forsakenoswald
Earning My Ears
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- Mar 4, 2011
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Hi everyone,
Don't know where else to put this, so here goes:
I was at the MK this past week, and I am really into the animation aspect of the parks, so I was talking to one of the Disney artists for a little while. I did some amateur drawing back in the day, so it's just something I find interesting. Anyway, the conversation went like this:
Me: Hey.
Drawing Guy: Hi, how are you?
Me: Good.
[enter into lots of small talk about geography, weather, etc.]
Me: So I was wondering, do you or any artists do commissions?
DG: Well, do you mean ask us to draw any thing and we'd do it for you.
Me: Not exactly. You work for Disney, so obviously it's a Disney thing. Anyway, I really like the sketches here, and I have a few of them myself at home. I was wondering that if I asked you to draw me an Oswald, if you could do that. I'd pay extra if needed.
DG: Nope. Can't do him. They won't let me.
Me: Seriously?
DG: Sorry, he's not in our docket right now.
Me: But he's a Disney character.
DG: I hate to say this, but they don't know what they want to do with him right now.
So let me get this straight: I wanted to PAY money for a character Disney owned. They won't let their official artists do it!
I am befuddled by this. I look at so many of the characters they have: Oswald, Horace, Clarabelle, Clara Cluck- there's a whole sandbox of characters to play with that are ignored.
Epic Mickey is an excellent game. Oswald is a character with a lot of possibilities. He can be what Mickey can't be anymore because Mickey is a corporate icon. Oswald can and should be utilized more.
Outside of a plush figurine available at the Disney Store right now, there's no other way they are capitalizing on what has become a very popular videogame.
Any news on what they might be doing to rectify this?
Don't know where else to put this, so here goes:
I was at the MK this past week, and I am really into the animation aspect of the parks, so I was talking to one of the Disney artists for a little while. I did some amateur drawing back in the day, so it's just something I find interesting. Anyway, the conversation went like this:
Me: Hey.
Drawing Guy: Hi, how are you?
Me: Good.
[enter into lots of small talk about geography, weather, etc.]
Me: So I was wondering, do you or any artists do commissions?
DG: Well, do you mean ask us to draw any thing and we'd do it for you.
Me: Not exactly. You work for Disney, so obviously it's a Disney thing. Anyway, I really like the sketches here, and I have a few of them myself at home. I was wondering that if I asked you to draw me an Oswald, if you could do that. I'd pay extra if needed.
DG: Nope. Can't do him. They won't let me.
Me: Seriously?
DG: Sorry, he's not in our docket right now.
Me: But he's a Disney character.
DG: I hate to say this, but they don't know what they want to do with him right now.
So let me get this straight: I wanted to PAY money for a character Disney owned. They won't let their official artists do it!
I am befuddled by this. I look at so many of the characters they have: Oswald, Horace, Clarabelle, Clara Cluck- there's a whole sandbox of characters to play with that are ignored.
Epic Mickey is an excellent game. Oswald is a character with a lot of possibilities. He can be what Mickey can't be anymore because Mickey is a corporate icon. Oswald can and should be utilized more.
Outside of a plush figurine available at the Disney Store right now, there's no other way they are capitalizing on what has become a very popular videogame.
Any news on what they might be doing to rectify this?