Fantasia 2000 - Rhapsody in Blue : rough scenes

Here's the 1st scene I animated for the Disney feature : Fantasia 2000.

It was for the ' Rhapsody in Blue ' segment directed by Eric Goldberg.

{ link to Eric's new book on the art of Animation }

Eric cast me this scene which I dove into to. 

It was so much fun to animate this scene.

This project was set up where there were no supervising animators.

I have worked with an amazingly talented group of supervisors.

Learning from each of them. But it was nice for a moment to be able to work directly with the director. And pleasing Eric { with the experience and talent that he is }, was a artistic challenge. I was so happy that he really liked my work.

I love 'overlapping' animation. The way something will drag and 

follow through. The feeling of weight etc. And just finding the 

solutions of having that in the scene with hopefully having a nice design to it as well. 

Having all the objects fall down onto the floor in a pleasing way

was a challenge. Starting with the 'jack in the box', ending with the dog dish coming to a stop.

The music was a major tool with hitting the beats for my poses.

I've been pretty fortunate having these scenes to animate with

the music already set.

Here's the 2nd scene I animated from 'Rhapsody in Blue'.
Once again, having a soundtrack BEFORE I started animating
really helped with visualizing the beats and motion of my
characters movements.