Sleeping Beauty Background Paintings

Sleeping beauty is a 1959 american animated musical fantasy film produced by walt disney based on sleeping beauty by charles perrault the 16th disney animated feature film it was released to theaters on january 29 1959 by buena vista distribution this was the last disney adaptation of a fairy tale for some years because of its initial mixed critical reception and underperformance at the box.

Sleeping beauty background paintings.

The new generation of artists working at disney pixar and other studios cite sleeping beauty as an influence and an inspiration. Flora merryweather and fauna float through this exquisite hand painted background from disney s sixteenth animated feature sleeping beauty. Earle worked as a background artist and would eventually be chosen by walt disney to style and paint all the key backgrounds for sleeping beauty. Earle s transformative moment however came in 1951 when he was hired at the walt disney studios as a background painter.

See more ideas about disney sleeping beauty sleeping beauty art disney art. In essence earle had been granted control over the film s visual appearance. 60 years after its premiere sleeping beauty stands as a landmark in animation history for its singular designs and animation. Sleeping beauty animation background painting with cel set up original art disney 1959.

Again he proved a quick study lending his talents to the academy award winning short toot whistle plunk and boom beloved full length feature sleeping beauty and many other time honored disney animated films. It wasn t an easy transition and tensions soon ran high. The fairies have been cut out and mounted onto one cel which sits over this amazing background illustration of the royal throne room. Sleeping beauty was the first time szasz noted that background paintings had determined the direction of a disney film.

Sleeping beauty was consciously designed for the wide screen with huge plates of backgrounds and animation. Oscar winning pixar director pete docter says eyvind earle made great choices in. This video is created for review purposes only. During previous projects the storyboarders and animators had done their work first and the background painters simply followed their lead.