Walt Disney Pictures - Logo Remake

What an hard task to adapt this everlasting logo which has rocked audience generations. The visual brand being absolutely timeless, the task was not easy to modernize it.
For the background, I created a deep blue color shade similar to the one which was used for Disney+. A bit like the original in a way, since Disney has never stopped to lighten that blue color over the years. I also created a paper grain effect to remind that one of the studio's greatest skills is above all drawing. The Walt Disney Studio's major projects are above all born on paper before reaching the screen.
I decided to make the logo much bluer (I found that particular aspect kind of soothing and that contributed to change its look without really changing it), and not to imitate what will be done later in more recent versions of the logo where the "Walt Disney" words are written in pure white.
About the effects specially created for this graphic overhaul:
Just as all the other logos that I previously remade/modernized, this one is also fully remade and rendered from scratch. I completely redrew the castle, it has now perfectly clean and clear shape. I also animated and created new elements such as floating flags (which were static in the original) and a Pixie Dust effect. These elements are animated in traditional "hand drawn" frame-by-frame animation in reference to the animation the Walt Disney Studios have used for many years. I gave to the "Walt Disney" letters some volume to remind that Disney also does 3D CGI animation. A shadow also appears under the logo to add depth to the entire presentation.

I know, the logo does not fundamentally change that much, I agree. I really tried to stay close as possible to the original, my goal is not to distort it but simply to give it a sort of second youth.
Each layer, blue background, textures, logo font, animation frames (Flags and Pixie Dust)...etc were created on Procreate. Then, each one of these layers was combined and animated on Vegas Pro.
I also presented, an alternative "Walt Disney Animation Studios". To mark the difference with the previous one, some elements are different and the yellowy color adds a little retro side to the whole thing. You will also see from the "making of" at the end of the video, that a 3rd version was also under study but was ultimately abandoned.