This is one of
my favorite drawings of all time. Not because of detail, refinement, or
rendering... but because of what it communicates; because of the story it
tells.
This drawing
was done 27 years ago by Glen Keane in an early pencil test for the
Transformation scene in Beauty & the Beast, and lately I look to it daily
for inspiration. The motion and movement, the staging and composition, the
depth and emotion, create such a beautiful masterpiece.
Glen has said
that, "A drawing is like a seismograph of the soul," and that very
concept is displayed here so well.
As I spend the
next several months focusing on Computer Animation, I will be discovering how
to infuse 3D animations with such a level of passion. The medium is different,
but I am convinced that if the passion behind it is the same, it can create
works of art that are just as powerful.
Have you, in
your life, found ways to express passion through different mediums in ways that
might have surprised you?
The link below
will take you to the transformation scene as it was originally done on pencil
and paper by one of the most incredible animators of our time.
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