Actually, early on Merida was intended to be an 8 year old girl, but the Directors quickly decided to make her a teenager instead. Despite her brief appearance in the film, a lot of effort went into designing what young Merida would look like and how she would act, as it helped the animators better understand teenage Merida. This drawing was done by Pixar artist Mart Nolte in 2009, 3 years before the film was released. It was actually my desire to feature this piece of art on it’s own that initially sparked my idea for my Masterpiece Monday feature and I’ve been waiting for just the right week to feature it. I have been completely in love with this concept drawing of young Merida since the moment I saw it, I think it’s so cute and perfectly captures her personality. This also happens to be my first ever article about a Pixar film. Once again I am featuring some concept art of one of my favourite characters, Merida from Brave. Most recently, Andrews was co-writer and second unit director on the Disney film John Carter.This week is another brief Masterpiece Monday as I am in Disney World.
He has worked in Pixar's story department on a number of feature films including The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, and Toy Story 3, and also co-wrote and co-directed the Academy Award® nominated Pixar short film One Man Band. Chapman was also the story supervisor on Disney's The Lion King. She previously directed DreamWorks Animation Studios' 1998 release, The Prince of Egypt, and worked as a story artist on a number of beloved films from Walt Disney Animation Studios, including The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Fantasia/2000. Jenny lives in Pasadena, California.īrenda Chapman is the director of Brave.
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Her most recent film was DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon. She is also the author of Scrambled Ink, a compendium of original illustrated stories, and has worked as a director and story artist at Warner Bros, Amblimation, Turner, Disney, and DreamWorks. Jenny Lerew is an animation story artist and the author of a noted blog on animation art and history, The Blackwing Diaries. John Lasseter is a two-time Academy Award–winning director and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. A Foreword by Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews, the film’s directors, and a preface by Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter shed light on the creation of this landmark film. At once epic and intimate, the latest Pixar masterpiece weaves a story of magic, danger, and adventure-and the fierce bonds of family.įeaturing behind-the-scenes interviews with the film’s many artists and filmmakers, The Art of Brave showcases the gorgeous concept art that went into the making of this movie, including color scripts, storyboards, character studies, environment art, sculpts, and more. Against a backdrop of castles, forests, and highlands, Brave follows the fiery Merida as she clashes with the duty of her royal life and embarks on a journey through the rugged landscape of the dark ages of Scotland.
It’s Pixar’s first feature film driven by a female lead and its first set in an ancient historical period. Brave is Pixar’s thirteenth feature film, but it marks two big firsts for the award-winning animation studio.
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