Even Golden Age Disney animators complained about being assigned princesses and other female leads because they were expected to keep these characters within a predictable range of acting. Female characters in animation typically have a more limited range of facial expressions than their male counterparts, and they are caricatured only in villainous (think Cruella de Vil or Medusa in The Rescuers) or comedic contexts. In fairness to DiSalvo, I get what he’s saying as an animator.

These comments were reposted on Tumblr earlier this afternoon, and tens of thousands of users have added notes to the initial post, while criticism has emerged from other well known creative practitioners, like comic artist Faith Erin Hicks on Twitter: So, having a film with two hero female characters was really tough, and having them both in the scene and look very different if they’re echoing the same expression that Elsa looking angry looks different from Anna being angry.” “Historically speaking, animating female characters are really, really difficult, because they have to go through these range of emotions, but you have to keep them pretty and they’re very sensitive to - you can get them off a model very quickly.

But the real shitsnowstorm of controversy started from within the studio after Lino DiSalvo, the head of animation on Frozen, claimed that it was “really, really difficult” to animate women because they have to be kept pretty while expressing emotions: Some people have chosen to boycott the film because of the chauvinist revisions to its storyline. That’s not right.Disney’s Frozen won’t be released theatrically for another month-and-half, but it’s already melting into one giant slushee of controversy. The only face that girls get to have is some round snub-nosed baby face.

TL DR: Boys in animated movies have faces that are square, round, skinny, fat, alien-looking, handsome, and ugly. STOP ASSUMING EVERY WOMAN HAS A ROUND BABY FACE AND A SHORT CUTE BABY NOSE. WHY DOES EVERY WOMAN THAT YOU HAVE CREATED IN THE LAST DECADE HAVE THE EXACT SAME FACE SHAPE? AND DON’T TELL ME IT’S BECAUSE WOMEN ARE HARDER TO ANIMATE. “Apparently every Disney woman is a clone/direct descendant of some primordial creature with huge round cheeks and a disturbingly small nose, because there is no other explanation (yes there is (it’s lazy sexism)) for the incredible lack of diversity among these female faces. The results confirmed Alex’s suspicions that for some reason, Disney/Pixar refuses to animate women in any way that is realistic, unique, interesting, or - gasp - unpretty: In order to get to the bottom of the suspected conspiracy, Every Flavored Bean, whose real name is Alex, traced the faces of various male and female characters from Disney/Pixar animated movies released over the past decade.

The three female characters in the still have what is basically the exact same facial structure: big eyes + button nose + chubby cheeks. After tracing their faces, I figured out why I was so weirded out.” “At first I thought the characters were three women and two aliens, but after seeing the trailer I realized the purple and red things were supposed to be dudes.

Disney female face shapes