…but she just had to take a quick photo of a sun burnt tourist at the beach.
The following key drawings show her turning around and then heading off to school.
Even though her design looks stylized and cartoony, it was very important to me that she behaved and moved like a real girl. So a run like this one needed to have proper weight, overlapping action in her hair etc.. I had a lot of fun with this little scene, and I'm glad we didn't use any live action reference for Lilo.
I remember Roy Disney's wife Patty asking me a question after a screening:"She never really closes her mouth in the film, does she?" I guess Patty wasn't used to seeing an animated character with a broad smile like this one.
These are sketches I made during a recording session with Daveigh Chase, who voiced Lilo so perfectly. I can't imagine a better voice for the character. Daveigh was funny to watch as she read her lines. She would belt out something like:
"I'M ALREADY IN MY ROOM!" Then she leaned back in her chair, waiting for the directors' comments.
They would say:"That was great, Daveigh." Her response was always a very shy and quiet "Thanks."
Wow!! These drawings are amazing! :D
ReplyDeleteOf all the characters you've brought to life Andreas, Lilo is my favorite. I love these sketches!
ReplyDeleteLilo is, by far, the best child character ever put on an animated movie. Your work was amazing!
ReplyDeleteLovely drawings! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou and your team definitley did a fantastic job with Lilo, my ultimate favourite being the scene at hula class when she's explaining why she was late.
ReplyDeleteWhat did Patty think of the entire film? I hear she was a sweet woman who always knew how to make people smile.
ReplyDeletePatty loved the film, she was just giving me a hard time.
DeleteI was wondering, did you get inspiration from Milt's Pinocchio ? Because they both have the same kind of innocence, they are really perfect !
ReplyDeleteI didn't really reference Pinocchio. But I do remember seeing the first color models of Lilo, and I thought, boy, these look almost as appealing as Pinocchio.
DeleteOh yes, Lilo! She's one of my favourite Disney characters, and the was reason I started to search for information about the animator who created her :) She brings the terms of appeal and emotional animation to a higher level, and definitely shows that the ideas developed by Fred Moore, Eric Larson and Ollie Johnston didn't pass away with old masters, but they are still developing because of their great successors.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if Ollie had seen Lilo and Stitch, but if he did, I'm sure he felt unbelievably proud of what you have achieved in showing how the character feels, because probably even he couldn't do it better, even if this was what he excelled at!
I'd be happy to see even more images with Lilo and I hope to learn drawing her someday :)
Great post ! You are so awesome !
ReplyDeletelots of love and respect
I've always loved Lilo's character and design. Great stuff, and those final two drawings of Daveigh are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLilo is so lovable and plain awesome! ';) And those sketches of Daveigh — beautifully hilarious! :D
ReplyDeleteFirst time commenter here, but I've followed your blog for a couple of months. I love Lilo and Stitch, it has such great story, animation and above all, characters. Lilo has to be one of the most interesting characters in Disney history. She is also beautifully animated. Well done sir, and everyone who worked on this movie.
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Lilo is one hundred percent believable. The scene at the house before and during the meeting with Mr. Bubbles really makes the whole movie work.
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of your best work so far has been Lilo.
ReplyDeleteThese drawings are lovely, thanks for sharing them!
Really great, gotta love Lilo!
ReplyDeleteLilo is such a great character and so brilliantly done by you, there is the spirit of those Warner Brothers animators who worked in a daffy, loosie-goosie style crossed with the beautiful classical Disney attention to volume and weight. I'm so glad you have a comments section on this blog giving me the opportunity to compliment you personally!
ReplyDeleteThe drawings of Daveigh are adorable - the one with her mouth wide open made me laugh out loud.
Beautiful sketches!
ReplyDeleteI love this I gust got finished watching Lilo and Stitch. Andreas I was wondering was there a real girl that you modeled Lilo after?
ReplyDeleteNot really, I got plenty of inspiration from the voice recordings and the storyboards.
DeleteAndreas!! We're begging for your return! How much longer do we have to wait to see some of your beautiful current animation work!? All the best...Mike
ReplyDeleteWorking on it. It just takes a lot of planning to do a roughly 20 min. film.
Delete!! Awesome...am I pushing it by asking for a rough estimate on when you're hoping to bring it to the masses? Glad to hear, by the way!
DeleteI read an interview with Donald Sutherland just after he'd starred in the Fellini film Fellini's Casanova. He was asked about what direction he got from the master. He said only one; Fellini told him Americans always kept their mouths open, and he shouldn't do that in this film. For the rest of the film Sutherland would look to Fellini at the end of every take and see if he did a gesture with his hand closing the fingers to the thumb, meaning his mouth was open and they'd have to redo the take.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stuff
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