Aaron Blaise on Traditional Animation, Disney, and Creating CreatureArtTeacher

Draftsmen

Stan Prokopenko and Marshall Vandruff

Visual Arts, Design, Arts

4.9 • 742 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Former Disney animator Aaron Blaise discusses his rapid journey to animating major characters at 21, losing his wife and leaving Disney, and starting an art education website to pass on artistic knowledge. Blaise also talks about his lifelong obsession with drawing animals, gaining inspiration from mentor Glen Keane, and the traditional hand-drawn animation process at Disney. Aaron Blaise - creatureartteacher.com Learn to Draw - www.proko.com Stan Prokopenko - instagram.com/stanprokopenko Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, drafts people.
0:02.0	To help fill the void and the lack of episodes in your draftsman feed,
0:06.2	we're rewinding back to five Proco Classic interviews and one new one.
0:11.9	You're listening to this new miniseries where we take a deep dive into the lives, journeys,
0:17.2	and minds of some of the most fascinating artists and instructors from fine art
0:21.8	masters to comic legends. Next up, Aaron Blaze. Aaron is a Disney animator turned educator,
0:30.2	specializing in animal animation. He animated for the movies you've all heard of, like
0:35.6	Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King,
0:38.9	and he even directed Brother Bear.
0:41.1	You can find him at creatureartteacher.com.
0:44.6	I featured him in several videos over on the Proko YouTube channel,
0:48.0	including a sketching trip to the San Diego Zoo.
0:51.2	We talk about his journey to becoming a Disney animator
0:53.9	on how relentless practice and
0:56.6	the right mentorships can skyrocket your artistic skills and some more lessons to learn from his career.
1:04.2	Lo do-dood-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do.
1:09.3	It's the dressing show.
1:12.6	Yeah. All right, hey guys, my name's Stan Prokopenko
1:15.2	Welcome to Proko
1:16.1	Layern Blaze is here
1:17.6	All the way from Florida
1:18.7	Yeah
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