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Author: Aaron Blaise
For 21 years Aaron worked with Disney helping to create some of the greatest animated films ever made. During that time he worked as an animator or supervising animator on "The Rescuers Down Under", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "The Lion King", "Pocahontas", "Mulan" and more.
In 2003 he was co-director of "Brother Bear" for which he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film.
After "Brother Bear" he helped to develop several projects but ultimately left Disney to pursue an opportunity back home in Florida. Aaron recently served as 2D Animation Supervisor and Character Designer for the "The Bear and the Hare" an advertisement loved by millions around the world. He is currently also working on a new animated short film, once again involving bears called "Snow Bear".
Here’s a quick character sketch I did the other day. Photoshop CC on my Cintiq 24″HD
More Time Lapse Drawing…Animation Expressions
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Aaron’s Art Tips S2 E3 Using Warm and Cool Colors
After getting up this morning and looking at last night’s drawing, I decided to sit down and add a little more to it. Here’s the end result. This one has a little more story I think…Photoshop CC For some reason the values are much lighter here than the original.
Having some gorilla sketching fun tonight!
Here are some thumbnails from a couple of scenes I animated on the film, Aladdin. I have fond memories of those days.
Aaron’s Art Tips S2 E2 – Using 3 values for lighting your images
Drawing From Life at the Georgia Aquarium
Recently I was invited to speak at Photoshop World in Atlanta by the good folks over at Kelby One. While there I managed to break away for my first visit to the Georgia Aquarium. It is an amazing facility that I always wanted to see and so glad that I finally got the chance. I did a number of drawings including some of their HUGE main tank, several tropical fish and even some penguins. I also bumped into a nice young woman named Emily that is currently attending art college. As it happens she recently wrote a paper on me and my career. That is a first… surreal.
A brief video and gallery are below. Enjoy!
