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32 KEYFRAME Fall 2019 For our main article in this issue about action in animation, we had concept sketches from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. We picked up on their textures and the hand-drawn nod to comics, as well as loosely interpreting the quintessential 1980s style of Drew Struzan, whose iconic movie poster artwork includes Star Wars and Indiana Jones. At the photoshoot, we asked the artists interviewed for the article to tap into their inner superhero or villain. (Sadly, Peter Ramsey was out of town and missed the fun!) By using close-up images with the sketchy blend of an explosion in the background, we made the artists the superheroes, instead of the other way around. Winter 2019 The concept for this cover focused on the significance of talented women working together on a film where the two main characters, Elsa and Anna, also embodied female strength and power. However, getting everyone together in one group to all look great in a single photo is a challenge. Added to this was the use of actual life-size figures from Frozen II rather than Photoshopping them in. Because the shoot took place inside Walt Disney Animation Studios where everyone worked, we had to create a whole background to make it appear like the women were magically transported to Arendelle. Spring 2020 The idea behind the Scooby-Doo cover was to bridge the gap between Scooby's origins and where the franchise is now—three- dimensional and computer rendered. We sourced the historic image of Scooby's creator, the legendary Iwao Takamoto, at work. Having him look down at the new version of his creation was a fun nod to the journey Scooby and the gang had taken over 50 years. In some cases, a cover can be a work in progress up to the last minute, and at the 11th hour, my husband gamely modeled the hand that carries Scooby so that we could make the perspective for the image work. F E AT U R E