Animation Background Art Site
Growing up, I wanted to be an animator. Specifically, I wanted to be a Disney animator. Ub Irwiks was my hero and I wanted to make cartoons like Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and Silly Symphonies. Alas, I have no talent for drawing and painting, so that dream got scuttled in one of my first painful moments of self-actualization.
However, I've always loved the art of animation. In particular, I've always loved the background scenes of animation - so overlooked, so painstakingly wrought. And while the old hand painted cartoon cells have found quite a market among art collectors, the animators have been much more retiscent about releasing the background art into the wild. Fortunately, there's the Background Animations blog site, which contains a wealth of this art from Disney Warner Bros. and others. Tickle your cerebellum with some gorgeous art.