Disney x Chronicle Books: They Drew as They Pleased Vol. 3 : The Hidden Art of Disney's Late Golden Age (The 1940s - Part Two) (Art of Disney, Cartoon Illustrations, Books about Movies) (Hardcover)

from mstrust

A big, heavy coffee table book of the personalities and sketches of many of the illustrators and story people who worked at Disney studios during the 30's to mid 40's. Ghez has the biographies and art work for most of the artists who worked on Fantasia, plus Mr. Toad, Make Mine Music and Dumbo. A...

from keristars

This is another gorgeous entry in the They Drew As They Pleased series, this time looking at the Character Modeling Department at the Disney Studios, which officially existed from 1938-1942, though the artists may have been with the company before or after that span. As with the other volumes, Di...

from smcgurr

As you might expect, this is a gorgeous book filled with sketches, painting, and sumptuous art from early Disney films and shorts. For Disney historians an super fans, this is a unique look into the artists that created the look of Disney. While I'm not a huge Disney fan, I do love seeing behind ...

from hardlyhardy

The title "They Drew as They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney's Late Golden Age, the 1940s - Part Two" seems like overstatement, both in the sense of too many words and exaggeration. This was the Disney studio, after all, which was Walt Disney's own magic kingdom, where he alone had final say ov...

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This is a beautiful book sharing the stories of the artists behind some of Disney's great classics from the 1940's. I am more impressed by the amount of work it took to create cinematic masterpieces during this era as they were creating long movies with beautify animation with limited technology ...