Moana concept art

Jin Kim

bobbypontillas: Moana’s out in theaters today! After animation wrapped on Big Hero, I had the opportunity to help out with design on Moana. One of my assignments was to design the village kids from her island of Motunui. I hoped to bring a sense of authenticity to how they looked, and to make them real for me I thought a lot about watching my little cousins grow up back in the Philippines =) Thankful for them!

𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘀 𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁 & 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 ⓒ

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Moana facial expressions. It was very challenging to make her every expressions and attitudes look like a 14 year old girl. Drawing a girl is always much harder than drawing a male character at least for me.

Character animator and designer Bobby Pontillas has posted of the character concepts he created for Disney's Moana.

Another early Moana Visdev drawing. This may have been one from the first batches of drawings I did for the film. More coming soon! #moana #disney #visualdevelopment #characterdesign #animation

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