I love studying creation, even so more than the final product, because it reveals the inner workings of a creative process. One can learn a lot from process. It's something... read more →
Walt Disney – Snow White STORY CONFERENCE – SEQUENCES 1B, 2A, 2B, and 7A (Queen and Huntsman), September 26, 1936 This is a very fruitful meeting -- a lot was... read more →
Walt Disney – Snow White STORY CONFERENCE – SEQUENCE 5-B (S.W. SENDS DWARFS OUT TO WASH), September 25, 1936 In a continual effort to create a better product, these historical... read more →
My son and I recently completed a wonderful 8-day visit to Paris, and for me, the highlight was the visit to Le Musée des Arts Décoratifs, where they're hosting 'The... read more →
My 17-minute cartoon, The Flying Moose, is entering post production and I'm working on the opening credits and theme music. A rough edit of these opening credits with the music... read more →
On this night before Christmas in the year 2020, I thought we'd flash back 87 years to the Walt Disney Studio's 1933 Silly Symphony, The Night Before Christmas. For each... read more →
I'm presently reworking a children's story to remove a rifle from the plot. It's not essential to the story arc, and weapons in children's literature have become a very sensitive... read more →
This story conference dealt with the ALONE IN THE WOODS SEQUENCE, a continuation of the story conference they held 6-days prior, which transcript I posted two weeks ago. In this... read more →
I needed to model a cartoon car from the Wright Brothers era, and I chose a Buick to caricature. The finished model is a very simple design because it needed... read more →
This excerpt, more than anything, shows Walt's optimism for life, and more than anything else, this evident optimism, in my opinion, is what propelled his success: "Get the thought that... read more →