The Disney Artform That’s Almost Extinct (Only 4 Artists Still Do It!)

Video from The Academy

The Disney Artform That’s Almost Extinct (Only 4 Artists Still Do It!)

"In collaboration with the Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema exhibition at the Academy Museum, step inside the world of Disney’s Ink and Paint department where a small team is keeping a nearly lost art alive.

They are the last of their kind - artists who still ink and paint animation cels by hand, just as it was done for decades before computers changed everything. It’s a process most people never see. And even fewer can do.

This is the art behind the art. The craft that gave Disney animation its iconic look for generations. And it’s still happening - quietly, masterfully, by the hands of four people.

These are the featured Ink & Paint Artists (in order of appearance):

Annie Hobbs

David Scott Smith

Antonio Pelayo

Charles Landholm" from the video introduction

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