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“The Little Mermaid” 1989

A video on the usefulness of using live action reference for animation. There are a couple good shots of some rough animation of Ursula in here, too.

Fun Fact: Sherri Stoner, who was the live action reference for both Ariel and Belle, was also a writer and producer for “Tiny Toon Adventures” and “Animaniacs”, and did the voice of Slappy Squirrel.

The dinosaur puppet as Flounder tho.