The Making of l 'D.I.Y. Duck'

Donald Duck is back, as the legendary Disney character celebrates 90 years by starring in an all-new animated short, “D.I.Y. Duck,” written and directed by master animator/incoming Disney Legend Mark Henn.

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[sweethistortea]

It’s so nice to see paper and pencil animation.

[Princess_-gpep]

I loved hearing the old sound effects, archived recordings of Donald Duck, and music from classic Disney movies and cartoons.

[akindaanimations]

Disney’s 2d animations are what I consider to be their most artful and creative content

[tarasdiary]

Please Disney bring back these kind of animations. We miss them.

[EChacon]

The fact this short was Mark Henn’s final project he did at Walt Disney Animation Studios before his retirement in December of 2023 makes this very emotional, but it was a nice swan song that Mark and the Hand Drawn Trainees did in the past 8-9 months.

Hopefully Eric Goldberg and Randy Hancock help continue to train these 5-9 new Hand Drawn Animators that they started as trainees and worked from _Once Upon a Studio_ and _D.I.Y. Duck_ before they retire from Disney Animation and these new Hand drawn animators could paved the way for a new generation of Hand Drawn Animated films for Walt Disney Animation Studios much like how Disney’s Nine Old Men taught the next generation of Disney animators from Chris Buck, Mark Henn and Glen Keane during the 1980’s.

[olleselin]

Please go back to classic 2D animation, Disney! It's what makes your company magical! ✨️

[olleselin]

I saw this earlier today on Disney+ and wow, they really nailed the estetchics of the 40s shorts! I really hope Disney will return to traditional animation for future feature films!

[nicholaspiazza]

I like how hand-drawn animation is becoming popular again.

[MickeyMouse..]

As a huge Disney fan, doing this traditionally is great.

[xylopiano]

The shot of Donald driving to the store is one of the most oddly satisfying moments I've seen in any media lately. That's the power of hand-drawn animation, to make even something as simple as that look really charming.

[EthanAnania]

As a huge Disney fan, I love it when they are bringing back 2D animation. Needs a new traditionally animated movie from Disney in the future!

[LiamThomasGreenaway]

Traditional hand drawn animation is what makes Walt Disney Animation Studio films so magical so please do more like this Disney I’m fascinated with it.

Hope you’re enjoying your retirement Mark Henn because this Donald Duck short is true classic Disney style.

[LewisPassos-gqyn]

It's depressing to see a lifelong Disney animator retire.

[lpsflatpaint]

I miss this animation style, so mi glad to see this ☺️

[rowntreeplayz]

For something you guys haven't done in years it's pretty good animation. It's not as expressive and fluid as a Walt Disney short, but I hope this short was a wake up call to the people in Disney animation studio. Magic isn't just something of the past, but something that can be passed on for years to come, if you know how to use it (and a little pixie dust of course but that's obvious). I like computer animation but I prefer hand drawn. I've started trying to teach myself how to do, but it's not just changing the animation that will bring people in. It's a great story that will stand the test of time. Remember, Disney isn't just a company or a brand, but a place of magic.

[stevekirk]

I love the traditional animations, just makes it much better! What a treat this was to watch this morning.

[ThatGuyJohn]

This is what we need in a movie Disney, c'mon!

[CutMan]

What a great short. Could you imagine a film made with these groundbreaking techniques of "drawing on paper"?

[danielgudinojuarez]

Mark Henn is such a legend, glad that he ended his career with a Donald short!!! It was a great homage of the past and present day 🥰🥰🥰

[mysticalteration]

YEEES! DISNEY WE WANT MORE OF THIS! WE WANT MORE TRADITIONAL ANIMATION!!!! to everyone who sees this, please comment (don't reply to me) about how much you want traditional animation too so they can get the memo!