Lion King animator's wonderful illustrated tribute to Cecil the Lion

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Disney's Aaron Blaise has drawn on the spirit of Mufasa to create a stunningly emotive scene.

Blaise's illustration echoes the epic return of Mufasa in The Lion King

Blaise's illustration echoes the epic return of Mufasa in The Lion King

One of this week's big global news stories has been the illegal killing of a lion called Cecil in Zimbabwe, by a dentist from Minnesota. Now one of the animators on the Lion King, Aaron Blaise, has created this stunning illustrated tribute to Cecil.

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Tom May
Tom May

Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World, T3.com and Tech Radar. He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects. 

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