Fantasia (1940)

WALT DISNEY STUDIO Fantasia (1940)   original production animation model sheet photostat on paper, dimensions: 11" x 14" Since the early 1930s the Disney Studio has produced model sheets of its animated characters and/or atmosphere and concept art for circulation among artists and animators working in production of an animated film. Before the 1970s they were reproduced by a photostatic or printing process. They were made when a character or setting was in development and to help animators maintain a consistent look to the character throughout the film. This photostat model sheet titled "Cricket Violinists Used in Bug Orchestra for 'Nutcracker Suite'" was made at the Disney Studio during production of Fantasia, and it was issued to artists "11-1-38" for their use in developing these characters for the film. They were superseded by the live-action orchestra and do not appear in the film. Interestingly, the shadow of a human hand appears in one of the images, indicating that Leopold Stokowski would have conducted the bug orchestra.

Fantasia (1940)

WALT DISNEY STUDIO
Fantasia (1940) 
original production animation model sheet
lithography on paper, dimensions: 11" x 14"

Since the early 1930s the Disney Studio has produced model sheets of its animated characters and/or atmosphere and concept art for circulation among artists and animators working in production of an animated film. Before the 1970s they were reproduced by a photostatic or printing process. They were made when a character or setting was in development and to help animators maintain a consistent look to the character throughout the film.

This printed model sheet titled "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" was made at the Disney Studio during production of Fantasia, and it was issued to animators for their use in drawing Mickey Mouse, his master's hat, the broom he brings to life and buckets it carries. This is the classic model sheet of Mickey Mouse in one of his most important roles, depicted in numerous drawings by supervising animator Fred Moore. The box reproduced in the model sheet beneath the title includes the signatures of initials of director James Algar, story men Perce Pearce, and Philip Dike, animator Fred Moore, layout men Thomas Codrick and Charles Philippi.

Fantasia (circa 1992)

WALT DISNEY CLASSICS COLLECTION
Fantasia (circa 1992)
four (4) original design drawings
blue and black pencil, black and red lithographic crayon on four (4) 12" x 9"" sheets of translucent paper, image sizes: 8.5" x 7.5", 11.75" x 8", 9.25" x 5.75" and 11" x 6"

These two (2) original design drawings of the Ice Fairy, Dew Drop Fairy and Autumn Fairy from The Nutcracker Suite and two (2) of Cupids from the Pastoral Symphony were created by Disney artists in development of the porcelain animation art sculptures produced by the Walt Disney Classics Collection in the 1990s based on scenes in Walt Disney's Fantasia. All of the drawings are annotated by the artist with descriptive information related to the character or sculpture; one is dated "3-12-92."

Fantasia (1940)

WALT DISNEY STUDIO Fantasia (1940)  original production animation drawing pencil on untrimmed animation sheet, image size: 3.75" x 3" This original rough animation drawing of Hyacinth Hippo was created by a Disney animator in development of a scene in the Dance of the Hours segment of Walt Disney's landmark animated feature. The drawing is by Preston Blair who, with lead animator Norm Ferguson, animated Hyacinth in this scene in which the lead ballerina goes into her solo dance on the lawn outside the palace of the Duke Alvise. Mr. Blair wrote the designation "80" at lower right to indicate this original's place in the scene.