Over on Twitter, animator Brandon Lawless has posted a picture of some maquettes used in Zootopia’s production.
It looks like the 3D models the animators worked with were made based on these sculptures, which I’ve just learned is a neat thing animators do.
Zootopia Maquettes
@ryantottleart modeled these two characters for Zootopia. 2D design by @coryloftis. I polished them up in @zbrush for the Disney Animation studio
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#3D#zbrush#pixologic#toys#collectibles#3Dprint#sculpture#art#disney#animation#zootopia pic.twitter.com/g7ZULD33X4— Brandon Lawless (@lawlessWorkshop) March 16, 2019
They even went all out to use zbrush (aka the same software that the zootopia animators used)