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Hi Chris,
Thank you. This forum and website is amazing and I am looking forward to getting up to speed with it and how to post an image (I am a relative newbie to computers). Your work is terrific. The name Dan Goozee is very familiar tho I think I just missed him. I am terrible with names (still) and met so many creatives at Disney, 400 in Florida and in my 3 week Tarzan ramp up in LA, a few hundred more!
Yes, Disney was an amazing place with some amazing talents. As you say a great training ground. The whole process of classic animation is so unbelievably complex it takes years to understand and know it, and only from within. Some of the best painters I've ever seen are in the small Background units of the LA, Orlando and Paris studios. Especially the Chinese. My friend "Jay" (Jie Xiangyuan sp?) is THE Best I've ever seen. In 2 or 3 hours, every time, he would produce a beautiful finished oil of any subject matter. Loose and painterly, terrific color, likeness, composition, etc ready for framing; from the same view the rest of us were whacking away at. Truly masterful and a very sweet, humble little guy. I feel honored to know him and (being very picky about my "wall space") lust for one of his paintings for my wall (eventually).
Sorry to ramble. Looking forward to you online.
David
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