Browsing the Blogger page Living Lines, I came across some Treasure Planet model sheets, one of my most favourite animations as a child and I just HAVE to talk about how beautiful it is.
What this page highlighted to me, was how extensive character design really is and how much things adapt and change to get the results everyone is 100% with.
It was interesting to see the beginnings of the character Morph;
It surprised me to see in the original concepts, Morph with legs. The legs look incredibly out of place and don't fit with the body at all. But what I did like is the colour of morph, the character is constructed from space matter, it looks magical, like he is made from the galaxy which reflects his ability to morph into any matter than exists.
This was the final rendition of Morph. I feel the space matter with the black eyes looked wonderful but obviously you can see what Disney have wanted to achieve, they wanted Morph to ooze cuteness. Choosing the translucent colour pink makes the character seem quite vulnerable as light pink is a very sensitive colour, along with his enlarged eyes (in comparison to the previous design) makes Morph incredibly cute and an instant likeable character that the audience will bond with instantly, the original designs do not achieve that character persona.
What I also loved about Treasure planet was the character design of baby Jim.
This character design image sums up why I loved it so much. The use of the sketchy circles made the baby jim look round and plump like a typical baby with baby fat. The animation of him is wonderful, the way he rolls on the bed and how his mum blows a raspberry on his tubby belly is adorable, he has a plump texture, you just want to give him a big cuddle and squeeze.
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