Claire Keane

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Claire Keane (born March 1, 1979) is an author and illustrator and visual development artist who contributed to the Disney films Enchanted , Tangled , Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen . She is the daughter of Disney animator Glen Keane and the granddaughter of cartoonist Bil Keane, creator of the comic strip, The Family Circus [1] and Thelma Keane.

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Early life

Keane grew up in California until, at the age of 16, she and her family moved to France. There she attended the American School of Paris and the Paris outpost of the Parsons School of Design. [2] Keane then studied at the École Supérieure D’arts Graphiques in Paris. She was encouraged to become a graphic designer. However, she realized that she preferred developing and exploring visuals and stories. Her father Glen Keane was just starting to develop the story of Tangled and told her they would soon need a visual development artist. Keane and her husband moved to Los Angeles where she worked at Disney Feature Animation for ten years designing for Tangled, Frozen and Enchanted among other films. In 2012, she left to work independently. [3] Keane's first children's book Once Upon A Cloud came out in 2015 and her second book, Little Big Girl was published in the fall of 2016. [4]

Career

As a conceptual artist during the production of Tangled, Keane's work spanned the visual development seen throughout the entire film, but her work was arguably most visible as the murals the character Rapunzel paints on the wall of her home. For these, Keane hand painted the mural on a wall in the art department of the Walt Disney Animation Studios. [5] Keane also illustrated the Disney storybook, Rapunzel's Amazing Hair. In 2020, she won an Emmy Award for her work on Tangled The Series.

For Enchanted, Keane worked with costume designer Mona May to help realize Giselle's dresses. In 2013, Keane left Disney to focus on writing and illustrating children's books. [6] She released her first illustrated children's book: Once Upon A Cloud, which Kirkus Reviews felt displayed her background in working for Disney. [7] Little Big Girl has a "retro" look to the illustrations. [8]

The Cape Cod Times wrote that Keane's illustrations are a good match for Diane Adams' text in Love Is. [9]

Filmography

YearTitleCredits
2007EnchantedCostume Illustrator
2008Glago's GuestVisual Development Artist
2010TangledVisual Development Artist
2012Wreck-it RalphAdditional Visual Development Artist
2013FrozenVisual Development Artist
2014DuetVisual Development Artist
2017Tangled (TV Series)Visual Development Artist [10]
2022Puss in Boots: The Last WishVisual Development Artist

Books

YearBook TitleCredits
2010Tangled: Rapunzel's Amazing HairIllustrator
2014Lovely: Ladies of AnimationCo-author/artist
2015Once Upon A CloudAuthor & Illustrator
2016Little Big GirlAuthor & Illustrator
2016A Fairy FriendIllustrator
2017Love isIllustrator

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