Lost Art: How CG Killed Hand-Drawn Animation at Disney

Many animators at Disney didn’t like the idea of drawing with a mouse... even if Mickey did. “I’ve been doing it all backwards,” animator Aaron Blaise says, chuckling. It’s a joke, but also kind of true: He began his career at Disney, working on classics like Aladdin and The Lion King before serving as the director of 2003’s Brother Bear – one of the last ...