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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".
Hi Everyone! PLEASE check out my inaugural edition of "Aaron’s Art Tips". This will be a weekly 10-15 minute blog where I impart bits of artistic knowledge that I’ve picked up during my 25 year career in animation, illustration, and fine art. One week you might get a tip on timing for animation, the next week might be composition notes in painting. You never know what you might get. In this first edition I’ll talk to you about the evils of "evenness" in art. I hope you enjoy and please send me suggestions for future episodes. Please see more of my work at creatureartteacher.com Thank you!!
I’ve got a new painting tutorial out on Painting Dramatic Animal Portraits – Florida Panther. Please check it out!
Here is a proof of concept piece we were working on at Digital Domain before the company went bankrupt. It was being done for "The Legend of Tembo", a film I was co-directing with Chuck Williams. We were 3 weeks away from finishing. I feel it was a good example of how the film would have felt.
I’ve just finished a new tutorial on painting water! It’s the first in a series of painting the different states of water. In this one,learn how to paint turbulent, wavy water. 1 hour and 5 minute. http://creatureartteacher.com/digital-downloads/painting-water-with-aaron-blaise-1
This is a Yeti that I created today in Photoshop.
I’ll be going over my process at the Photoshop World Expo in Vegas this coming week.
Here’s a new Photoshop painting I just finished. I’ll be going over my process for creating my animal paintings in Photoshop at the Photoshop World Expo in Vegas next week.
Here is Walt and Grandpa photobombing American Gothic. This is a development piece from our new animated feature film we’re developing called Art Story. Please click on the link under the photo to see more! Thank you!!
Please click on the link below to explore a new project my directing partner, Chuck Williams and myself have begun. It’s a full length animated feature film called "Art Story". We’re currently trying to raise money to get this project through the initial stages of development. Please donate as we can’t get this off the ground without the financial support of others. Thank you so much! -Aaron
Here’s a shot of me working on my Cintiq creating an image for a film my directing partner, Chuck Williams and myself are trying to get off the ground through Kickstarter. Please check it out here http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/291846368/art-story/
