The Spectacular Debut of Disney Lorcana’s Animator-Drawn Cards

12.09.2023

Three of the six collectible cards from Disney Lorcana: Disney100 Edition featuring Mickey, Elsa, and Genie.

Charlie Hall
is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 10-plus years as a reporter & digital photographer, he has actually covered simulation, technique, and also spacefaring games, along with public law.

Disney Lorcana’s 2nd collection, announced on Tuesday, broadens the warm brand-new trading card game with greater than 200 added cards. When it goes for mass market in December, it will certainly be signed up with by the game’s very first genuinely collectible retail launch: Disney Lorcana: Disney100 Edition. And while this small boxed collection just includes 6 alternating art cards, they come thanks to a killer’s row of creative skill from Walt Disney Animation Studios itself — consisting of principal musicians that aided produce Ariel, Genie, Elsa, and also extra. Let’s appearance a little closer at a few of the people welcomed to bend on these small little canvases.

First up is Mark Henn, whose job with Walt Disney Animation started in 1980 dealing with The Fox and also the Hound. His years of job consist of greater than a couple of Disney princesses, such as Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Mulan, and also Tiana. The expert musician likewise dealt with Mickey’s Christmas Carol, so it’s not surprising that he was asked to provide The Mouse himself. He’s done so with a light touch that leaves a lot of his volumetric illustration lines noticeable via the last shade therapy, an in-progress design that’s similar to art you’d discover at Lamplight Lounge or Animator’s Palate aboard Disney Dream.

Next up is Brittney Lee, an aesthetic growth musician whose credit ratings consist of Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia, Moana, and also Raya and also the Last Dragon. However, she’s best recognized for her service Frozen and Frozen II where she aided produce outfits and also hairdos for the major personalities. Turns out she’s responsible for Elsa’s legendary pigtail, otherwise the flip itself. Lee likewise has a thriving Etsy shop where she checks out every little thing from tiki birds to DC Comics heroines in her trademark papercraft design.

Moving around the horn, we follow to Eric Goldberg’s job, a whimsical making of the all-powerful Genie from Aladdin. He offers the personality a rakish smile and also the very same type of swirling, crinkling position that you’d anticipate to discover in the initial 1992 computer animated attribute movie. That verisimilitude is most likely because of the truth that Goldberg himself was the lead animator for Genie method back when. His credit ratings likewise consist of Hercules, Fantasia 2000, and also Moana to name a few Disney and also Warner Brothers residential or commercial properties.

The last 3 cards in the boxed collection have equally as engaging backstories as the very first 3. They consist of Stitch, Abomination, with art by Alex Kupershmidt, the very same Ukrainian animator that managed the computer animation of Stitch in Lilo and also Stitch; Maleficent, by the Spanish-birthed Lorelay Bové, whose credit ratings consist of The Princess and also the Frog, Wreck-It Ralph, Tangled, and also Big Hero 6; and also Maui, provided by Bill Schwab, a veteran art supervisor whose job consists of Frozen 2, Moana, Wreck-it Ralph, and also extra.

Unlike The First Chapter and also the 2nd collection of Disney Lorcana cards, Rise of the Floodborn, the collectible Disney 100-themed boxed collection won’t be offered initially at regional game stores. Instead, you’ll discover Disney Lorcana: Disney100 Edition at retailers almost everywhere on Dec. 1, consisting of both little, independent shops and also huge box sellers. The established consists of 4 booster loads also, and also has a supplier’s recommended market price is $49.99.

Source: Polygon