Here’s How 19 Disney Characters Looked In Their Original Concept Art

Margot Nolan
Jul 27, 2022
Jul 27, 2022

Every animation studio, including Disney, produces a few concept ideas that express their imagination about characters before deciding on a certain animation concept. And in the end, they chose to use one of those designs to make the entire movie.
Disney films all follow the same process, which makes the finished animations always flawless and well-executed. As a result, Disney is renowned for producing fantastic characters. All of them, from Aladdin to Rapunzel, have distinctive personalities and features that inspire us to look up to and love them. But did you know that some of the characters all of us love ended up looking completely different from their original concept?
To give you an idea of what the characters might have looked like, we have gathered a collection of 19 well-known Disney characters with their original concept art. You decide what's better or worse. Look at them in the gallery below!

Here’s How 19 Disney Characters Looked In Their Original Concept Art

#1 Original concept for Snow White was created in 1937

#2 Original concept for Belle was created in 1991

#3 Original concept for Jasmine was created in 1992

#4 Original concept for Ursula was created in 1989

#5 Original concept for John Smith was created in 1995

#6 Original concept for Princess Aurora was created in 1959

#7 Original concept for Prince Naveen was created in 2009

#8 Original concept for Mufasa and Simba was created in 1994

#9 Original concept for Aladdin was created in 1992

#10 Original concept for Pocahontas was created in 1995

#11 Original concept for Rapunzel was created in 2010

#12 Original concept for Maleficent was created in 1959

#13 Original concept for Genie was created in 1992

#14 Original concept for Cruella de Vil was created in 1961

#15 Original concept for Flynn Rider was created in 2010

#16 Original concept for Pumbaa and Timon was created in 1994

#17 Original concept for The Beast was created in 1991

#18 Original concept for Tiana was created in 2009

#19 Original concept for Gaston was created in 1991