Beauty and the Beast: Stories From the Animator's Desk

Andreas Deja: HERCULES Pencil Tests

New reel posted by Andreas Deja showcasing his work from HERCULES! Check out Deja View for more

'Lessons from Frank and Ollie' on Deja View

Andreas Deja posted on his blog today 'Lessons from Frank and Ollie' featuring a fantastic video from the 80's designed to promote Frank and Ollie's book The Illusion of Life. It's full of great material and their Observation lecture is awesome. Check it out here:

// Lessons from Frank and Ollie

Making of 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'

Also check out Andreas Dejas' blog posts about his work on Roger Rabbit:

// Deja View: Who Framed Roger Rabbit 

CTN: Late Night with "Lion King" - A Celebration of "The Talent"

Roger Allers Director
Ruben Aquino Supervising Animator
Brenda Chapman Head of Story
Andreas Deja Supervising Animator
Mark Henn Supervising Animator
Andy Gaskill Art Director
Irene Mecchi Writer
Rob Minkoff Director
Moderated by Charles Solomon

CTN: Character Designers Creating Identities

Blast from a past CTN Expo - Animation Insiders (2010)
Panel:  Victor Navone, Andreas Deja, Eric Goldberg, Tony de Rosa, Pablo Navarro,

In-depth Inteveiw With Andreas Deja

ArtInsights Gallery interviews Andreas Deja about his career.











 

Madam Mim Pencil Test

Check out the 'Madam Mim' post over on Deja View! Andreas posted a beautiful pencil test and some great key poses!

// Madam Mim via Deja View

The Life And Times Of Pluto

This is short featurette about the history of 'Pluto'. Frank, Ollie, Andreas Deja, and John Canemaker talk about the development of Pluto's character. 






Mickey's Elephant (1936)

Conversation with Andreas Deja (2011)

Interview with Andreas Deja over on the TAG Blog.


Interview Part 1

Interview Part 2

Andreas Deja Lecture at Van Eaton Galleries (2010)

Informative lecture by Andreas Deja at the Van Eaton Galleries in Sherman Oaks, CA. The high light reel at the beginning has some nice pencil tests vs final animation comparisons. He talks a lot about animals in this lecture. The book he refers to in the beginning is 'The Art of Animal Drawing' by Ken Hultgren. 

Andreas Deja has a new blog 'Deja View'

So Andreas Deja has started a blog! I'm excited to see what content he'll be posting over next few months. Very cool!

Andreas Deja's blog: Deja View

'Animating Art ' -- featuring Disney Legend Art Babbitt

A documentary about legendary animator Art Babbitt; featuring interviews with Art Babbitt, Richard Williams, and Andreas Deja.