Day 6 of Disember: Treasure Planet. Of course I went with a creature to spotlight this largely underrated Disney film (in my opinion). If you haven't seen it, I think it's worth a watch! Now this isn't a one to one painting of the original Orcus Galacticus seenin the movie. I went with a slightly more alien redesign while still keeping true to the overall feel..for the most part.
rough animation of ariel in poor unfortunate souls before some changes were made (like the design of her top, as well as the overall shape of her face and body type)
For almost 10 years I have had the privilege of working professionally as a 2D animator. I participated in many projects of different styles, and each one of them helped me to get out of my comfort zone and learn (or change) concepts about the industry that until then I wasn't very clear about.
But without a doubt, one of the keys to continue growing as an artist is not to stop studying the classics. When considering this idea, I set myself the challenge of animating characters that I always dreamed of doing (since, for various reasons, the opportunities would be almost impossible).
I share this pencil test of Simba from Disney’s The Lion King (one of my favorites, by far) playing hunter. I admit that it was not easy to draw a four-legged animal (even with reference images).
The challenge was to make his performance feel natural and believable. Still, I had a lot of fun in the process. I hope I have captured its essence.
#AliceInWonderland was released @disney today 71 yrs ago. Happy birthday, Alice. Here are some Alice art I did for @disneyparks @disney throughout the years #disney #anniversary #animation #artistsoninstagram #joeychou @disneyanimation #disneyanimation https://www.instagram.com/p/CgkgTy9vBcs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
My first attempt at Dolores Madrigal from Encanto. Here she is taking in the morning chorus in between jotting down her thoughts and story ideas. Maybe taking a little influence from her beloved family and town folk might help? Enjoy!
(plus a bonus Dolores image that was intended to 'the' image but I dropped because I it wasn't happy with it.)
With the concept that it had, Disney could've created a great film to celebrate it's 100th birthday, unfortunately, it's a shame it didn't commit to it😔.