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• Toon Tuesday: What was it like to work at the Mouse Factory back in the 1950s?

  Disney Legend Floyd Norman talks about what it was like to work at Walt Disney Studios in the post-strike era. And to Floyd's way of thinking, "The Bad Old Days" were pretty darned good Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 06, 2009 12:00 AM | 5 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney, 1950s, Hollywood, Burbank, Animation Building, Disney Commissary , California, Los Angeles , instruction, artwork , 1941 , animators strike , Walt Disney Productions , sound stage, Old Hollywood, Burbank lot , motion picture, Disney artist , Dopey Drive, good times , Disney animator , The Great Depression, artists, job, Silver Lake , animated film, young animators, Disney shorts , master animator, industry veterans , job security, animation professionals, Roy Disney, production, production team , film, animated feature film, motion pictures, leader, legacy, Riverside Drive, animated feature, animation training class, animation department

• Toon Tuesday: Funky Warehouse Syndrome

  Disney Legend Floyd Norman points out an interesting paradox of the animation industry. In that artists deserve the finest facilities, but it's sometimes better if they don't actually get them Read More... Posted Tuesday, May 12, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, movies, Pixar, Walt Disney Studios, 1970s, Pixar Animation Studios, Glendale, Burbank, Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Walt Disney Company, Toy Story, Animation Building, young artists , animators, animation artist, design , Walt Disney Productions , Burbank lot , Disney artist , Disney backlot , backlot , Disney animator , artists, young animators, Hanna-Barbera , Hanna-Barbera Studio , 1980s, story, 1990s, production design, production team , production designer, film, motion pictures, studio, Hanna Barbera

• The Elephant in the Room -- Part 2

  Disney Legend Floyd Norman concludes his look at "Wild Life," the CG project that Walt Disney Animation Studios developed but ultimately abandoned in late 2000 Read More... Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: Disney, movies, CG, Hollywood, Burbank, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Apple , Faster! Cheaper! The Flip Side of the Art of Animation, Afrokids.com, design , artwork , development , television , Disney movie, Mr. Fun , Mr. Fun's Blog, music , sketches , assignment , animated film, sequence, character designer , storyman, elephant , diva, story, digital , Walt Disney Feature Animation, 2000, story team, Wild Life, storyboard, fashion mavens, fashion maven, glitzy, Howard Baker, satirical, fashion, Kitty Glitter, Ella the Elephant, sketch, production design, green-lit, screening, Roy Disney, production, sequences, production team , Techno Rock, costume designer, H.B. (Buck) Lewis , Craig Kellman, production designer, Hans Bacher , screenwriter, scratch track, talent, character actor , Alan Cumming, Red Pittstain, Academy Award winner , Kathy Bates, Magda, Debra Messing , pop diva, story issues, color storyboards , polish, computer applications, Adobe PhotoShop , Adobe Illustrator, Apple laptop, workstation, Northside, Northside facility, executive decision, stealth project, studio managers, Louie , Casablanca, Studio 54, Pygmalion, Hannah Montana, High School Musical, blockbuster, teen markets , Middle America , club scene, central focus