A blog displaying the concept art and character designs from various films along with wildlife and animal paintings of Aaron Blaise.
Concept Art & Character Designs by animator & director Aaron Blaise. A collection of digital art, illustrations and sketches.
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A blog displaying the concept art and character designs from various films along with wildlife and animal paintings of Aaron Blaise.
I start with my rough sketch on it’s own level on a mid tone background. I then lighten the rough sketch, then create a new layer and refine the drawing. Next I create a layer under the drawing layers and lay in my local color. Local color is the color of an object in neutral […]
In an exclusive video, Oscar-nominated animation director Aaron Blaise gives essential tips for becoming a better animal artist.
Here are a few drawings from when I was doing some design work at that beginning of Mulan. I ultimately was the supervising animator for Yao and the Ancestors but I helped on a number of different things in the beginning. These were a lot of fun. I especially enjoyed the charcoal. This is not […]
In an exclusive video, Oscar-nominated animation director Aaron Blaise gives essential tips for becoming a better animal artist.
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These images are from a film I was co-directing called “The Legend of Tembo”. I am always deeply involved in the design of the films I am directing. I try to create the images that I am trying to explain to people on the crew. I feel it is much better to show than to […]
These were the very first exploratory drawings of Kenai. This guy was written out of the movie. Griz originally had a much bigger role in the film. Here I put together some rough model sheets for the story board artists. About Aaron BlaiseFor 21 years Aaron worked with Disney helping to create some of the […]
Concept Art & Character Designs by animator & director Aaron Blaise. A collection of digital art, illustrations and sketches.
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