The Fox and the Hound

WALT DISNEY STUDIO / GLEN KEANE
The Fox and the Hound (1981) 
original production animation drawing
blue and black pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 8.5" x 12.75"

This impressive rough animation drawing of the film's ferocious bear was created by Disney animator Glen Keane in development of a scene in the animated feature. It is from a scene in the movie's climactic "bear fight" sequence in which Tod bravely defends a helpless Amos Slade from the enraged bear. It is the first drawing in the scene and an animator's extreme by Glen Keane, with grid at upper right. Mr. Keane joined the Disney Studio in 1974 and has been a supervising animator since the making of The Great Mouse Detective (1986). In 35+ years with Disney Feature Animation he has been the supervising animator of numerous unforgettable characters; his powerful work designing and animating the bear fight sequence brought him to the forefront of a new generation of Disney animators. The animator wrote the designation "1" at lower right to indicate this original's place in the scene.