Drawing : Join me as I take you through some of my old Disney drawings

While going through my closet I found some stacks of drawings I created during my time at Walt Disney Feature Animation. Watch as I take you through my process of designing my characters for Mulan, Beauty and the Beast and more!
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About Aaron Blaise:
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Aaron Blaise is an animation feature film director and wildlife artist.
For 21 years Aaron worked with Disney helping to create some of the greatest animated films ever made. During that time he worked as an animator or supervising animator on "The Rescuers Down Under", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "The Lion King", "Pocahontas", "Mulan" and more.
In 2003 he was co-director of "Brother Bear" for which he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film.
After "Brother Bear" he helped to develop several projects but ultimately left Disney to pursue an opportunity back home in Florida. Aaron recently served as 2D Animation Supervisor and Character Designer for the "The Bear and the Hare" an advertisement loved by millions around the world. ( • Video )
Aaron currently is working on his mission to bring affordable art education and animation training to the world through his website: CreatureArtTea...

[@quantum_leap786]

6:27 "these are a little boring im gonna jump throught these kinda quickly" *litteraly every animation student* : NO PLEASE SHOW US

[@juanse985]

dude, that was too realistic drawing, that style was more for an pure action movie more than of a humor and adventure like the final sketches.

[@gradygavin9917]

You prolly dont give a damn but does any of you know a method to get back into an instagram account? I was stupid lost the login password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me!

[@zyairekarson3334]

@Grady Gavin Instablaster ;)

[@May-le9lp]

That's so awesome! I'm Chinese and I think your Asian faces are very on point and I love them

[@AaronBlaiseArt]

Thank you!

[@michaelmell2110]

The hell-

[@e.t.2914]

@@princevegeta2956 Bro, wtf? Leave her alone.

[@shengwu9077]

@@princevegeta2956 problem?

[@Witchworkanimations]

@@princevegeta2956 I'm Chinese and for a fact all the chinese people I know don't eat any of those animals 😒

[@stagelinedpro]

17:04 Disney would never have the nerve!!

[@wtolman]

probably wouldnt want that image distilled in young kids. makes me wonder what the movie would have ended up like it it was for audiences a bit older.

[@Kate-vd3hl]

Brother bear was my childhood. Wow. Thanks. That’s awesome. I learned how to draw the Disney bears by copying the cover of the dvd case over and over again. Awesome! That’s crazy.

[@Jessicanimation]

I'm an animation student and it's my dream to work for Disney as an animator or illustrator. Mulan is one of my favorite Disney movies ever.

[@Arezkkuzu]

@@user-yx9xn2ub5f Pretty naive to think that money hasn't always been the driving factor. Show me where it was that you think Disney specifically stopped caring about art, because all of their films are packed to the brim with talent regardless of the profit they turned.

[@SavageDroggo]

Ossama You rly don’t understand animation, at all. Don’t you know that 2D animation is important if you want to produce 3D animation? Have you seen the concepts art behind cars, moana, zootopia and other disney 3D films? Do some research before you talk about animation in front of animation artists like us

[@gtshadowwolf2710]

Ossama have you no idea the amount of time and effort it takes to make animation, or the amount of skills you have to do to make is even the slightest bit realistic, because people regardless of the amount of money it takes to make animations actually care about what they made if they didn’t it wouldn’t look as good as it does

[@qi6303]

@@user-yx9xn2ub5f you do know handrawn art is like, the heart of almost any type of animation, right?

[@tanglingheadphones]

I feel like I'm looking through an awesome art museum. Thanks for showing us these, sir!

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

The fact you took the time to learn to sketch them in a non-stereotyped way is awesome. I love Mulan and really appreciate getting to see this stuff. Do you have any plans to digitize these? Even if only to save them should something unfortunate happen to them.

[@kavirajbhunjun]

Thanks Aaron.You are one of the best talented Artist known.This is what we call "The Golden Age of Animation" it comes back again time is circular. Being an artist and animator i can understand your feeling .Hand drawn Artworks will always has its golden value.Computer drawings and technology has an indirect approach of the original Art Works missing the direct human touch. Freehand drawings will always be eternal masterpieces which comes directly form the soul of the Artist. Again thanks for sharing these precious artworks.

