Grumpy Intestines, Scared Brains, And Other Concept Art From The Disney Short Inner Workings

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Playing before Moana was the short Inner Workings, the Leo Matsuda-directed story about how every part of us has a different desire and goal. Mainly, the conflict is between the impulsive, pleasure-seeking heart, and the brain, which thinks everything will end in death. Now, we have concept art to help us look more closely at these organs.

From Nick Orsi, take a look at the brain, heart, kidneys, and full body.

Mike Yamada has shared some scene concepts and a full map of Paul, the man whose organs are yo-yoing him around:

Another early piece from #innerworkings with characters based on the work by the talented Nick Orsi

A photo posted by Mike Yamada (@myamada1979) on Dec 19, 2016 at 11:52am PST

An early piece from the short, Inner Workings

A photo posted by Mike Yamada (@myamada1979) on Dec 14, 2016 at 12:03pm PST

A case of the Mondays… #innerworkings

A photo posted by Mike Yamada (@myamada1979) on Dec 20, 2016 at 11:05am PST

I spy… another early piece of visdev from #innerworkings

A photo posted by Mike Yamada (@myamada1979) on Dec 21, 2016 at 11:17am PST

From story artist Jeremy Spears are these wood carvings:

Thought I’d share some of my work from Disney’s “Inner Workings” short which is playing with Moana in theaters! I got to carve wooden maquettes of the characters for the film! So much fun!!! #wood #maquette #sculpture #innerworkings #disney #disneyanimation #moana

A photo posted by Jeremy Spears (@whittlewoodshop) on Dec 17, 2016 at 2:10pm PST

Here is “Paul” all painted up from Disney’s “Inner Workings” short. I only painted one set for Leo @leomatsuda7 I tried to keep the fun and life of Leo’s drawings and it helped prove that the blocky shapes could work in CG. #disneyanimation #innerworkings #wood #maquette #sculpture #moana

A photo posted by Jeremy Spears (@whittlewoodshop) on Dec 19, 2016 at 12:20pm PST

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