In The Aristocats, why does Duchess's look change so dramatically after the first ten minutes?
In these images you can see clear differences in the animation, starting from the first scene that really focusses entirely on the cats. The kittens change a little as well, but it isn't as obvious.
I can think of a couple of possible reasons:
- In the "cat parts" of the story, we're working on a different scale — smaller details to humans are much bigger when we're at cat size.
- To give Duchess a more human look so we relate to her better.
- The 'human' and 'cat' sections are purposely drawn with a different art style.
However, even at the end when we're back in the 'human scale', the more humanised look is maintained.
- Somebody else drew and animated the beginning of the film (possibly also evidenced by the change in collar colour/style).
Is there any evidence for my guesses, or another known reason? And if so, why there was this change in style, and it not re-drawn to match?
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