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My gut still tells me though 5 years from now, Disney will do a truly hand drawn animation just for old times sake and people will love it, being burnt our on CGI movie after CGI movie after CGI. I'm not sure if they will ever get to the point where you can't tell the difference but that sounds like the direction they are trying to head in with Rapunzel?

Um
Disney is producing a hand drawn animated feature "The Princess & The Frog" for 2009.


So can we please stop bringing back this thread and repeating the same things over and over again.

Ok, thanks for the update. I suspect a lot of the CGI Glen K. developed (like her hair) will work its way into whatever the final feature becomes.

Disney Features often merged 3D and 2D (Lion King one of the more dramatic examples). Often the results were very complementary (Tarzan's Deep Paint, etc.). Sometimes, like in Treasure Planet, the looks clashed and fought each other.

There's absolutely no reason they cannot get back on that road, especially given the more sophisticated integration possible between 2D and 3D these days. The computer __is a tool__ that can serve animators well, not (yet) an art in itself.

Here you can see an old concept art for "Rapunzel" by Rik Maki (thanks to Coppelius from Disney Central Plaza forum):

It's good to know that they've completed the story reels, at least. In a way, it's kinda nice that Rapunzel is taking so long to finish - like most of the Disney classics. I wish that we'd get some more info, though. While part of me wishes that this project was traditionally animated, I have a feeling that it'll blow us all away when they reveal some completed segments. The last time we got a glimpse of Rapunzel was a few years ago, and that was before they started retooling it.
I'm optimistic!

I am so looking forward to this movie! I even made a few fanfiction videos of my own ver sion. You can see 'em on my YouTube channel youtube.com/clusterchuck

From theartofglenkeane.blogspot.com




Look at the pictures behind Mr. Glen Keane!!!

You can see Rapunzel and probably her Prince!!!!

I want to know more on Rapunzel!!!!!!

veu wrote:

It looks wonderfull .
Rapunzel looks like Cinderella and her prince looks like Jim Hookins (from Treasure Planet,it's scary how they are smiliar ).

First, off, thank you sooooooo much, veu, for posting that link- I didn't know that that site exsisted!!!! Also, I agree, Ariel'sprince- he does look like Jim Hawkins- I know I've seen this picture recently somewhere else, because I remember thinking that to myself- unless it was some other drawing of a guy who looked like Jim...

Oh man.
I'm so relived at the new art of her, so much better then that terrible CGI picture that was released


And whats that drawing on his desk btw?

Wow thank you!

It really does look wonderful; just like traditional Disney animation character sketches. It feels like this movie is finially starting to be made

I"m glad you agree with me,blackcauldron85 .
Maybe it's a Jim Hookins concept art? it's nice if they are smiliar but they just looks too much smiliar,did he worked on Treasure Planet?.

yeah i saw those pics on one of the new Jungle Book DVD featurettes and started freaking out!

In "Treasure Planet", Glen Keane animated John Silver and NOT Jim Hawkins...

Jim Hawking was animated by John Ripa...

So I think that the guy in the picture is a character in Rapunzel, probably the Prince... furthermore, other concepts in the picture are from Rapunzel...

Then i guess it is the prince,it's nice that he looks like Jim but they looks too smiliar.

I'm not sure who Jim "Hookins" is,but he does resemble Jim Hawkins a little bit.

Ahhhhh that's quite exciting! She looks great...

That looks very nice.

So, i was watching the special features of my Jungle Book PE and in "The Lure of The Jungle Book" segment you can see a ton of concept art for Rapunzel! Especially behind James Baxter. You can see a picture of a long haired woman and some beautiful landscapes. Then you can also see the Glen Keane's stuff behind him which is basically everything that was already poster on here.

singerguy04 wrote:So, i was watching the special features of my Jungle Book PE and in "The Lure of The Jungle Book" segment you can see a ton of concept art for Rapunzel! Especially behind James Baxter. You can see a picture of a long haired woman and some beautiful landscapes. Then you can also see the Glen Keane's stuff behind him which is basically everything that was already poster on here.

Yeah I think the stuff behind James Baxter was all from Enchanted cuz it's practically identical to the backgrounds in the trailer and books (and also cuz James Baxter Animation did all of the animation in Enchanted).

From http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/ ... ation.html

Three or four different artists told me that Bolt's story development is in good shape, and that Rapunzel and Princess and the Frog "look like they're going to be big deal, box office pictures." Said one artist:

"Rapunzel has really, really come together. Before it was a series of really nice moments, some really funny sequences. But now it has a real epic sweep to it. To me it has the feel of those early Disney features from the forties..."