

"Manu Arenas, who's a Visual Development Artist here at the Studio, was the first artist to start working on the Earth Giants," said Schwab."He really focused in on the enormous scale of these characters as well as integrating them into the environment because they're made of rock. Frozen 2's Character Art Designer Bill Schwab gave us some insight into just how the Earth Giants were brought to life and the unexpected Frozen characters they share DNA with. Huge lumbering mounds of sentient soil, they were a challenge for the animation team to craft and most importantly to make believable. The first creatures we were shown were the Earth Giants. We realized that there was more story to tell." With Arendelle once again in danger, Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf head into the unknown and find a magical forest where they come face to face with the representations of each element. "Where did Elsa get her icy powers? Well, it turned out that question was one that Jennifer and Chris were beginning to wrestle with as well. "A few years ago when I was traveling around the world presenting to artists and students, I kept hearing the same question over and over again," he recalled. During a new footage presentation IGN attended, the film's producer Peter Del Vecho revealed that very query was something which drove the team to craft the sequel. One of the biggest questions after Frozen 2 was where Elsa had gotten her powers. The exploration of Frozen's ice queen Elsa's powers is central to the new film's narrative and, as we saw in the clips that were shown during our visit, it all comes down to a set of elemental spirits that represent Fire, Air, Water, and Earth.
