Rough drawings of a duck (Donald?) by Glen Keane. Seen at blanklineart
Concept art for Disney’s Treasure Planet (2002). Sketch by Glen Keane
Ariel from The Little Mermaid, a drawing by Glen Keane
themovieguru42: Glen Keane’s sketches for the Beast
Another scanned page of the rare and impossible to find “Les Héroïnes Disney Dans Les Longs Métrages D’animation” by Christian Renaut. This time, it is the short but nice preface by Glen Keane. Here’s the translation:
Where do these Disney Heroines come from?
Are they born from the imagination of fairy tale authors and cartoon animators? Or more from women who are constantly in love with life?
Maybe a mother, a daughter, a sister a friend or a wife can become the muse for the creator.
Like Joan of Arc, these are ordinary and simple women, close to us, nevertheless endowed with a rare courage that makes them destined for glory
They believe the impossible is possible, and serve as an example for us. Guide our steps and allow us to believe our dreams and even to achieve them.
How could Ariel believe she could walk and live on dry land, knowing she only had fins.
How could Belle discern, from such a terrifying appearance as that of the beasts, a soul so soft and human?
How could Cinderella, despite finding herself in such cruel familial circumstance, manage to keep her hope? The answer is but a word: Faith.
Faith that lights up the soul.
These heroines possess the capacity to see a better future than the present. We can say that it’s their naivety or more their innocence that allows them to project a child like vision. But how to communicate these pure souls, difficult to outline with simple strokes of pencils on a paper?
First of all, you must know the anatomy and morphology well in order to translate with confidence the sublime beauty of the feminine form.
Then you must equally well observe the gestures and expressions women use to express themselves, and above all, understand the true value of eyes.
We see in their eyes a twinkle of life. It’s in looking into the depths of eyes that we see the soul. The eyes tell us a story. So where do these Disney heroines come from?
They’re not just imaginary characters but, conceived by us, they represent our ideal reflection. They come from us. Creating these Disney heroines is
more a joy than a job… and what a joy!
Source: Learn french
