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Noah and Cain or “The roots of Dinosaur’s story” 

(Early storyboard art by David Krentz)

They’re actually the prototypes of Aladar and Kron. Originally Dinosaur’s story was much more religion related. According to this Noah was an prophet-like Iguanodon with divination abilities and was wandering with his grandparents and a lemur named Adam. He was here an misfit because of his visions and seemingly more hot-headed and temperamental, so less that typical “nice guy type” than his later counterpart. Cain was almost the same as Kron, a stubborn, threatening, possessive and kinda tyrant-type leader. However, the concept was scrapped.

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Early animation and concept tests from 1996, at first with CGI background, then with live action backplate. 

Evolution of the characters I. - Aladar

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As it’s known, Aladar was raised by the lemurs, that’s why his way of thinking is completely different from the other dinosaurs. But their influence is not limited to his way of thinking. He shows some lemur-like behavioral traits as well during the movie. Originally the filmmakers wanted him to behave and move more like a lemur, but they rejected the idea with the exception of some brief movements.

That sassy tail swish which Aladar shows to Kron was actually intended to be one of them, it’s the same gesture, which was made by both Plio and Yar in the beginning of the movie.

Source: “Audio Commentary #1 With Directors And Special Effects Team” from the DVD

I just needed to get my mind off of The Good Dino… ; -; it was so bad omg.. so yeah have Zini and Aladar, my sons :3

Yiiihhh

Watched Dinosaur last night after sooooo long, so I basically went on a mini field trip of nostalgia–and then decided to try sketching him.  Last time I did, I was around… 6 or 7.  If my younger self could see this, she’d freak out so bad.

A gif from some animation test sample frames shared by Mark Anthony Austin, the supervising character animator of Aladar and Aladar’s mom: 

“This was the test that landed me the lead on the hero character in #Disney “Dinosaur”. They loved the weight and natural feel. I based it upon a dust bath behavior typical of horses. Trouble was to achieve weight and scale you need hundreds of frames of film when the average shot length is 3 feet of film or 72 frames only.” 

I watched Dinosaur again after 5+ years and I’m still in love