after the animated version of CATS was shelved the first time, that was early 1992, london, AMBLIMATION-studio, STEVEN SPIELBERG was interested in five projects, one of them was – THE JUST SO STORIES, a compilation of jungle tales written by RUDYARD KIPLING. for some months I did numerous designs for the five concepts, in the end BALTO was selected and went into production. following are some of my ‘jungle’ ideas for the JUST SO STORIES.
© AMBLIN/ universal pictures








I’m sorry this film wasn’t made. Such beautiful images. I can’t imagine how your work might have altred JUNGLE BOOK had you been on that poor film.
Al Dempster did a marvellous job on JUNGLE BOOK !
That spread with the palace and storm clouds is that perfect example of simple yet incredibly dramatic. But I’m sure you know this