This piece is #1 of a Limited Edition of 500 from Walt Disney’s classic Bambi.  This scene, “Good Morning Young Prince”, depicts Bambi as he bounds through the forest to meet his bunny friends. This piece also shows the steps of the animation process: from rough animation to clean-up, to inking, to final painting.  Recreated by Disney artists using traditional animation techniques of transferring original animation drawings to acetate cels by a six-step process. Then they hand-paint each cel and apply it to a background which was reproduced using original background paintings, sketches and frames from the film as references. The approximate size to the cel is 11 ¾ x29 in. 

This piece is #23 of 25 Publisher’s Proof cels (regular edition—500)  from Disney’s classic, Bambi.  This scene, “Bambi say Bird”, depicts Thumper as he teaches Bambi his first word, “bird”, while Thumper’s sisters and precious birds look on.  Recreated by Disney artists using traditional animation techniques of transferring original animation drawings to acetate cels by a six-step process. Then, they hand-paint each cel and apply it to a background which was reproduced using original background paintings, sketches and frames from the film as references The approximate size to the cel is 11 ¼ x15 in. 

This piece is a Limited Edition of 350 hand-painted and signed character cel set-ups. The set-up recreates Bambi in sequence 2.2, scene 12 of the film. The lithograph background reproduces clean-up animation drawings that show the various moods and personalities of Bambi. Bambi image size is 9 in.. Approximate cel size is 16 ¾ X 12 in.. Each cel was hand-inked over an original animation drawing and then hand painted by the artists of the Walt Disney Studios Ink and Paint department. Approved and signed by Frank Thomas.

This piece is #23 of 50 Publisher’s Proofs (regular ed.—500) from Disney’s classic Bambi.  This scene, “Kinda Wobbly”,depicts the scene in which after Bambi falls for the third time, Thumper remarks, “kinda wobbly aren’t cha”. Recreated by Disney artists using traditional animation techniques of transferring original animation drawings to acetate cels by a six-step process. Then they hand-paint each cel and apply it to a background which was reproduced using original background paintings, sketches and frames from the film as references. The approximate size to the cel is 11X15 ¼  in.. 

This piece is # 23 of 25 Publisher’s Proof (regular ed. 350)  from Disney’s classic, Bambi.  This scene, “Bashful Bambi”, depicts Bambi during his first outing on the meadow,when Bambi timidly peeks at Faline as she anxiously waits to play. Each cel was inked over an original animation drawing and then hand-painted. The cel is applied to a background that was reproduced from the original background.  The approximate size to the cel is 10 ¾ X 19 ¼ in..