Bambi background / layout comparisons

Most of the original background paintings for the animated classic Bambi are lost. 

A lot of them were painted thinly in oil on glass or cardboard for use in the multiplane camera, while other finished backgrounds were painted in watercolor, depending on what the artist preferred. 

But Disney's archive still treasures the preliminary layouts for them. The layouts (shown at left above) were drawn with soft graphite on vellum. Those layouts work out the soft, atmospheric tonal transitions that gave Bambi its distinctive look.

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Source for this post: Animation Treasures (Hans Bacher's weblog)

More Bambi background / layout comparisons

Disney BG Artist Lisa Keene remembers studying the Bambi background technique on a visit to the Animation Research Library

Previously on GurneyJourney:

Disney explains his multiplane camera

Bambi stylist Ty Wong

All art ©Disney