Frank and Ollie

Frank and Ollie are the masterminds behind a lot of disney's early animations. From lady and the tramp to jungle book and a whole lot more. They were part of disnay's animators known as the 7 old men (i think).

They were truely great, With animation being a huge part of my life, even from an early age i was interested in how animation worked. Now with the power of DVDs and the fantastic bonus features i can now watch how these geniuses worked.

These two guys worked on the greats, in my childhood i loved jungle book and recently it has been re-released on a double disc DVD. The film is still brilliant and looks great. Knowing what i know now i look at these animation films in a different light. A load of different animators when into making these films (and still do), but when you break the film down you can see the different styles of drawings by the animators. For example in jungle book the Elephant characters look sketchy and rough, which is widely different to the Frank and Ollie's Baloo and Bagheera.
This is something that interests me. Knowing that several different style artist can come together and make a flick.