Concept Art for Mulan from “Mulan”
While “Mulan” was in production, the animators knew that this Disney princess would be much different from her predecessors. She wouldn’t need a prince to save her and she would have much more strength than the girls in previous films, so the animators wanted to show that by giving the character a body shape that was not similar to a Barbie doll. Their concept art reflected Mulan’s strength without focusing too much on her feminine features.