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A Bug's Life was released 20 years ago this month. Early character designs for Flick by Bud Luckey.
Had a great time speaking on #storytelling @Gartner_inc last week in India. Reminded me of one of my favorite animated TV specials, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Directed by Chuck Jones. A few character concept sketches by Chuck Jones and background #art
Released 25 years ago, The Nightmare Before Christmas originated in a poem by Tim Burton in 1982, while working as an animator at @DisneyStudios . Disney released the film through Touchstone because they believed the film would be "too dark & scary for kids". Sketches by Burton.
Inspiring concept art by Miyazaki for abandoned feature film, Pippi Longstocking.
Excited to be speaking on #storytelling today in Montreal, home of the late, great Canadian film director, Frédéric Back. Back directed 3 Oscar winning animated shorts including, Crac!, about the industrialization of Montreal as seen from the point of view of a rocking-chair.
You don't always need a villain to create conflict in #storytelling . Story conflict comes about because characters have opposing values. #writingtips #amwriting
Excited to be speaking at @Crunchyroll Expo this Sunday on #storytelling and #animation! An amazing line up of speakers this year including my friend, Robert @Rodriguez and Domee Shi, Director of #bao
93% of all human communication is visual. The brain processes images 60,000 times faster in the brain than text. Concept #art and visual #storytelling inside of Riley's brain (headquarters) in Inside Out.
Concept art by Marc Davis on Walt Disney's abandoned feature film, Chanticleer. Chanticleer was based on a tale by Edmond Rostand, author of Cyrano de Bergerac. Davis was one of Walt Disney's Nine Old Men, the famed core animators on the classic #Disney animated films.