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D E PA R T M E N T 25 KEYFRAME Images courtesy of DreamWorks Animation. SHE-RA AND THE PRINCESSES OF POWER DREAMWORKS ANIMATION ART DIRECTION: LAMB CHAMBERLIN AND ELIZABETH KRESIN In She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, fan-favorite Glimmer always wakes up to a perfect setting for a Zoom chat with her Best Friends Squad. Elizabeth Kresin, the show's Art Director since 2018, says that Glimmer's home—the kingdom of Bright Moon on the planet Etheria—is a fancy place, inspiring the bedroom's look. "We didn't want anything to feel flat or matte, and everything is high gloss." Kresin credits Background Painter and Color Stylist Amanda Winterstein for the opalescent look, while Elle Michalka, a visual development artist who worked on the series early on, came up with the idea of the magical floating bed, because "what kid wouldn't want bunk beds? So we took that and we made it as extreme as possible." As for the space itself, "a round tower bedroom is just the ultimate princess fantasy." Bright Moon is the antithesis to the evil world of the show's protagonists, The Horde, where the designs are jagged and haphazard. To emphasize this, Kresin says, Glimmer's bedroom is spherical, her bed is a golden ball, and there's lots of yonic imagery. "We wanted to keep everything as soft arches [and] really round towers … every detail is meticulously considered for its beauty." Glimmer's bedroom is also the only place in her Crystal Castle where she's guaranteed some alone time. Since she's the only one who can teleport, Kresin says putting the bed high up ensures she can get "as far away from everything else as possible." Shelter-at-home verdict: A transcendent escape whose who soothing mood (and Zoomtastic ambience) makes isolation less lonely. SPRING 2021 25