Disney Artist Sue Nichols Maciorowski Passes Away
Disney artist Sue Nichols Maciorowski has passed away as announced by their animation branch. She [...]
Disney Renaissance work
prevnextOn Beauty and the Beast, she contributed to both visual development and story and created early visual development artwork for Aladdin. From there, she provided character design and visual development on The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, and Lilo & Stitch.
— Disney Animation (@DisneyAnimation) September 3, 2020
Herc!
prevnextOn Hercules, she created a style guide that defined Greek design, and supervised the look of the film across layout, animation, effects, color styling and more. The title “Production Stylist” was created for her, as no one had done a similar role before at Disney Animation.
— Disney Animation (@DisneyAnimation) September 3, 2020
Princess and the Frog's wonderful art influence
prevnextFor The Princess and the Frog, she suggested Harlem Renaissance artists such as Aaron Douglas as inspiration for Tiana’s song “Almost There,” helping storyboard and design the stylized sequence. Most recently, she created early character designs of Maui for Moana.
— Disney Animation (@DisneyAnimation) September 3, 2020
Her influence will be felt forever.
prevFrom Animator and Director Eric Goldberg: “She will be sadly missed by those of us who had the good fortune to work with her, but her influence on those films will be there forever.”
— Disney Animation (@DisneyAnimation) September 3, 2020