The UPA Studio lobby. Note the custom UPA mat at the front door in the first image.
I think my favorite photo of Walt Disney is the one where he's pistol whipping a guy while holding him off the roof of a building
Three Caballeros wrap party, November 18, 1944.
@WardKimball dances with wife Betty. Plus, group pic with Walt Disney's wife Lillian and concept artist James Bodrero. Third one is Ward joking around with animator Retta Scott.
Not the longest, but some amazing pans.
(taken from Hans Bacher's blog: https://t.co/ViqYqtXp03)
On the set of The Reluctant Dragon (1941).
Left to right: Al Werker, Fred Moore, Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney, @WardKimball
These pieces by Brazilian cartoonist Antônio Gabriel Nássara (1910-1996) are over 75 years old, but the design still feels remarkably fresh today.
"Adult" animation doesn't have to look like it was designed & animated by people wearing blindfolds. It can be beautiful, move elegantly & have appeal like other animation. This issue is prevalent in the US on account of art-illiterate creators & producers coming from live-action https://t.co/1m3ETsTBGf
Lots of '40s-era personal art by Disney artist Jesse Marsh has turned up at auction over the last year and it's a real eye-opener. Such a fantastically creative and idiosyncratic graphic stylist. No surprise that during this period he was one of @wardkimball's closest friends.