Disney Animators Study Their Reflections In The Mirror To Draw Their Characters Right

As talented as the illustrators at Disney and Warner Brothers are, even they cannot draw their expressive characters out of thin air. They, and other professional animators, often use mirrors to model for themselves as they draw their characters’ frowns and grins.

The sight of these legendary professionals form the 1950s and later sitting at their tables as they leer and glare at themselves will definitely bring a smile to your face, so take a look!

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There is a beast with heart of cold stone that dashes like lightning, shreds flesh from bone. // Bewitched by this beast, I fell to my knees. My mouth babbled madness and mumbled soft pleas. // I stared down the ravenous, gnashing dark maw of a cute cuddly kitten with yarn in its paw

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