Maleficent the Dragon

MEDIUM: Original Production Drawing 
IMAGE SIZE: 15.5" x 12.5"
PRODUCTION: Sleeping Beauty, 1959
SIGNED: Iwao Takamoto
SKU: CCV4458

NOTES: This piece has signs of light production wear including graphite smudges, wrinkling, and small rips in the upper left corner. The faint outline of Prince Phillip's horse, Samson, is visible in the drawing, presumably having been erased by an animator. 

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Iwao Takamoto (April 29, 1925 – January 8, 2007) was an American animator, television producer, and film director. He began his career as a production and character designer for Walt Disney Animation Studios films such as Cinderella (1950),  Lady and the Tramp (1955), and Sleeping Beauty (1959). Later, he moved to Hanna-Barbera Productions, where he designed a great majority of the characters, including Scooby-Doo and Astro, and eventually became a director and producer.

ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Original Production Drawings are one-of-a-kind pieces of art that were used in the creation of an animated film or television show. Each has been hand-drawn by studio artists!