Disney Animated launches for iPad, offers unique look inside studio

Disney, in collaboration with award-winning developer Touch Press, has released a new premium iPad app entitled Disney Animated, which is available today in the App Store for $13.99. The app unlocks unprecedented access to the art and technology behind the studio’s 53 full-length animated pictures, and despite the steep price, looks to have just the type of behind-the-curtain access Disney fans dream of.

The incredibly thorough app offers everything from sketches and storyboards to interactive illustrations highlighted by the ability to actually peel the animation layers to reveal the work-in-progress steps an artist must go through to complete the final drawings.