Q: I'm a B.Des student at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in the Illustration and Animation Department.
I'm currently working on a research paper about Mary Blair, and the comparison between her initial drawings and the final film drawings.
I'm currently focusing on 3 films, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and Cinderella. I thought that you might have any initial drawings of Mary Blair to these films, like a story board or art, or information of who might have, so I could look at and compare the final films drawings to.
Yanit Hen, Ramat Gan, Israel
A: Do you have the book about Mary? The Art and Flair of Mary Blair, by John Canemaker. It was published by Disney Editions in 2003, and updated in 2014. The Walt Disney Archives does not have original art for the Disney animated films; that is in the company’s Animation Research Library, and not available to students for research.