Disney Interactive

While working at Disney, I was the Art Director on an innovative game concept presented in a world of Disney pop-up books. Each chapter of the book presented a classic Disney story filled with the characters we all know and love.

Neill Glancy was the visionary Game Director behind the concept. A big idea he gestated on for decades until Disney offered him the ideal conditions to develop it further. It was a real honor to collaborate with Neill and the dev team on visual development, game design, animation, audio, etc. And because of the game's innovative gameplay mechanics, Neill and I were awarded a US patent for game design. What an exciting achievement that was!

It's a crying shame this game concept is locked away in the dusty vaults of Disney IP. Neill and I would've loved to have shared the final product with the world. It was truly something special.

Jordan Lamarre-Wan painted this concept under my Art Direction. You can see more of his artwork here: www.theartofjlw.com

Loading screen for Monsters, Inc.

Jordan Lamarre-Wan painted this concept under my Art Direction. You can see more of his artwork here: www.theartofjlw.com

Loading screen for Tarzan.

Jordan Lamarre-Wan painted this concept under my Art Direction. You can see more of his artwork here: www.theartofjlw.com

Jungle Book (game view). The game camera was zoomed in to this tiny diorama world made of paper pop-up books.

Jordan Lamarre-Wan painted this concept under my Art Direction. You can see more of his artwork here: www.theartofjlw.com

Finding Nemo (game view)

Jordan Lamarre-Wan painted this concept under my Art Direction. You can see more of his artwork here: www.theartofjlw.com

PETER PAN: Character designs

Christopher Jennings created these character designs under my Art Direction. See more of his artwork here: www.csjennings.com

I took Chris' design of Captain Hook and made him look like a paper cutout.

I designed and painted this paper version of Sully from Monsters, Inc.

I created this 3D mockup to show my Art team what the game should look like. Notice all the beautiful imperfections - rips, creases, folds, and paper grain.

Jungle Book: Wide view of the game world showing some of the innovative "pop-up book" gameplay elements

Jordan Lamarre-Wan painted this concept under my Art Direction. You can see more of his artwork here: www.theartofjlw.com

I created this style guide to show the environment artists how the Jungle Book world would be constructed from "digital paper" cutouts.

Style Guide showing cutout shapes for the Jungle Book world.

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