ABSTRACT

Discover the lessons that helped bring about a new golden age of Disney animation!

Published for the first time ever, Drawn to Life is a two volume collection of the legendary lectures from long-time Disney animator Walt Stanchfield. For over twenty years, Walt helped breathe life into the new golden age of animation with these teachings at the Walt Disney Animation Studios and influenced such talented artists as Tim Burton, Brad Bird, Glen Keane, and John Lasseter. These writings represent the quintessential refresher for fine artists and film professionals, and it is a vital tutorial for students who are now poised to be part of another new generation in the art form.

Written by Walt Stanchfield (1919-2000), who began work for the Walt Disney Studios in the 1950s. His work can be seen in films like Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians, and Peter Pan.

Edited by Academy Award®-nominated producer Don Hahn, who has produced such classic Disney films as Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.

part |1 pages

Innovation

chapter 1|3 pages

Review and New Approach

chapter 2|3 pages

Artist/Actor

chapter 3|3 pages

Don’t Be Ordinary

chapter 4|6 pages

Sketcher

chapter 5|3 pages

Plus or Minus

chapter 6|5 pages

Mood Symbols

chapter 7|4 pages

Breaking the Constraint Barrier

chapter 8|4 pages

The Agony and the Ecstasy

chapter 11|3 pages

Pure Performance

chapter 12|3 pages

Different Concepts

chapter 13|5 pages

A Time for This and a Time for That

chapter 14|4 pages

Look to This Day

chapter 15|4 pages

Entertainment

chapter 16|1 pages

Follow-Up Department

chapter 17|4 pages

Entertainment II

chapter 18|4 pages

Playing to the Balcony

part |1 pages

Drawing

chapter 19|3 pages

A Sack of Flour

chapter 20|4 pages

Pantomime (Drawing) Preparation

chapter 21|5 pages

That Darned Neck

chapter 22|4 pages

Crayolas ?

chapter 23|5 pages

Hands (Those Darned?)

chapter 24|3 pages

Plight of a Gesture

chapter 25|3 pages

Concepts for Drawing

chapter 27|5 pages

Drawings Ain’t Just Drawing

chapter 28|2 pages

The Importance of Sketching

chapter 29|2 pages

Getting Emotionally Involved

chapter 30|6 pages

Gesture Further Pursued

chapter 31|5 pages

Caricature

chapter 32|5 pages

Perspective

chapter 33|3 pages

Have Something to Say andKeep It Simple

chapter 34|5 pages

Keeping Flexibility in Your Drawing

chapter 35|5 pages

Seeing and Drawing the Figure in Space

chapter 37|3 pages

Hey, Look at Me … Look at Me!

chapter 38|5 pages

Learn From the Mistakes of Others

chapter 39|3 pages

Quest and Fulfillment

chapter 40|10 pages

Getting Adjusted to New Production

chapter 41|7 pages

More Animal Talk

chapter 42|4 pages

In Further Praise of Quick Sketching

chapter 43|4 pages

Impression – Expression = Depression

part |1 pages

Expression

chapter 44|7 pages

Drawing a Clear Portrayal of Your Idea

chapter 45|5 pages

Think Caricature

chapter 46|4 pages

Going Into That World!

chapter 47|6 pages

Understanding What You See

chapter 48|4 pages

An Inspirational Journey

chapter 49|6 pages

Comic Relief

chapter 50|9 pages

If It Needs to Lean, Then Lean It

chapter 51|7 pages

Don’t Tell, But Show!

chapter 52|5 pages

Mainly Mental

chapter 53|8 pages

The Shape of a Gesture

chapter 54|7 pages

Dreams Impossible to Resist

chapter 55|3 pages

Short Book on Drawing

chapter 56|7 pages

Encompassing Reality with All Your Senses

chapter 57|7 pages

Gestures, Moons, and Tangents

chapter 58|6 pages

Include Your Audience

chapter 62|9 pages

There Is No End to Thinking Overlap

chapter 63|11 pages

Space Is Created

chapter 64|7 pages

Words and Experience

chapter 65|5 pages

Look, This Is What I Saw

chapter 66|9 pages

Breaking Away

chapter 67|10 pages

The Shape of the Gesture II

chapter 68|6 pages

A Tribute