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- From: Jenny.Lerew%bbs@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Jenny Lerew)
- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 12:35:18 PST
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- Organization: Quake Public Access, San Fernando Valley, CA (818)362-6092
- Subject: Disney Women:Face & Figure
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- It's interesting to read the reactions of fans of Disney Animation
- re the design of the characters, particularly women. The "eye
- thing", in particular, seems to generate a lot of discussion. While
- it's mostly a matter of drawing style and taste on the part of
- the animators/character designers, giving a *main* character
- like Belle, Ariel and Jasmine larger eyes also makes for more interest-
- ing acting from the character--expressions read *much* more strongly
- if the eyes are more noticable.
- Also, about those "knockers"--this is by no means a new trend at all.
- Just yesterday, for example, the Disney Channel reran "Icabod", with
- the catalystic character of the sexy Katrina(sp?), who was not only
- well endowed ("plump as a partridge"), but wore a low-cut bodice as
- well. There's also Slue-Foot Sue, in Pecos Bill. It really depends
- on what the slant is on the character; what should the first impression
- be that the audience gets: sexy? Or innocent? Or dreamy?, etc.
- These characters are really very basic, direct design shapes--each
- curve is a symbol the viewer should have a reaction to, in one way
- or another. In the case of a female character, there's a lot of
- ways to go with this.
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- In case this sounds like a sexist evaluation, it isn't. I'm a woman
- and an animator, and I've designed and studied model sheets of
- several different types of female characters. Artists start
- out thinking of the most recognizable, basic symbols when designing
- anything--THEN go on to get (hopefully) a real performance--a real
- PERSON--out of the character--no matter what her bust size,etc.
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