Fred “Toby” Bluth was an American illustrator who worked on many Disney films and others as animator, background artist and production designer. Bluth’s artwork is prominently displayed at most of the Disney theme parks around the world. His background here really augments the fantastic Snow White cel. He is the younger brother of Don Bluth, who he has collaborated on both theater and animation. When asked how he approached each of his watercolor masterpieces, Toby described his intent as, “Creating the moment that you think you saw . . . How one remembers a film is often different from the actual film itself.” Animators’ initial sketches for Snow White’s character, some of which bore a resemblance to Betty Boop, did not meet Walt Disney’s expectations, as they were too cartoonish. Hamilton Luske, whom Disney had selected as the supervising animator for Snow White’s character, was tasked with the challenge of making Snow White more believably human and realistic than any of the Disney studio’s previous animated characters. This was a challenge Luske and co-animator Les Clark had previously been asked to explore while developing the character of Persephone for the Silly Symphonies animated short The Goddess of Spring. Of that project, Les Clark later remarked, “I’m sure Walt was thinking ahead to Snow White.” Though the Persephone character ended up appearing somewhat lifeless and devoid of personality, that experiment in imitating realistic human movement and anatomy was continued and its lessons were applied in the development of Snow White’s animation techniques. Snow White and the Queen were refined by Grim Natwick and Norm Ferguson, who would often override Walt Disney’s instructions. The final character gave us the prototype for countless other beautiful heroines and this Snow White cel started it all.