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.

06/24/2026

A running animal is more than legs moving back and forth.

Watch what happens to the torso. As the legs gather beneath the body, energy is stored. As the spine extends, that energy is released. The entire animal becomes a living spring.

This is the kind of thinking Iโ€™m exploring throughout my new book, Through the Eyes of an Animator: Drawing Animals the Aaron Blaise Way.

My goal isnโ€™t just to teach anatomy. Itโ€™s to teach you how to see movement, structure, and life beneath the surface.

Preorders are open now at:

CreatureArtTeacher.com/books

DrawingAnimals AnimalAnatomy Sketchbook

06/23/2026

Iโ€™m running a bit behind on my upcoming new book, Through the Eyes of an Animator: Drawing Animals the Aaron Blaise Way. But it will have everything I know in it.

We set out for one destination.The journey has a way of changing that.More soon.
06/22/2026

We set out for one destination.
The journey has a way of changing that.
More soon.

๐ŸŒž ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ sale is LIVE! โ€ข Instant Discount Link In Bio๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ: ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ข๐—™๐—™ ANY Course, Brush Set, o...
06/21/2026

๐ŸŒž ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ sale is LIVE! โ€ข Instant Discount Link In Bio

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ: ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ
๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ข๐—™๐—™ ANY Course, Brush Set, or Photo Pack... ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€!

Thatโ€™s over ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ of Animation & Art Lessons from Aaron Blaise and more!

โณ ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ, ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ:
๐Ÿ”— https://bit.ly/4uS2iCW [Or Link In Bio]

๐ŸŒž ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ sale is LIVE! โ€ข Instant Discount Link Below โฌ‡๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ: ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ข๐—™๐—™ ANY Course, Brush Set,...
06/21/2026

๐ŸŒž ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ sale is LIVE! โ€ข Instant Discount Link Below โฌ‡๏ธ

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ: ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—˜๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ
๐—š๐—˜๐—ง ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ข๐—™๐—™ ANY Course, Brush Set, or Photo Pack... ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€!

Thatโ€™s over ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ of Animation & Art Lessons from Aaron Blaise and more!

โณ ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐—ช๐—˜๐—˜๐—ž๐—˜๐—ก๐—— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ, ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ:
๐Ÿ”— https://bit.ly/4uS2iCW

06/19/2026

Watch as Aaron draws LIVE and answers your questions!

๐Ÿฆ–โœ๏ธ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐‹ ๐’๐„๐‹๐‹ ๐Ž๐”๐“. And once itโ€™s goneโ€ฆ itโ€™s gone. [LINK IN BIO]On July 11-12, legendary creature designer ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—น ๐—ช๐—ต...
06/18/2026

๐Ÿฆ–โœ๏ธ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐‹ ๐’๐„๐‹๐‹ ๐Ž๐”๐“. And once itโ€™s goneโ€ฆ itโ€™s gone. [LINK IN BIO]

On July 11-12, legendary creature designer ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—น ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต is teaching a ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜, ๐Ÿฎ-๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ focused on ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€

This is ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น-๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ instruction, live demos, Q&A, and Terryl walking you through how she designs believable prehistoric creatures using real anatomy, gesture, structure, and motion.

What youโ€™ll dive into:
๐Ÿฆด Dinosaur anatomy that actually makes sense
๐Ÿฆ– Turning skeletal structure into powerful designs
โœ๏ธ Gesture, weight, and movement that bring dinos to life
๐ŸŽค Live demos + direct insight from one of the worldโ€™s top creature artists

โš ๏ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€. ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€.
If youโ€™ve ever wanted to learn how pros really approach dinosaurs... this is the moment.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Reserve your spot Today!
https://creatureartteacher.com/LIVE

๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—œ๐˜! ๐Ÿฆ•๐Ÿ”ฅ

๐Ÿฆ–โœ๏ธ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐‹ ๐’๐„๐‹๐‹ ๐Ž๐”๐“. And once it's goneโ€ฆ it's gone. [LINK BELOW]On July 11-12, legendary creature designer ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—น ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ...
06/18/2026

๐Ÿฆ–โœ๏ธ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐‹ ๐’๐„๐‹๐‹ ๐Ž๐”๐“. And once it's goneโ€ฆ it's gone. [LINK BELOW]

On July 11-12, legendary creature designer ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—น ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต is teaching a ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜, ๐Ÿฎ-๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ focused on ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€

This is ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น-๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ instruction, live demos, Q&A, and Terryl walking you through how she designs believable prehistoric creatures using real anatomy, gesture, structure, and motion.

What you'll dive into:
๐Ÿฆด Dinosaur anatomy that actually makes sense
๐Ÿฆ– Turning skeletal structure into powerful designs
โœ๏ธ Gesture, weight, and movement that bring dinos to life
๐ŸŽค Live demos + direct insight from one of the worldโ€™s top creature artists

โš ๏ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€. ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€.
If you've ever wanted to learn how pros really approach dinosaurs... this is the moment.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Reserve your spot Today!
https://creatureartteacher.com/LIVE

๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—œ๐˜! ๐Ÿฆ•๐Ÿ”ฅ

My new book is available for preorder: CreatureArtTeacher.com/booksFor years, Iโ€™ve taught artists to stop memorizing ana...
06/18/2026

My new book is available for preorder: CreatureArtTeacher.com/books

For years, Iโ€™ve taught artists to stop memorizing anatomy and start understanding it.

When you realize that a horseโ€™s front leg is built from the same bones as your own arm...
When you see that a wolf is walking on its fingers...
When you understand that the ribcage is a simple barrel and the shoulder blade floats on muscle instead of being locked to the skeleton...
..drawing animals suddenly becomes logical.

Thatโ€™s what Iโ€™ve poured into this book.

Itโ€™s not just pages of anatomy. Itโ€™s the way Iโ€™ve learned to see after a lifetime of studying wildlife, animating for Disney, and drawing thousands of animals.

My goal isnโ€™t for you to memorize every muscle.

My goal is for you to be able to sit down with a blank sheet of paper and draw an animal from imagination and breath life and character into the drawing, because you understand how that animal is put together.

Here are a few pages from the latest chapter on shoulders, front legs, and the ribcage. Iโ€™m incredibly excited with how this book is coming together.

I canโ€™t wait to get this into your hands.

06/16/2026

๐ŸฒJoin ๐—”๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ and ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—น ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต in Orlando, Florida for our first-ever ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ. Spots are limited. Learn more at https://CreatureArtTeacher.com/LIVE [or LINK IN BIO]

Itโ€™s a ๐Ÿฐ-๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—œ๐—ป-๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ where Terryl will teach creature design, and Aaron will show how to simplify those designs for animation and prepare them to move.

๐Ÿ“… ๐—๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌโ€“๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฏ
๐Ÿ“ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ, ๐—™๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ
๐Ÿจ Hotel included
๐Ÿฝ๏ธ Meals included
๐ŸŽจ Hands-on instruction

โœจ ๐‘ต๐‘ฌ๐‘พ: ๐‘ท๐’‚๐’š๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’—๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚ ๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†!

Whether youโ€™re interested in dinosaurs, fantasy creatures, animal anatomy, animation, or visual development, these are rare chances to learn directly from one of the worldโ€™s leading creature designers.

Spots are limited. Learn more at https://CreatureArtTeacher.com/LIVE

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