He was a young artist employed by the Disney studio, but tasked with the entry-level job of finishing off the work of the animators and crafting the “in-between” animations that completed the characters’ movements. Wong had learned that studio executives were creating a film from the new novel, Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten. Tom says the young artist read the book and without consulting his supervisor, “took the script and painted some visual concepts to set the mood, color and the design.”
His sketches recalled the lush mountain and forest scenes of Sung dynasty landscape paintings. His initiative paid off. Walt Disney, who was looking for something new for the film, was captivated and personally directed that Wong be promoted. Today, top animators and illustrators revere Wong’s work. Children today are as enchanted by the misty, lyrical brushstrokes of Wong’s colorful nature scenes, inspired by his training at Otis College of Art and self-study of Sung Dynasty art
THIS GUY HELPED MAKE THE FILM THAT MADE ME WANT TO BE A FILMMAKER AND *HE IS STILL ALIVE*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAH
I met him at a gallery event a number of years ago and, UGH HE IS SO TALENTED AND SO KIND AND ENCOURAGING THERE IS A REASON WE ALL LOVE HIM. Also, my alma.
GUYS WTF IS THIS CRAZY TALENTED GUY- HE MAKES KITES TO WOW JUST WOW
OMG PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW
Unfortunately, Tyrus Wong died on December 30, 2016 at the age of 106. His work was a joy to witness and has obviously had an enormous impact on others (myself included), and his legacy still looms large.
online dorks when they see kids enjoying something they don’t like:
Y’all got problems acting like you’ve never done anything considered cringe in your youths
okay super late to the party and super out of nowhere but if you think the main moral of Rick and Morty isn’t: “You don’t want to be Rick Sanchez. Because Rick Sanchez is fucking miserable.” Then you weren’t paying attention.
All people with blue eyes can be traced
back to one person who lived near the
Black Sea less than 10,000 years ago. SourceSource 2
Now when I see a person with blue eyes, I’ll know they’re a descendant of Ocean-Eyed Slut Man.
You leave great grandpa ocean-eyed slut man alone, he was just living his life
Actually, since this was determined using mitochondrial DNA, the ocean-eyed slut would be a woman, not a man. Mitochondrial DNA is passed down by mothers.
Gram-gram knew how to party
dear ocean eyed party gram-gram thank u for spreading your weird eye mutation and giving every fanfic writer a reason to know an unholy amount of synonyms for the word ‘blue’.
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