We imagined that Little Mermaid art may have been inspired by Monstro from Pinocchio. Sometimes you draw new art on an old page…inspired by something you did months before. Since I grew up drawing, I know exactly how quickly a sketchbook becomes a non-linear experiment. It had to feel more organically compiled. And we didn’t necessarily want to keep the art organized by movie or property. We weren’t going completely chronologically. While it was a chance of a lifetime to take a few trips to California to research art in the Disney Archives, it proved to be quite a challenge to assemble the art. Imagine a sketchbook handed down through the decades from one Disney animator to the next, each one making a contribution before leaving it in the talented hands of another artist. The concept of A Disney Sketchbook is simple. A few years ago, during my time as Senior Designer at Disney Editions, I was tapped work on a very special project with Ken Shue (VP, Disney Publishing Global Art Development).
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