Walt Disney transformed the world of animation, providing the path for modern animators. He created an empire that began with a mouse and grew into a franchise full of friends and various characters. His ideas changed the world and continue to impact children and adults today. Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois. When he was a young boy, Disney was paid to draw the horse of a retired doctor, beginning his love for the arts. He practiced drawing daily by drawing the by copying the cartoons that appeared on the front of the newspaper, Appeal to Reason. He began to work with crayons and watercolors in his sketchbook that his aunt gave him to encourage him to draw more (Grant). “In July 1923, Walt headed for
