and invited him over.

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THE EVOLUTION OF JAFAR

The first four sketches are different design ideas were floating around early on, before animation began, done by Jafar’s supervising animator Andreas Deja. Clearly he went for the second one.

The fifth sketch was made by Aladdin’s director John Musker, which was made after Jafar voice actor, Jonathan Freeman, was recording for the character. It shows the perfect attitude to go along with the character’s voice.

The last sketch was done by Andreas Deja, and has a Iago cut out, which was provided by its supervising animator, Will Finn.

Wonder how he would look if Andreas would have gone a different direction. Personally, with the voice and the character, I think he nailed it. He is the ultimate villain animator, he certainly is responsible for my personal favorites.

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Legends of Disney Animation through time…

Each of these amazing animators joined the Walt Disney Animation team to bring us those treasures we cherish as memories and magic. Just figured out that 1934 was THE year to be hired by the studios!

They are the most talented, which one is your favorite?

SIR ECTOR, YOU’RE MAKING A FOOL OF US, BOY!

“Frank and Ollie said in their book “Illusion of Life” that the humans in Sword and the Stone were animated without the benefit of live action reference, and the results are beautiful.
For the most part Sir Ector , Wart’s foster-father, was animated by Milt Kahl.
John Lounsbery and Eric Larson also did key scenes with the character.
In the scene pictured below, Ector has a few words of warning for young Wart, who claims to have pulled the sword in the stone: “You’re making a fool of us, boy! Now tell the truth!”
This could have been a very ordinary continuity scene, but Milt found ways to add subtle personality touches.
After the crowds laugh in disbelief of Wart’s statement, Ector turns his head toward camera, gathers his thoughts for a brief moment before addressing the young boy, who is staged off screen right.
On “Tell the truth” Milt uses a strong head nod, which causes Ector’s hat to follow through on the main action. The result is slightly comedic and helps to turn this into a personality scene.
The way his moustache overlaps during dialogue is pretty nifty, too.”- Andreas Deja

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SIR ECTOR, YOU’RE MAKING A FOOL OF US, BOY!

“Frank and Ollie said in their book “Illusion of Life” that the humans in Sword and the Stone were animated without the benefit of live action reference, and the results are beautiful.

For the most part Sir Ector , Wart’s foster-father, was animated by Milt Kahl.

John Lounsbery and Eric Larson also did key scenes with the character.

In the scene pictured below, Ector has a few words of warning for young Wart, who claims to have pulled the sword in the stone: “You’re making a fool of us, boy! Now tell the truth!”

This could have been a very ordinary continuity scene, but Milt found ways to add subtle personality touches.

After the crowds laugh in disbelief of Wart’s statement, Ector turns his head toward camera, gathers his thoughts for a brief moment before addressing the young boy, who is staged off screen right.

On “Tell the truth” Milt uses a strong head nod, which causes Ector’s hat to follow through on the main action. The result is slightly comedic and helps to turn this into a personality scene.

The way his moustache overlaps during dialogue is pretty nifty, too.”
- Andreas Deja

Source: Deja View

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Today is Ollie Johnston’s 100th Birthday!
Just wanted to take a second away from the halloween celebration and propose and homage to this amazing animator who has given all of us disney-fans so much.
This is a short article Disney’s Andreas Deja posted today in his blog, in honor of this legendary animator who belongs to the original group of the Nine Old Men.
When I think about Ollie, certain things come to mind:
Many great conversations, stimulating inspiration and my sincere admiration for him and his art.
Ollie’s animation touched so many of us.
Pinocchio, Bambi, Alice, Mr. Smee, the dogs from Lady & the Tramp, the Three Fairies in Sleeping Beauty, Pongo & Perdi, Archimedes, Baloo & Mowgli, Duchesse & the Kittens, Prince John & Sir Hiss, Penny & Rufus and many short films.

For The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Ollie animated the hilarious sequence where Brom Bones and Ichabod fight for Katrina’s affection. Absolute Genius. Fantastic timing. Watch it again on DVD!
Ollie Johnston, one of a kind !!

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Today is Ollie Johnston’s 100th Birthday!

Just wanted to take a second away from the halloween celebration and propose and homage to this amazing animator who has given all of us disney-fans so much.

This is a short article Disney’s Andreas Deja posted today in his blog, in honor of this legendary animator who belongs to the original group of the Nine Old Men.

When I think about Ollie, certain things come to mind:

Many great conversations, stimulating inspiration and my sincere admiration for him and his art.

Ollie’s animation touched so many of us.

Pinocchio, Bambi, Alice, Mr. Smee, the dogs from Lady & the Tramp, the Three Fairies in Sleeping Beauty, Pongo & Perdi, Archimedes, Baloo & Mowgli, Duchesse & the Kittens, Prince John & Sir Hiss, Penny & Rufus and many short films.

For The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Ollie animated the hilarious sequence where Brom Bones and Ichabod fight for Katrina’s affection. Absolute Genius. Fantastic timing. Watch it again on DVD!

Ollie Johnston, one of a kind !!

Source: Deja View

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Mama Odie Maquette

Supervising animators get to keep maquettes of their characters as a souvenir. This maquettes are used as a help for the animators to sort out problems with their drawings, and keep the character model throughout the film. They can arrive in early or late production, depending on the sculptor. This particular maquette, as were all The Princess and the Frog characters’, was made by Raffaello Vecchione. He got really close to Andreas Deja’s drawing of Mama Odie as you can see from the picture.

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Animating Lilo was so special to Disney animator Andreas Deja that he couldn’t help painting an imaginary scene of her and stitch in color pencils and watercolors.
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Animating Lilo was so special to Disney animator Andreas Deja that he couldn’t help painting an imaginary scene of her and stitch in color pencils and watercolors.

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Lilo can’t help but take a pictures of these three bad boys!
This is a sketch by Andreas Deja, starring some of his most memorable characters.

Lilo can’t help but take a pictures of these three bad boys!

This is a sketch by Andreas Deja, starring some of his most memorable characters.

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Andreas Deja’s villains. They all have an extense range of expressions, that make them some of the most memorable bad guys in animation history, in my opinion.

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