july 1994 I started my 9 years at the disney studio, first in glendale – later that year we all moved into the new built studio in burbank on riverside, the building with the sorcerer’s apprentice hat in front. they wanted me to do designs on 5 different projects, at the same time. HERCULES was the first, andy gaskil was the assigned art director and already working on the visuals. then two pieces for the planned FANTASIA 2000 compilation – LITTLE TIN SOLDIER and BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH -, and two very interesting new projects, MULAN – at that time titled FAMULAN, and DINOSAUR, the first disney cg-movie. it was a very interesting 5 months until I was asked to do the production design on MULAN in dec.1994. kind of challenging, not to mix all these very different styles up. here are some of the HERCULES sketches…
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my name is hans bacher, – I work as production designer in the animation film industry. for the last 40 years I lived and worked in duesseldorf, london, paris, los angeles, manila and tokyo. now I am professor for film-design at the nanyang techn. university in singapore.
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These are wonderful Hans!…..such a nice variety colors, shapes, textures and compositions, here. So inspiring! Thanks for sharing.
5 such diverse projects at one time must have been some challenge. This Hercules work is awesome. I look forward to seeing some of the others
These are great. Last year I was in Greece and these sketches really capture the spirit and feel of Greece much more than the film does. Don’t get me wrong, I really liked the art in Hercules, but I find these backgrounds much more interesting and appealing.
Really stunning work, Hans. These are the kind of images that really get me inspired and excited to paint.
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Hey Hans
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Thanks for sharing!!!
I already saw a lot of the pics in your book and I am always happy about the wonderful variety of simple but beautiful trees in your compositions.
You`re my “tree-master”
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Incredibly beautiful and such a wide variety of shape design and impressive shadow design showing the contour of the landscapes. You have such an amazing ability to describe form and yet show a minimal take on the look and feel of something so grand and epic.
Breathtaking,
MCA
I don’t remember seeing any of those color sketches when we were working on the picture; then again, I was one of the last members added to the crew. Very nice work.
heyyyyyy i’m from greece….!!!!!!!
What a pleasure for the eyes! Great inspiration!