Design Concept and Sketches for Belle
Andreas Deja made these wonderful sketches after he was asked to come up with ideas for the design of the character of Belle based on the look of a young Ava Gardner, the Hollywood actress from the 1950’s.
Fred Moore set the look for for all the dwarfs. He did quite the homerun with Dopey as he turned out to be one of the most adored and lovable characters in history!
Here are some model sheets of Dopey beautifully drawn and full of character with the finalized design. You can see the essence of the character even early on, but the final one has an astonishing improvement in appeal.
Well, there goes the studio…
Glen Keane leaves Disney
March 23, 2012
Dear Colleagues and Friends of the Walt Disney Animation Studio,
After long and thoughtful consideration, I have decided to leave Disney Animation.
I am convinced that animation really is the ultimate art form of our time with endless new territories to explore. I can’t resist it’s siren call to step out and discover them.
Disney has been my artistic home since September 9,1974. I owe so much to those great animators who mentored me—Eric Larson, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston—as well as to the many other wonderful people at Disney whom I have been fortunate to work with in the past nearly 38 years.
Over these four decades I have seen so many changes, but the one thing that remains the same is that we all do this because we love it.
I am humbled and deeply honored to have worked side by side so many artists, producers and directors during my career here at Disney, and I am tremendously proud of the films which together we have created. I will deeply miss working with you.
With my most sincere and heartfelt good wishes for your and Disney’s continued artistic growth and success,
Glen
I don’t think I’ve ever cried this hard in my entire life.
I’m not even kidding.
