
Primaries of Design When I was developing a drawing style for Aladdin years ago we were referencing Persian Miniatures, and Al Hirshfield and trying to find the common denominator that would give style unique to the show. In the late 1980's at Disney it felt like there was a lot of pressure to try to create shows that could in some way measure up to the genius of the early Disney films. It wasn't enough for us to merely "put our stamp on it", I felt I wanted to design something iconic that would be for but one purpose. What would be the best way to visually express this story at this time and in some way attempt to infuse timeless qualities, pretty lofty goal. Since the style was completely contrived and not expressed in either mine, or Richard Vander Wende's personal work, it took a good amount of exploration. At one point I felt that I had 5 drawings that were beginning to define a direction, yet two were not quite there and I was puzzling why....