HOLLYWOOD STEPS OUT (1941)

I always loved cartoons with celebrity caricatures. Warner Brothers' "HOLLYWOOD STEPS OUT" is one of the best.The background art does a beautiful job depicting the glamorous Hollywood nightclub scene at Ciro's, one of Tinseltown's notorious hot spots.The pan shot of the interior is digitally recreated, giving us a view of the art we never saw in the movie. That's Cary Grant on the far right. You can find out who all the old movie celebrities are here:http://classiccartoons.blogspot.com/2006/02/whos-that-guy-hollywood-steps-out.htmlMore art from this great cartoon will follow...

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Snow White: Windows!

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Ferrari Firano Widescreen Hi-Res Wallpaper

Free Ferrari Firano Widescreen Hq Wallpa...

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Widescreen Bmw M6 Convertible Wallpaper

Widescreen Bmw M6 Convertible Wallpa...

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Bengal Tiger Widescreen HQ Wallpaper

Bengal Tiger Widescreen HQ Wallpaper , 1280x800 Wallpap...

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Hi-Res Beer Widescreen Wallpaper

Hi-Res Beer Widescreen Wallpaper , Hq 1280 x 800 wallpap...

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The Beautiful Briny, Shimmery Shiny Sea

This fantastic artwork underplayed two dancing fish for mere seconds in the BEAUTIFUL BRINY SEA segment of BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS.FIrst up, the featured fish in a screen cap. Remember them swimming by? Below it, my digitally re-created pan Background.After several hundred backgrounds and blog entires, I'm running out of words! I hate to repeat myself, but...Truly, the texture and play of light is marvelous. After doing this for years, every once in a while I am truly amazed at the artwork revealed. This is one of those times. Who would expect such an intriguing piece of art behind this very brief scene? Disney excellence raises the bar ag...

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Naruto Hi-Res Widescren Wallpaper

Naruto Hq Widescren Wallpaper , 1280x800 res wallpa...

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Here are some more pieces from Italian guest artist Andrea Scipione, wonderful digital re-creations of backgrounds from CINDERELLA. Thank you Andrea for sharing the...

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THE LITTLE MERMAID

A new guest artist from Italy, Andrea Scipione sent these wonderful digital re-creations of backgrounds from THE LITTLE MERMAID. Thank you Andrea!This was the last Disney feature to use hand-painted cels. Enjoy these wonderful B/Gs. Bel...

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THREE CABALLEROS

Here are two different treatments of the same street from THE THREE CABALLEROS. The first (like a pop-up book) is very cartoonish. The second is more like a chalk drawing.Theoretically, they could have used one B/G and zoomed in for a close-up. instead, two B/Gs were painted and the textures are quite different.This is intriguing to me. How about y...

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POPPINS Returns: English Countryside

With the carousel horses off and running, we see some beautiful English countrysi...

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PETER PAN - London skies at night

Wonderful reconstructed B/Gs from our guest artist Andrea Giglio. Magnifi...

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Mathmagic Land Pan B/G

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Donald In Mathmagic Land

These very modern B/Gs were created for "Donald In Mathmagic Land."The eye-popping colors and imaginative designs make these especially attractive, don't you thi...

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PETER PAN

Guest artist Andrea Giglio recently sent a huge folder of recreated artwork from PETER PAN. Thank you, Andrea!Here is the first set from Andrea's beautiful recreations, with many more to come. Our sincere appreciation for shari...

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HOW IT'S DONE: Re-creating Digital B/Gs

I frequently get questions about how I actually recreate these backgrounds. Today I was working on refining a B/G for one of my Mary Poppins Penguin cels, and I thought I'd show the process, step by step. There were actually eleven layers. Here I am sharing the major steps only. On rare occasions, a background will appear for a frame or two by itself, before a character enters or leaves a scene. They are the exception, however. Usually the animated character(s) move all over the scene. So then, the concept is (with DVD screen caps) to look for the places where the character is NOT. I layer these in Photoshop like a jigsaw puzzle, blending...

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Don't miss "ART CORNER RESTORATIONS!"

There's a new post today of Art Corner animation art restorations on our companion blog, CELS AND SETUPS. Featured are original Disney production cels of Donald Duck and Peg Leg Pete.For some reason I am having problems with inserting the link. Please copy this URL,paste it into your browser, and away you'll go!http://celsandsetups.blogspot.com/2008/03/art-corner-restoration-pete-donald.h...

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LILO AND STITCH Pan Background

Here I've recreated an entire pan B/G, and you'll recognize the far left and right elements from yesterday's post.Don't forget to click on it to see the larger version.Ain't technology grand??...

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LILO AND STITCH

This contemporary Disney film was one of the last successful "traditional" Disney animated features. These first few backgrounds show a definite stylistic link to the classic Disney style. There are definite tropical echoes of "Hawaiian Holiday" (1937) and "The Jungle Book" (1967) in the artwork. The lush, native Hawaiian landscapes are beautifully rendered, immediately invoking the warmth and charm of the Polynesian islan...

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Fantasy Girl Warrior WoW HQ Wallpaper

Hot Fantasy Girl Warrior WoW HQ Wallpap...

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TREES from MELODY TIME

Color me sentimental and old-fashioned... but this segment moves me very deeply. The classic Joyce Kilmer poem TREES received a beautiful musical setting by composer Oscar Rasbach. From that, Disney's version received an orchestration which was incredibly lush, with a storm segment added in the middle. The final touch was beautiful vocals by "Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians." Probably most blog readers are too young to even recognize that name. But as a very small child in the 60s, my parents took me to a Fred Waring concert. Mr. Waring was a great vocal conductor, and "the Pennsylvanians" were his singers, his choir. Rarely will you hear...

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