I know Glen Keane is in the habit of giving his characters big soulful eyes when the style permits (Beast, Aladdin, Tarzan...) and as Aladdin was much more of a sensitive sympathetic character than a hard hero, it stands to reason. I haven't actually read the specific comment you refer to, but it's standard character design wisdom. Large eyes are also more expressive, which is why mute characters (or those frequently dependent on nonverbal communication, as in the case of Ariel and Tarzan) usually have great big peepers. I've been noticing the shrinking eyes in my drawings lately and decided I needed to nudge myself back on track ... and I noticed while watching the movie that Edmund has really big eyes. Those are, in fact, intentionally almost Glen Keane eyes.
(I also noticed that in the scene where he's gagged and tied to a tree, he looks like he could grow up to look like Rowan Atkinson, though perhaps that's just the Mr Bean grimace that the gag gives him...)
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Date: 2005-12-23 05:59 am (UTC)(I also noticed that in the scene where he's gagged and tied to a tree, he looks like he could grow up to look like Rowan Atkinson, though perhaps that's just the Mr Bean grimace that the gag gives him...)
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Date: 2005-12-29 01:23 pm (UTC)