The Blackwing Diaries

Interior of one of the galleries of the Museum. Photographed by and used with the permission of David Lytle. Last year out of the blue I re...

For people who use Twitter , this is of interest: today a lot of animation artists who use the keep-it-extra-short internet communication t...

a shockingly accurate picture of my packing approach, from "Moving Day" © Walt Disney Company Your Blackwing blogger has been very...

Cover painting by Paul Felix Last year the story department at Walt Disney Feature Animation put together an amazing book, "Who Is Rock...

I tend to avoid standard reviewing of contemporary animated films. In the first place there's plenty of that everywhere else. And more...

Melinda Beck is nobody's fool; she's also successful and experienced enough to turn down an offer from Google to do work for them f...

click to enlarge Over at the union blog Steve Hulett posted a link to a Life magazine photo archive that deals with Walt Disney. Lots of in...

"If you want to make a movie for children then make a movie for children. The experience for a parent or guardian is that they are spen...

sketch of Carl by Pete Docter Yesterday's New York Times had an interesting article about the character designs in "UP". Read ...

A short time ago the motion picture Academy had a tribute to Milt Kahl that sounds like it was quite an evening--if you managed to get in (...

It would be a safe bet that anyone working in the american feature animation industry has either known, heard of or seen the influence and a...

A great artist has died: Jack Cardiff was 94, a cinematographer of genius and a notable director. Perhaps the most brilliant "painter...

[guest]Design instructor: Tom Pope. Assignment: "Basketball hoop with attitude". Student: Bob Winquist. click to enlarge Tom Pope...

From the collection of veteran Disney story artist and comics guy Don Dougherty come these terrific shots of Walt enjoying his obsession, ...