thedissolve:

Following Disney animator Lino DeSalvo’s remarks that female characters are harder to draw because they have to be “pretty,” Brave co-director Brenda Chapman has reiterated her frustration with the “boys’ club” of animation, which she says resulted in a “blatantly sexist” redesign of her character, Merida.

thedissolve:

Following Disney animator Lino DeSalvo’s remarks that female characters are harder to draw because they have to be “pretty,” Brave co-director Brenda Chapman has reiterated her frustration with the “boys’ club” of animation, which she says resulted in a “blatantly sexist” redesign of her character, Merida.