In recent years Disney storytellers have imagined more of Tinker Bell’s life experiences and interpreted them across a wide array of mediums, from hand-crafted watercolors to cutting-edge computer-generated imagery. Many other artists have depicted Tinker Bell in new ways for various appearances. Disney Legends Eyvind Earle and John Hench painted sumptuous storybook illustrations, and comic artist Al Hubbard’s expressive brush-inked Tink enjoyed many unusual adventures, sometimes with other diminutive Disney friends like Jiminy Cricket and Dumbo. She also acquired a magic wand – all the better to beckon the fireworks that would become a staple of the series’ opening titles for decades to follow. This time, in the care of Marc Davis’ colleague Les Clark, Tinker Bell radiated a slightly streamlined mid-century modern aura along with her pixie dust glow. Less than two years after her cinematic arrival, Tinker Bell further cemented her role as the herald of enchantment when she became the official “hostess” of the weekly Disney anthology television program. (Original animation drawing from the author’s collection) Tinker Bell prepares to wield her wand in a 1980s television appearance. Playful, petulant, mercurial and mischievous, this tiniest member of the cast not only drove the movie’s plot, but became at once the embodiment of Disney magic. For years, Disney artists like David Hall and Mary Blair explored possible designs for the pivotal pixie character, but it was under the pencil of one of “the Nine,” Marc Davis, that the final look – and life-force – of Tinker Bell arrived at last. Barrie’s “Peter Pan,” Tinker Bell had been primarily visualized as a lighting effect. In earlier stage and live-action photoplay adaptations of James M. Walt Disney and his animated pixie protégé at the time of the production of “Peter Pan.” These directing animators and Disney Legends brought the story’s carefully crafted personalities to visual life. The film marked the rare occasion when all the names of Disney animation’s celebrated “Nine Old Men” appeared together in the opening credits (along with Norm Ferguson). Everyone’s favorite sparkling sprite, Tinker Bell, made her official big screen Disney debut when Walt Disney’s feature production of “Peter Pan” was released on Feb.
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