![]() HR: What did you learn from the apprenticeship?Ĭapili: Tani worked with me a lot on eyebrows. In this episode of Sketchbook, Gabby draws “Kuzco” from The Emperor’s New Groove, a character she has loved since she was a kid. I was in the story rooms, I was in story rooms, helped come up with ideas, did little practice assignments to gear me up to get ready to be on a production as a story artist instead of a story apprentice. And so as an apprentice I was on Encanto. And then after that I did three months on three different productions. She taught me perspective, and composition, and how to draw. And at Disney that means you come in not really knowing anything. HR: In what capacity did you work on Encanto?Ĭapili: I was a story apprentice. So I remember my very first animation class my teacher sat us down and went ‘Ok so we’re all in the business of making movies here.’ And I remember thinking ‘Oh, are we? Ok, I’ll write that down.’ So it was a surprise to me, but it’s fun. ![]() But somehow in my 19/20 year old brain I didn’t realize that it was a film school, an animation school. ![]() I went to CalArts because it was where all of my favorite artists who made my favorite movies went. My dad was a comic book collector and so I got into comics from a very young age. So how did you find yourself in this field?Ĭapili: It was comics. And then another one was Chinese from New York City. Like all my friends in school were – one of my best friends, she’s Iraqi from Dubai, and she’s in the industry with me. I thought it was going to be harder and scarier for me in the animation industry, and it has felt very welcoming in a way that I didn’t think would happen when I was a kid. There’s always a lot women, there’s always a lot of queer people, and there’s always a lot of brown people in the rooms that I’m in and I feel really lucky about that. HR: How does it feel to be able to contribute to an industry that’s predominantly male-dominated?Ĭapili: I thought when I was growing up that it was just going to be me and that I’d be the only brown girl in the room. But Kuzco also falls in all those categories so that was always a little joke I liked is Kuzco is my favorite Disney princess. It’s like trapped in a tower, an evil person is trying to take their reign.Īriel falls into this, and Cinderella falls under this, and even Rapunzel falls into this. And then the third one is, I don’t know if you’ve heard the joke of like to be a Disney princess or here’s what the Disney princess have in common. He starts off at the beginning of the film as like the villain of the film and by the end of it through power and friendship and love he becomes a good role model. ![]() That’s a big reason, very special memory.Īnother one is that he’s so cool. First reason, I had a strict dad he pulled me out of school for my birthday when I was in the fourth grade and brought me to see The Emperor’s New Groove during school hours. Hidden Remote: Why did you choose to draw Kuzco and why is he your favorite character? *The interview below has been edited for length and clarity Below are some highlights from our chat, and be sure to check out the full video interview at the end of the post! Gabby Capili Disney Sketchbook interview Hidden Remote had the chance to speak with Capili about her artistic journey and what it’s like to work in the animation industry. In the show’s first episode, Capili teaches us how to draw her favorite character, Kuzco, from The Emperor’s New Groove. When a song from Moana, in which her grandmother Tala comes to her in the form of a manta ray, played on her way to the interview, Capili knew she was on the right path. It was during a difficult time as her beloved grandmother was dying. One of those artistic creators is Gabby Capili.Īfter graduating from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), she received a call from a Disney recruiter to come in for an interview. The instructional documentary gives us an inside look into the process and stories of some of the talented artists at Walt Disney Animation Studios.Įach of the six episodes dives into a different animator’s story as they teach us how to draw an iconic Disney character of their choosing. Disney+ has released a new original series, Sketchbook.
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