I was able to eliminate several dropping monkeys - but Pumbaa insisted on staying!
Aren't these African jungle backgrounds drop dead gorgeous?
interesting treescapes...
Showing posts with label THE LION KING. Show all posts
Showing posts with label THE LION KING. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
THE LION KING
I was able to eliminate several dropping monkeys - but Pumbaa insisted on staying!
Aren't these African jungle backgrounds drop dead gorgeous?
interesting treescapes...
Friday, May 23, 2008
THE LION KING part two
Here is a sampling of background art from Disney's THE LION KING. The artists did a wonderful job expressing mood with color, as well as capturing the majesty of the African landscapes.
The rain effects are of course embedded in this moody masterpiece:
The proverbial lion's den looks a bit foreboding...
I managed to digitally eliminate Simba but Zazu refused to budge!
This re-created pan was time consuming but well worth the effort. It's quite unlike any other B/G art I've ever seen. I love the dried texture of the rust-colored red dirt, against the olive and gold hues of the sparse African foliage.
What a magnificent gorge. And that sky!
Next some towering rock formations:
Sunset... incredibly lovely!
This breathtaking landscape is a digitally reassembled pan background. Gorgeous!
The rain effects are of course embedded in this moody masterpiece:
The proverbial lion's den looks a bit foreboding...
I managed to digitally eliminate Simba but Zazu refused to budge!
This re-created pan was time consuming but well worth the effort. It's quite unlike any other B/G art I've ever seen. I love the dried texture of the rust-colored red dirt, against the olive and gold hues of the sparse African foliage.
What a magnificent gorge. And that sky!
Next some towering rock formations:
Sunset... incredibly lovely!
This breathtaking landscape is a digitally reassembled pan background. Gorgeous!
Sunday, May 18, 2008
HAKUNA MATATA!
Here's one of the largest backgrounds I've ever digitally re-assembled. Over 100 inches long! It is an extraordinary piece.
A couple of notes:
The scene starts with a pan left to right, then top to bottom. This image is the recreation of the top to bottom pan. We'll leave the other (small) section for another time.
The action here is Timon is doing a "cannonball" into the water. The drop is animated at such a furious clip, each section of art is seen for only about one frame. Digitally, I couldn't eliminate all the Timons because the character dropped so fast, the piece of background behind him was already out of frame, one frame to the next!
I still think it's worth having a good look. Look how beautifully each section transitions one into the next. I've broken the entire B/G into several pieces so you can really have a good look. (Be sure and click on the images to see the large version.)
One of Disney's artists really earned their paycheck with this one. It's sort of the Mount Rushmore of background art!
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