Animation Backgrounds

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Re-booting ANIMATION BACKGROUNDS today, we have some terrific backgrounds from Disney's PETER PAN.

The Lost Boys must be nearby! ;)

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You never saw today's first B/G like this in the movie. The shot included a pan.

Here's a first view of the entire, digitally restored piece!

A double escape hatch for the Lost Boys!

This huge vertical pan is quite lovely. Note lower cel overlays - leaves and slab -

at bottom, and the Mary Blair presence upper left!

Tinkerbell wanted to stay... and you know just how stubborn she can be!

TWO epic pan backgrounds - as the Lost Boys run to shoot Wendy out of the sky! (Naughty Tink!)

Sometimes I can't completely clear the backgrounds digitally.

If characters don't move to reveal a part of the background...

then they stay!

Hence the presence of Lost Boys on the left.

Note the gorgeous Mary Blair styling!

Monday, January 20, 2014

HEY GANG - anyone interested in my starting this up again? I've missed you - and I'm ready if you are!!!

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

HIATUS

Hello, friends. And I mean that.

In the years since I started this blog, I've made real friends around the world.

The time has come for a hiatus. Possibly permanent.

It takes an incredible amount of time to digitally restore these backgrounds. I've loved every minute!

But, my life is in a state of evolving and transition, and I need to focus on that.

I'm going to leave the blog online for your reference. And mine too!

Thanks for your support and encouragement over the years. Over TWO MILLION people have visited this blog.

Amazing. It's a tribute to the artistry of the talented people in the animation industry.

For the moment... that's all, folks.

Thanks again for your interest!

Sincerely,

Rob Richards