[@ambiguous5540]

It’s such a shame that your character was never used. The designs and sketches of him are brilliant!

[@nopenope7700]

This is as *rare* as it gets...

[@SavageDroggo]

ambiguous while other disney artists who work on the same team will do the same thing! It rly depends on what the director likes, cuz he/she represents the gate to the world.

[@tidela4714]

Yeah, the designs were fantastic, but I can see why they cut him. The approved villain was better, I think, for Mulan’s journey.

[@Leelahel]

As he was going through his drawings I was spazzing out at how lifelike they all are.

[@aniastassya5726]

Wow! This channel is pure GOLD! Thank you so much for share with us your talent! Is amazing to see how Mulan movie looked like before we even watched it. God bless you, artist!

[@birdy369]

9:50 that's the beauty of having your art on paper... sure digital, you can save it, but once you're gone - who's going to maintain those files, keep up with them? Unless uploaded to some special cloud... I don't know what the future holds for art as a whole but I know it will NEVER have the special and literal FEEL of physical artwork! Thank you SO much for sharing your work! I loved it so much as a child, and I now love and respect it so much more so as an adult!

[@silvercreekcrossing]

Thank you for showing me the development of an animated character

[@element9ETHER]

Wow! You worked on my favorite two childhood movies Mulan and The Lion King! Respect!

[@meadpro]

I missed seeing real home setups that people actually use. this is amazing to see.

[@pilouuuu]

Your work is a real inspiration! It's always cool to find stuff we have created a long time ago, so thanks for sharing your creations.

[@ScotCampbellwindowpainter]

Imagine how much these are worth. Easily a million 😊

[@Karmer]

This warmed my heart to see - I've always loved behind the scenes, and Mulan is such an incredible movie, along with that Raja sketch and Beauty and the beast. I'm in awe of when you flip through the animation. Thank you for sharing the process too - I didn't realise there was a 'clean-up' artist.

[@Oli-vids]

Thank you so much for showing this! I've been struggling recently with whether I want to focus on storyboarding or animating and every time I see your videos I feel that spark that I felt the first time I knew I wanted to be an animator. This video couldn't have come at a better time for me. I already have a stack of papers beside me ready to draw some characters!! Thank you for inspiring me to become an animator!

[@jakobhardiman5148]

I would do anything to buy some of those sketches from Mulan, its is one of my favourites and a big inspiration.

[@seanobrien2210]

Incredible art and an inspirational video👍

[@prashobhnair8042]

Hey. Don't know if you would come across this, but you have been an inspiration to me. Thank you

[@samuelreadart2691]

Awesome! I love hearing you talk through your thinking and the processes when designing the characters. Gives great insight into the industry back then, as well as great ideas for when I'm creating my own characters for work and personal projects! Thanks guys. Inspiring as always.

[@silvercreekcrossing]

I studied with the animators during Pocahontas and lion king and met an illustrator who did the backdrops of Fantasia. This is so educational

[@ElieBeth___]

As a 90s kid who grew up on all the Disney movies, this was an absolute real treat seeing these. A treasure trove. I feel like I know the film even more now. Thank you Aaron for your amazing art. I thought I was inspired by Disney but actually you inspired me so much as a child! And now it's full circle, I'm commenting on this video as a grown adult...

[@melia6040]

Very cool and interesting!

[@abdool1972]

Aaron is so generous with his art - so inspiring !

[@aileen_7292]

So many of these are stunning. This is just one of them that really caught my eye 8:37

[@numufu]

I wish I could have seen some early drawings from The Lion King. Do you plan to upload more?

[@hamstrungharry259]

I love these, your work and design philsophy reminds me of what Chien Yi was talking about in that character design lecture he had what I believe was over 15 years ago, where he mentioned to know and respect your subject. Just the amount of studies to capture Chinese faces shows that philosophy in what it seems to be the Disney philosophy of really getting to know your subject and/or a given culture.

[@DanielFBest]

Brilliant! An insight into the process of drawing Disney characters

[@subkons]

Very cool to see all that history.

[@anjwelch]

That is a true treasure you have right there. great work!

