Blaine Gibson gave body to Marc Davis' Singing Pirates character study.
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Character sketches were often accompanied by animation studies to give the engineers an idea of the way the characters would move. The piece in the center is - The Arsenal - a wonderfully detailed diazo print done by Marc Davis in 1964. This concept was completed when the decision was made to make the attraction a boat ride and not a walk-through.
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Marc Davis' character and animation studies, done in the early 1960's, are so vivid that it's little wonder that full-blown Audio-Animatronics figures of so many of his renderings reside in the attraction.
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Hurricane Cove by Marc Davis, watercolor, 1965.
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Captain's Quarters by Marc Davis, watercolor, 1965.
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Singing Pirate and Pigs by Marc Davis, watercolor, 1965.
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