Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney's Animation (Disney Editions Deluxe)

I really wished I liked this book more than I did. I was very interested in reading about the women who worked at Disney during its early years, and while that's part of the book, it often seems to get lost behind a general history of Disney animation. The focus doesn't seem to be on the people, especially the women, and that's a shame, as I think they deserve more notice.

The book is also a giant, oversized book, and I'm not sure why. It makes it awkward to read, and I would think it was done so that it could showcase some gorgeous Disney artwork, but almost all of the pictures in the book are smaller than full page size, so it feels like the book could have been in more normal dimensions.

This is a huge coffee table book, filled with illustrations of Disney animators' work at all stages of the process. It details the history of how women were initially employed as inkers and eventually moved into painting cels and finally animating. Interesting to learn how the paints and colors used changed over time, back when all of this work was done by hand. I got my copy free with Disney Rewards points, as the program was shutting down.