Topic: Question about way Animators drew characters in Lilo & Stitch

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Me and my family watch Lilo and Stitch every weekend at my Sister In Law's house and everyone always asks the same question - "Why are the Girls in the movie built big? In all other Disney movies the main characters are skinny, like Belle from Beauty and the Beast, Jasmine from Aladdin, Cindarella, Snow White, etc." So I told them that I would ask my friends on the Intercot and I am hoping you could answer the question, so I can answer them.

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Nathan
 
I noticed that too...right away.

I can't say why, but I can say that I was so glad for it.

My guess is that this was Disney's attempt to step away from the image of skinny=good.
 
Like Dan said, I imagine the animators wanted someone that "real" girls could relate to, after all, only a small percentage of the female population are built like Belle or Ariel.
 

I don't remember the exact details, but in the "making of" section on the DVD, they said that they were trying to imitate a certain artist's style, and that artist's characters are always on the "round" side, and the there are no straight lines or corners *anywhere*. It makes everything a little "softer". I just don't remember the name of the artist...
 
I noticed that as well. Although I thought it was really only noticable for the sister's legs. They were like tree trunks!!! It looked weird because the top of her body was smaller. I didn't notice anything wrong with Lilo. I guess I just thought it was "baby fat" since she was still a little girl.
 
I noticed it right off also, and so did my 16 year old daughter.
It was nice to see that the girl characters looked more like real people. I thought it was refreshing, and assumed the animators were attempting to reflect real people.
Some people are smaller on top and chunckier on bottom.
I thought it was kind of nice that they didn't look like Ariel, with Hawaiian faces. Real women have curves.
There is such pressure on young women these days to look like the women that appear in the fashion mags..only they don't really look that way in real life. But you can't get it through to these kids that most of what they see is airbrushed, and made to look that way to sell magazines.
 
I don't remember the exact details, but in the "making of" section on the DVD, they said that they were trying to imitate a certain artist's style, and that artist's characters are always on the "round" side, and the there are no straight lines or corners *anywhere*. It makes everything a little "softer". I just don't remember the name of the artist...
I believe it was Chris Sanders, the screenwriter, director and voice of stitch! He is one cool guy!!
 
I don't know - I just thought the characters in L&S looked like bubbles. I'm all for drawing characters that look more realistic - that's fine, but I wasn't into the drawing style in L&S.
 
Originally posted by Rajah
I don't remember the exact details, but in the "making of" section on the DVD, they said that they were trying to imitate a certain artist's style, and that artist's characters are always on the "round" side, and the there are no straight lines or corners *anywhere*. It makes everything a little "softer". I just don't remember the name of the artist...


"If there is a Disney neighborhood, this film can be found somewhere between Bambi and Dumbo," said co-director Chris Sanders in December 2001. Dean DeBlois adds: "The characters are very cute and very roundish," echoing Disney's classic '30s and early '40s style. That softer, retro look is enhanced by watercolor backgrounds, which Disney abandoned after Dumbo in 1941. "[Stitch] is rotten, and the entire galaxy is after him," DeBlois commented. He also described Chris Sanders' style saying, "I don't think I've ever seen Chris do a drawing that has a sharp angle. His characters tend to be very grounded, bottom-heavy, either in a poetic or chubby way."
 
Most pacific ocean cultures are naturally big boned, no fat just have larger body structure.


Samoan's are well known for their larger bodys
 





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