Another from my inspiration folder: T. Hee
T. Hee was a director, animator, and character designer for Walt Disney Studios. He was also a wonderful teacher and I was very fortunate to have him as mine for a couple of years while I attended California Institute of the Arts in the early 1980s.
He would bring in the most wonderful drawings to class; the ones I remember most vividly were a series of sketches he had done at the famous Cotton Club in NYC. Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of those but here’s a marvelous holiday card T.Hee designed.