Tom Bancroft is an animator and print cartoonist. His latest creative effort is the
Outnumbered webcomic. Tom is the creator of the Opposite Forces comic book which featured covers by J. Scott Campbell and Frank Cho. Tom's written the instructional books
Creating Characters with Personality and
Character Mentor: Learn by Example to Use Expressions, Poses, and Staging to Bring Your Characters to Life. He was supervising animator for the dragon Mushu in Disney's
Mulan. I first met Tom when he was an exhibitor at San Diego in 2002. Tom has founded
Taught by a Pro, an online series of art instruction by Ruben Aquino, Tom Bancroft, Tony Bancroft, Sandro Cleuzo, Terry Dodson, Michel Gagne, John Pomeroy, and Tom Richmond.
This is a specialty drawing purchased from Heritage. Tom animated the character Iago for the original Alladin movie. With Robin Williams voicing the genie, it's one of Disney's funniest movies.
