My friend John Ramirez just posted on Facebook a few of my rough drawings of Jafar and Scar. I had not seen any of these since I drew them decades ago. John rough inbetweened for me way back.
In these Scar doodles I was trying to figure out the shapes and forms of his mane. Originally I had thought it might be a tough challenge to track this irregular mass of hair in drawing as well as in motion. But after analyzing this a little, the issue sort of took care of itself.
Here is the final model sheet:
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These are xeroxes of a few roughs from a scene in which Jafar is pressuring Gazeem, the thief, to find the lamp. He is actually holding that character who was animated by Dan Hofstedt on a different level. Voice actor Jonathan Freeman just nailed the character of Jafar.
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A terrific lion "figurine" I had purchased somewhere, can't remember. But it did help me to visualize a lion's anatomy.
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Jafar is an intimidating villain, and Scar is even more frightening in his viciousness. Neither are sympathetic. But you imbued them with just enough charm to make them fun to watch!
ReplyDeleteA particular sequence that comes to mind is when Scar first tricks Simba into sneaking into the elephant graveyard-- his acting there is sarcastic, then playful (albeit with a darker motive). I always laugh when he says "well, forgive me for not LEAPING for joy," with the fakest possible smile on the accent.
That scene was animated by Doug Frankel. Kudos to him!
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