scifigrl47: hirohamada: Awesome Disney People↬ Mary Blair [2/?] “Walt said that I knew abou

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hirohamada:

Awesome Disney People
↬ Mary Blair[2/?]

“Walt said that I knew about colors he had never heard of before.” -Mary Blair

Mary Blair is an influential artist who, with a few brushstrokes, defined the look and feel of a Disney movie. Her bold color choices and unique art style is instantly recognizable, seen in classics such as Cinderella,Peter Pan,Alice in Wonderland, and more. Blair also worked on designing park attractions, unquestionably seen in It’s A Small World, which is purely her both in style and concept. She also illustrated many Little Golden Books, such as I Can Fly. There is no doubt that Blair’s stunning style still influences film today.

“The way she painted—in a lot of ways she was still a little girl. Walt was like that… You could see he could relate to children—she was the same way.” -Rolly Crump

Though Disney’s shop was largely a male domain, some still managed to slip through the glass ceiling that separated ‘in-betweener’ or ‘ink and paint’ from actual animator status.  Blair is best known to most for being the driving force behind the design and aesthetic of “it’s a small world” but her concept art influenced far more.