#eyvind earl

[cosmonautroger]

Eyvind Earl, Christmas In Central Park

[mudwerks]

Eyvind Earl - Sleeping Beauty Prince Phillip and Samson Against Maleficent as a Dragon (Walt Disney, 1959)

[holespoles]

Eyvind Earl, Christmas postcard

[artfoom]

[theartofmany]

Artist: Sylvain Sarrailh Title: The Banner Saga tribute “Hi everyone ! Here a tribute illustration I made for the release of The Banner Saga 3, commissioned by Versus Evil on behalf of The Banner Saga team : http://versusevil.com/games/banner-saga-3/ The art direction of this game with influences close to Eyvind Earl has always fascinated me. It was a pleasure for me to appropriate this Nordic universe for an illustration. Feel free to use it as desktop background, it’s 1080p file   For those who do not know the series, I invite you to discover its beautiful scenery : https://www.google.fr/search?q=the+banner+saga+backgrounds&rlz=1C1AVNG_enFR674FR694&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZ_ufGurzcAhUlz4UKHUozAeMQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=898″ Masterpiece…

[disneyesque-dreams]

Eyvind Earl was the man behind the styles of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959), crafting a unique medieval look for the animated classic. [via]

[ahumbleprofessor]

Attached is a video I’ve been meaning to share for weeks, titled Four Artists Paint One Tree (thanks for sharing it with me, Amy!)

It was produced by Disney in the 1950s, and explores the different painting styles of four of his top artists: Eyvind Earle, Walt Peregoy, Marc Davis, and Josh Meador. Each one take turns painting the same tree, but take radically different approaches. There also are some bits in the first half of the video about the production-process of Sleeping Beauty‘s beautiful style.

It’s a fascinating video to watch, but it also is great encouragement for any artists that want to enter artsy workplaces like Disney and get anxiety when thinking about personal style. It’s still possible to become a successful artist in a big collaborative studio while still maintaining your own personal style, and it may even become useful someday.

Walt Peregoy, for example, was supervised by Eyvind Earle during Sleeping Beauty and had to paint in a way similar to Earle, but Peregoy eventually got a chance to fully utilize his own personal style when he was in charge of the backgrounds in 101 Dalmatians. Without his angular shapes and creamy, flat colors, the movie wouldn’t have been the same.

Also, I have great news! I am done with my spring semester of college! It’s been a fun and challenging time, and I look forward to the next few months where I can dedicate all my time to drawing, writing, and reading (and Paris!)

I haven’t had the time to update this blog often for the past month, but now I’ll be able to write and share cool stuff more frequently, so look forward to seeing a ton of cool things that I’ve been waiting to show you for a LONG time!

EDIT: ALSO IT’S FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! So you should stop by a comic book store and get some free comic books!

[alyssasketchd]

Steve Hulett is one of my favorite bloggers of all time and I love his additions to The Animation Guild Blog. As an animator who ISN'T in the middle of the current animation city of the world, it makes me feel like I'm really filling in the holes in my education by reading the blog on a regular basis.

That being said, this is an article with an amazing video of 4 wonderful Disney artists painting for a Disneyland special, including the great Eyvind Earl. If you don't know Eyvind Earl's work, you definitely need to spend a good hour just staring at any one of his paintings. Watching these masters take on the same task in different ways is a reminder of how unique we all are as artists.