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Boris Artzybasheff (Russia/American, 1899-1965).

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Character Designs from Aladdin

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Visual Development from Beauty and the Beast by Mel Shaw

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Jan Zrzavý (Czech, 1890-1977)

Horses under the moon, 1919 

Mixed media

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Mike Mignola, 2004

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Bad Bird From Bodie by Carl Barks, 1978

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I’ve always been obsessed with how gently spongebob is being held here. stephen could have easily just held out his palm and have sponebob stand on it but no, he wanted to make sure he was comfortably sitting on his hands forming a chair with back and leg support as if he was a real two-legged specimen. we should all lovingly hold our ocs like this

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Production art for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

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Animator: Milt Kahl Character: Merlin Film: The Sword in the Stone (1963) Studio: Walt Disney Productions

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101 Dalmatians - Milt Kahl

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Various Disney characters - Milt Kahl

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Animator: Carlos Grangel Character: Misc Film: The road to El Dorado (2000) Studio: DreamWorks Animation  

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Archival advertisements reveal the trends of their time: here’s my collection of vintage ads.

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Gerda Wegener (Danish, 1885–1940) 

Bathing Beauties,1916 

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I’ve encountered quite a few vintage human giants in the course of my research.

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So valuable: vintage diamonds and other gemstones.