Monday, February 9, 2009

Introducing PETER MOEHRLE!

I am truly delighted to share a sampling of animation background art, provided directly by artist Peter Moehrle! He is a truly masterful animation background artist, with a dazzling style and resume to match. He trained all the background artists on Disney Studio's LILO AND STITCH in the fine art of watercolor backgrounds.

In addition to LILO AND STITCH and MULAN, Peter has worked on a variety of non-Disney projects. He is incredibly talented. His background art is expressive and marked by great nuance, texture and style.

Here is a sampling from Peter's brilliant portfolio:

ROCK AND RULE (1983, from Canadian animation studio Nelvana)






These, from MULAN:






These, from LILO AND STITCH:



More of Peter's art can be seen at:

http://homepage.mac.com/jmoehrle/pmoehrle/animationart/animationart.html

Thank you Peter, for sharing your work with us!

13 comments:

  1. GORGEOUS. Those Lilo and Stitch BGs take my breath away. Thanks for posting.

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  2. Yesterday I was watching Mulan for inspiration, I have fresh in my mind those beautiful BGs. Thanks for posting!

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  3. Really enjoyed all of the backgrounds, especially the first two. Great work!

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  4. Out of curiosity, what media were the backgrounds for Mulan done in?

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  5. Mulan backgrounds were painted with GOLDEN Acrylic Colors

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  6. Wow, I just saw Rock and Rule the other day and that movie kicked butt. The work on there was awesome.

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  7. Peter these are amazing. The watercolors really give Lilo and Stitch a great look. Did you happen to work with Tom Dow on the movie?

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  8. Hi Scott,

    I did work with Tom Dow, he did some very nice layouts.

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