Why legendary Disney animator Glen Keane is making art for Google
If you don’t know Glen Keane by name, you almost certainly know his work. As Lead Animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios during a career that spanned 37 years, his talent helped bring about the second Golden Age of Disney films, as he’d go on to animate such iconic characters as Ariel from The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Pocahontas. His style is unmistakable, and — if you’re a millennial — your childhood would probably have looked a lot different if not for it. Google probably figured that much when the Advanced Technology and Projects group (ATAP) gave Keane his most recent project, Duet. If you’re going to raise the bar, you might as well do it Disney-style.
By December 2013, months after he’d retired from the House of Mouse,…
Source:: The Verge
