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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 are some more early first pass design images from the John Lewis Christmas advertisement, "The Bear and the Hare". Once again the goal was to keep them realistic looking but still appealing and animatable.
Here are some of my initial first pass designs for the John Lewis Christmas advertisement, "The Bear and the Hare". The goal was to keep them real looking (not overly caricatured) but also appealing and animatable.
The Bear and The Hare
It was awesome working on this wildly successful project.
I was reunited with my old “Disney Family” and the results were really something special.
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Here is the first sketch done from my recent trip to Wyoming. I got a lot of wildlife material for a lot of paintings!! Great trip!! This is digital done in Photoshop Cs6
It’s official!! I’ll once again be an instructor at the Photoshop World Conference and Expo in Atlanta April 8th-10th 2014. I’m joining an incredible group of instructors and if you have any interest in furthering your knowledge in Photoshop, Lightroom, Digital Media etc. Then please join us!!
Aaron’s Art Tips 9 – Persistence
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Here’s a 30 minute speed paint done in Photoshop.
Aaron’s Art Tips 8 – Avoiding Over Animating a Scene
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Here’s a digital sketch done today. I was trying to create a circular line of action in the composition.