[@thenikhilray99]

Aaron Blaise you are great 😊

[@ShahemaTafader]

This video just made my day. Thank you so much for sharing it !

[@angelicasquare]

What an honor and great experience watching this, being an animation student at the Academy of Art

[@Carrotcake00]

I was in elementary school when I remember watching Mulan in theaters. After all these years it's amazing how I could see these sketches from the movie.👍Thank you for this!

[@blakewatkins4469]

This is probably the greatest video I've ever watched! I love Milan and learning the multiple processes an plans that were put out before the movie was even in production is fascinating! I always wanted to do Disney character designs and this video inspires me to practice more on my anatomy and facial expressions. I'll never live the dream of designing the characters but it won't stop me from trying.

[@Akard517hell]

Blake Watkins i love you too

[@annikamunson7161]

Mulan*

[@colonellesbean]

It's really cool to see some of your old drawings!

[@maceymooo]

This is an absolute honor to watch, I would love to see more of these beautiful drawings

[@villavelli]

He makes me wanna draw again

[@rogercrownover5950]

yes young ones....observe and absorb, and tell us your stories of your characters, your story lines that mooooove an audience is wha some of us say and humbly suggest........................P.S thank you Mr. B, for cutting the ponytail...it looked old and grey and dirty, for some of us have grandma animation students in these group homes and senior centers who hate the hippy type, but now are ok with you teaching of the LINE OF ACTION.........................and the force that it applies for........

[@tonymusic720]

I'll do algebra, I'll put up with calculus, I'll even push through trigonometry... But graphing is where I draw the line!

[@newtoatheism5968]

Those drawings are incredible almost makes me want to watch Mulan again

[@SmoothRiker]

It's always interesting to get a behind the scenes look at the development of a film. Seems like it started as a pretty different story.

[@AngelCnderDreamer]

That is insane, seeing your character now has trigger memories that I forgotten when I was like 6, I remember watching Malun for the first time. When I saw the guy that warn China ( guy with the torch at the beginning of the movie) and seeing Yao. I always had this feeling that from those two there was suppose to be a character that was like them. As crazy as it sounds, I also had a bad feeling they could of been a bad guy more then a hero. But seeing your character omg... it just clicked. O-O I had no idea you did Yao tho, that's amazing! It a shame tho that your character didn't get into the movie, I really like his character design and the concept of him being a villain, he looked like he would of been fun to see in action. :c Also I can imagine that gift, and I am glad the movies been lasted this long. I hope someday that Disney would bring back handdrawn again, but in digital since it is easier. Btw you look so different in 2017 compare to 2021/2022... when I found your channel. I really like your ponytail, it looks good on ya. :3 Anyway I know this is old, but thanks for sharing.

[@Rustbucketcreative]

Wow these are beautiful! I would love to own one of your original sketches one day!

[@lawart5603]

This is fantastic. Love the drawings, and hearing about them too.

[@Sketchartofsanchez]

Enjoyable to watch some more behind the scenes of Mulan here. Thanks for that Aaron & Dustin!

[@ShockingPikachu]

10:39 that face is amazing xD

[@stephaniewozny3852]

Man, what a treasure trove!

[@deanehornsbyau]

Amazing, fabulous drawings! Thank you for sharing, love your work!

[@skele3620]

Omg Yao is like my fave character! Of course a master like you designed him!

[@arnaldoacostaidc]

God...if only I'd found this channel years ago! Cheers for all the knowledge Aaron

[@GUIZINanimator]

LEGEND!

[@-audiobook-3647]

The drawing and sketches of you are brilliant

[@shereenty]

amazing tour love all of them mulan is my favorite movie and mo is the most lovely character to me thanks do more videos plz

[@mgardner70]

Why did it take me so long to find you? You’re one of my heroes! Subscribing September 1st!

[@elephantgaming4643]

HE HAS GOT A POSTER OF THE LEGEND OF TEMBO

[@JinxNightcore]

This is so cool💖✨

[@amysamin]

So interesting to see all the thought, time, and hard work that went into Mulan (obviously into the other films, but this video was mostly Mulan). I love seeing and reading about how characters develop into the final version. The details about Yao were great! I would love to know the story behind his eye.

