Released: October 18, 1967
This past week I was excited to learn about a scene with Bagheera and Baloo from Disney's The Jungle Book. If you are not aware, Andreas Deja, Disney Legend and master animator, also publishes a regular blog on animation and related topics. On September 20, 2022 he posted a story about the scene where Bagheera comes to the aid of Baloo after King Louis's monkey friends kidnap Mowgli. I was excited to see the animation drawing images he shared as they were drafted by another Disney Legend and one of Disney's Nine Old Men, Milt Kahl. He posted a series of 30 sequential rough drawings of Bagheera from this scene. I love seeing sequential animation drawings and learning who and how they are created.
So, up for this week's post is a Bagheera drawing numbered 27 from this same sequence, but 10 frames before his first pictured drawing numbered 37. It is always exciting to learn new things about art in your collection. I have had this drawing in the collection for a number of years and particularly love this piece. Milt Kahl beautifully drew one of my favorite animals, cats. Check out Andreas Deja's post here to learn more about this scene as well.
If you get a chance to visit the Walt Disney Family Museum exhibit on the Jungle Book this summer, you will discover a great section on Milt Kahl and his ability to draw cats and in particular Bagheera.
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