a ‘merry christmas’ to everybody who is celebrating the event. for this special occasion I want to show you a selection of designs for several animated feature films created over the past fifteen years by some of the best in their field. PAUL FELIX and a few of his many masterful pencil sketches for disney’s MULAN, as well as some of his paintings and drawings for the shelved SNOW QUEEN project. further MARCELO VIGNALI with his beautiful visuals for MULAN and CHEN-YI CHENG’S ancestor group for the ‘mushu’s awakening’ sequence in MULAN. finally two more stunning jungle action scenes for TARZAN by JOHN WATKISS, and some of the amazing layout work for BALTO created by one of the best layout artists, now animator – BOLHEM BOUCHIBA. I hope you enjoy this very special gallery of the masters – happy holidays.
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my name is hans bacher, – I work as production designer in the animation film industry. for the last 45 years I lived and worked in exciting places around the world. after 7 years of teaching in singapore I am back at my homebase in manila, working on a few more books.
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heck of a present for us all. thank you Hans!
What a Christmas present! Hope you have very happy holidays, Hans!
Merry Christmas Hans !I wish you and your family all the best!:0)
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These are amazing works of art!!!
Thank you for showing this. Beautiful craftsmanship!
Hans, I wish you a happy New Year and all the best in 2012.
Thank you for sharing all this beautiful work trough the year. You bring inspiration to all of us 🙂
Thank you for this inspired and inspiring selection!
If only every day was like Christmas……these are amazing Hans! All the best in the New Year.
Thanks for sharing those beautiful paintings. Love especially the landscape drawings and the 2 paintings by John Watkiss.