[@nialler3296]

That's amazing! very encouraging to see it took some trial and error even for the best of best!

[@RayanMADAO]

Those are a treasure

[@BucketheadStudios]

Love those beast drawings, incredible :D

[@traceymuy1942]

These sketches are gorgeous!! Stunning work! 🤩

[@amberakart]

Dude! These are all amazing! Definitely was my dream job my whole life but I never thought I could become an animator. I'm trying to teach myself with your videos and going to college for it now too!

[@CaptainNim]

Thank you so much for sharing!

[@Tombola1993]

Those drawings are amazing.

[@boy3m]

Amazing !. I could watch your drawings all day long.

[@seth-blank]

So good

[@danielhateley8290]

You sir are a inspiration

[@codydebord6091]

thank you so much for sharing this. You drew my childhood.

[@dasha2073]

Wow, you paint very nicely.

[@emreani]

Thank you sir.

[@KSClaw]

This is all so cool! I am incredibly fascinated by the drawings and ideas about the Mulan villain (is it Bal Gong or Bai Gong? The audio made it a bit difficult to make out). The story would certainly have been different. I also love the story behind Yao's design and your bulldog puppy, it's awesome how real life can inspire things like character designs.

[@cardindex5657]

These are truly incredible and I really appreciate these. I have my first son on the way. How bout some of those sketches for his room? Lol

[@jordanbriskin238]

Aside from the few *BEAUTY AND THE BEAST* and *RESCUERS DOWN UNDER* drawings, I noticed that the vast majority of these pieces were from *MULAN;* I, for one, would have appreciated seeing some of your work from *POCAHONTAS,* *ALADDIN* and *LION KING,* in addition....

[@user-yx9xn2ub5f]

Jordan Briskin he said he had other drawings lying around but they were all over the place, stop being picky and just appreciate the fact that you even got to see these awesome sketches, and ones of a character that didnt make it, which is even more special.

[@jovian]

I'll never be as good of an artist, but I can only hope to improve. Thanks for sharing.

[@Trish_Carmichael]

If you could make a book with all this, I'd buy it in a blink!

[@arnaudwurm-munoz1325]

Incredible! It's beautiful! Even if they are sketches! Really. :)

[@-audiobook-3647]

Put more of this kind of training, Step by step design, characters in different gestures, That gestures when they come together. Are Animation. And this is very enjoyable Thank you

[@tylerb1217]

The guy riding the horse looks like the exact scene from the new Milan moviw

[@planetarta]

lovely watching this video Aaron! Very insightful and i hope you make more videos!

[@cutequeen9405]

These are so cool to see i love all of them

[@MissShembre]

So so wonderful to see this! (You can probably guess which movie is my favorite.)

[@rachellane2836]

That was AWESOME!!!! So much work!!! God you just don't appreciate the hours and hours you guys put in!!! Especially for characters that don't even make the film!!! Full respect! ;)

[@richardharpe]

Your work is EPIC! Absolutely love your style(s) and always wanted to be a Disney animator like yourself. But alas, life took me in different direction. ;)

[@fraicheness]

Wow.

[@KoponkMarley]

awesomee

[@polerigdon9789]

What idiot would give this video a thumbs down? His videos are the best thing on youtube.

[@yen4048]

It'll be cool if you found other stuff you showcase them like this, these were really cool to look at!

[@danielhincapieart]

I've waited soooooo long for this stuff! Thank you for sharing it.

[@ragemutt5372]

Whenever i need a boost to motivate myself to draw i give your channel a visit, thanks alot!

[@mthcomics4002]

I’m curious if you could make a video discussing brother bear someday? It’s my favorite Disney movie

[@Wickednessdude]

you are the best

[@paulg2148]

Just amazing! My dream was to animate with you guys once I finished school... until Eisner shut down classical animation... I hope you do more of these videos. Very cool

[@yogissjkaio]

Awesomely amazing ! superb art works, nothing beats hand drawn animation :)

[@MarcCifuentes]

Awesome!

[@malaikasartcreation7637]

Hi ! Amazing art ! Could you show us old drawing from the lion king ? It's my favorite disney movie :)

[@VeliyevRauf]

you are a master!