Known for his work on multiple high profile animated films including ‘Aladdin,’ ‘The Lion King,’ ‘Mulan,’ ‘The Incredibles,’ and ‘Coraline,’ the artist dies last Thursday from Lewy body dementia.
Kent Melton, the animation sculptor who created maquettes made of clay for iconic characters found in movies including Aladdin, The Lion King, Mulan, The…
A maquette, in animation terms, is a highly detailed sculpture of a character that will help the animators, modelers, and lighters understand the shapes and proportions of that character from every possible angle, typically in a dynamic pose showing the character’s personality, and can be rota