He's abandoned his Tumblr after they made changes to their Terms of Service, so that means I've got to find a new Moana character design contact. But luckily, I found one in the Art of Moana book! His name is Bill Schwab, and he's the character art director for Moana.
(Schwab working at Walt Disney Animation Studios)
Schwab is an Annie award winning character designer and character art director, who started working on Disney animated productions with 2009's The Princess and the Frog. Since then, he's worked on films like Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen and shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force. He won Annies for his work on Prep and Landing as well as it's sequel, as well as an Emmy for the aforementioned sequel.
A lot of his art is shared in the Moana art book, especially his work on Moana, Tamatoa and, most relevant to this project, Maui.
(Some of Schwab's concept art for Maui - credit: Bill Schwab, Walt Disney Animation Studios)
I'm attempting to contact him through Instagram, where he posts concept art and drawings relatively frequently. I'm just hoping he'll at least see the message, and a response would be great! Also hoping that he doesn't have a specific NDA where he can't say anything about his work. We'll see. Update coming if he responds!
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