Who’s Who?

– Claire Keane

Claire Keane is not only an illustrator but also a visual development

artist. She has contributed to some Disney films such as, Enchanted,
Tangled and Frozen. During the production of Tangled, Keane worked on
majority of the visual development throughout the film. One example is
the murals; that one of the characters named Rapunzel paints on the
wall of the tower that she lives in (as shown in figure 1). During the year
2013 Keane left Disney, as it then allowed her to focus more on writing
and illustrating children’s books. Her father was one of the people she
was inspired by most when growing up “I always asked my dad to
critique my drawings. He was such a patient and inspiring teacher.”
(Claire Keane, 2019) Alongside this, some other of her artistic influences
included Henri Matisse, Rembrandt and Gustav Klimt.
Figure 1 (Claire Keane, 2019)

Within her work, one thing I like is how she experiments with different
shapes (as shown in figure 2). It suggests that doing this helps in
presenting the characters in different situations, for example being
frozen. In addition to this I also like the simplistic style, as the colours
and textures add more to the whole outcome compared to the line
drawings. The subject matter she mainly focuses on is not just the
characters but also some of the background elements, which is an area I
am really interested in.

Looking at Keane’s work it has influenced me to focus more on colours

and shapes within my work, as it creates more on an impact alongside
the affect it has on the whole outcome. Also, it has shown me how the
concept art progresses from line art; to work that can be recognised
Figure 2 (Claire Keane, 2019)
from stills of the film.

Bibliography:
CLAIRE KEANE. (2019). Q&A — CLAIRE KEANE claire keane art. [online] Available at:
https://clairekeane.squarespace.com/faq2 [Accessed 14 Oct. 2019].

Illustration List:
(Figure 1) CLAIRE KEANE. (2019). TANGLED CONCEPT ART — CLAIRE KEANE claire keane art. [online] Available
at: http://www.claireonacloud.com/tgled-1 [Accessed 13 Oct. 2019

(Figure 2) CLAIRE KEANE. (2019). FROZEN CONCEPT ART — CLAIRE KEANE claire keane art. [online] Available at:
http://www.claireonacloud.com/frozen [Accessed 14 Oct. 2019].