Former Disney artist Dave Woodman shared a few trivia about the movie I hadn't heard before.
Dave Woodman wrote:
Around Los Angeles in 1989, there was a billboard showing a beautiful photo of a woman who had come out of the water, and flipped her hair back. Some kind of advertisement for a spa or resort. I'm not the only one who remembers this billboard and noticed the image appearing in The Little Mermaid. Phyllis Diller once told me, "It's all right to be influenced by somebody", when I looked sheepish about having my work compared to Hirschfeld. Also, my high school art teacher told me, "Nothing is truly original". Everything comes from somewhere. I've searched for a copy of that billboard, seemingly forgotten, while The Little Mermaid shall be enjoyed years after I am gone.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BtG9yg-B3M6/Dave Woodman wrote:
After Triton gives Ariel her legs, she suddenly is wearing a dress and no shoes. If you look closely, when she first emerges, you can see sea foam around her. There just wasn’t time to make it more obvious that her dress is made of sea foam.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs_bKBphZI4/Dave Woodman wrote:
The backstory is that King Triton and Ursula are siblings. Ursula wasn't originally an octopus; she was cursed and banished for her behavior. Lee Crowe drawing where she worked out the details before creating her final line drawing of King Triton.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BtEaeU4BulU/Dave Woodman wrote:
While creating The Little Mermaid at 1400 Flower St, Glendale CA, everyone liked Rasoul Azadani so much that he was put in the movie, dancing.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BtHVg_JBqZT/Dave Woodman wrote:
Michael Swoffard animated these slugs on huge paper! About 2 feet by 3 feet, I believe this is the last time Disney’s multiplane camera was used.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BtEg6AThz_q/