Gallery of vintage paintings by Disney artist Tom Oreb

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I've raved about 50s and 60s character designer Tom Oreb before. His art never fails to please and amaze me.

Here are 13 concept paintings by Oreb, published on Vintage Tips. They're from Disney's "Mars and Beyond" and are examples of Oreb's unmatched skill in composition, color, and expression. The animated versions of these designs that appear in the Disney short are gasp-inducing.
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Reader comment: Amid Amidi, who is writing a book on 1950s animation that will be published by Chronicle books, says: "Just a quick note to let you know that the
person who posted those concepts is incorrect about those being Tom Oreb.
I'm not sure who did the paintings, but Oreb never worked on Kimball's
space specials. I just did two posts on the CartoonRetro message board
explaining who did the design on the space specials, and who the painter
might possibly be.

"It's probably the most common misconception about Tom Oreb — that he
worked on Kimball's space specials. I made it a point to specifically
write in my design book that he never worked on them."