The Art of Aaron Blaise

The Art of Aaron Blaise Aaron Blaise is an animation feature film director and wildlife artist. Focused animal art, animation, concept design and art education.

For 21 years Aaron worked with Disney helping to create some of the greatest animated films ever made. During that time he worked as an animator or supervising animator on "The Rescuers Down Under", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin", "The Lion King", "Pocahontas", "Mulan" and more. In 2003 he was co-director of "Brother Bear" for which he earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film.

After "Brother Bear" he helped to develop several projects but ultimately left Disney to pursue an opportunity back home in Florida. Aaron recently served as 2D Animation Supervisor and Character Designer for the "The Bear and the Hare" an advertisement loved by millions around the world.

๐Ÿปโ€โ„๏ธ ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฅ ๐—•๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ข๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—™๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ!Weโ€™ve just added a brand-new collection of ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ...
08/28/2026

๐Ÿปโ€โ„๏ธ ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฅ ๐—•๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—œ๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ข๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—™๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ!

Weโ€™ve just added a brand-new collection of ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ โ€” and the library keeps growing.

Built specifically for artists, animators, illustrators, sculptors and creature designers, the library now includes:

๐—ก๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—™๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ
๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ ๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐— ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฆ
๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐— ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง, ๐—•๐—˜๐—›๐—”๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ & ๐—”๐—ก๐—”๐—ง๐—ข๐— ๐—ฌ
๐—”๐—ก๐—œ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—˜๐—ซ๐—”๐— ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—”๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜

Study timing, weight, balance, anatomy and behavior โ€” all in one growing reference library.

And with ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€, future additions are included at no extra cost.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—˜๐—ซ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ:
https://CreatureArtTeacher.com/MOTION

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—˜๐—ก๐——๐—ฆ ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ก!

08/28/2026

Join Aaron as he draws LIVE and answers your questions.

A lot of thought goes into even a simple drawing. The goal for me with animal drawing is always believability and to gra...
08/28/2026

A lot of thought goes into even a simple drawing. The goal for me with animal drawing is always believability and to grab the viewer.
You can preorder my upcoming book on animal drawing at CreatureArtTeacher.com/books

You donโ€™t just want to draw a dog. You want to draw THAT dog.The expression. The attitude. The personality that makes ea...
08/24/2026

You donโ€™t just want to draw a dog. You want to draw THAT dog.

The expression. The attitude. The personality that makes each animal unique.

Join me live September 12โ€“13 for two full days of drawing cats and dogs. Weโ€™ll study 10 popular breeds while breaking down anatomy, structure, gesture, expression and character.

Saturday is cats. Sunday is dogs. You can follow along in any medium, ask questions live and rewatch the workshop afterward.

Registration is currently $99, and half price for members!

Learn more and register here:
https://creatureartteacher.com/live

08/22/2026

Want to get better at drawing dogs and cats?

Join me LIVE September 12โ€“13 for a 2-Day Virtual Workshop focused entirely on drawing our favorite four-legged companions.

Weโ€™ll draw 10 different breeds and break down anatomy, proportion, gesture, expression and personality. Iโ€™ll show you how I simplify what Iโ€™m seeing, what I look for when I draw, and how I push beyond just copying reference to make the animal feel alive.

You can draw along with me, ask questions live, and watch the recordings afterward.

All skill levels are welcome and you can work in any medium.

Learn more and sign up here:
CreatureArtTeacher.com/live.

Press the dots under the image and slide your finger back and forth
08/22/2026

Press the dots under the image and slide your finger back and forth

08/21/2026

Watch as Aaron draws LIVE and answers your questions!

Composition can be a funny subjective thing. So much of what I do as an artist when it comes to designing my images come...
08/19/2026

Composition can be a funny subjective thing. So much of what I do as an artist when it comes to designing my images comes from intuition. If it looks good it is good. Thatโ€™s not to say though, that Iโ€™m not ever thinking about actual principles as Iโ€™m composing an image.
Since I get a lot of questions on the subject, I thought it would be fun to occasionally grab one of my past images that I feel has somewhat successful design and break it down for you.
Hereโ€™s a simple one demonstrating the rule of thirds, which I use A LOT! It also has some other principles I thought were worth mentioning.
As I mentioned, the main thing going on here is the rule of thirds. Iโ€™ve got the egret sitting up around that upper-right intersection, which gives it a strong place in the frame without just centering it. Since the bird is flying to the left, Iโ€™ve also left a lot of open space in front of it. That gives it somewhere to go and helps the whole image feel like itโ€™s moving.

There are a few other things happening at the same time. The body of the bird moves left, while that raised wing kicks up and back in the opposite direction, which gives the pose some nice energy. The egret is also the lightest thing in the painting by far, sitting against that dark forest, so your eye goes right to it.

The reeds help too. All those verticals create a rhythm through the picture, and then the bird cuts across them. That horizontal movement against all those vertical shapes makes the flight feel even stronger.

Thereโ€™s also some good depth happening with the foreground reeds, the grasses and other vegetation behind them, then the darker forest in the distance. Itโ€™s not complicated, but it gives the scene enough layering to keep it from feeling flat.

Iโ€™m not being too rigid with the rule of thirds. The head and front of the body sit near that upper-right intersection, but the wings are free to break out of it. That usually feels a lot more natural than trying to force the whole subject neatly into one section of the grid.

Check out more of my art lessons at CreatureArtTeacher.com

Iโ€™m making big progress toward finishing my upcoming book on Animal Drawingโ€ฆโ€Through the Eyes of an Animatorโ€ available ...
08/19/2026

Iโ€™m making big progress toward finishing my upcoming book on Animal Drawingโ€ฆโ€Through the Eyes of an Animatorโ€ available for preorder at CreatureArtTeacher.com/books

Some Gorilla sketches from last week
08/18/2026

Some Gorilla sketches from last week

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