Everything changes slightly and no longer is Tarzan matching that background. I was struck with his eyes. I always tell the animators, if you're going to make a mistake, do it on something other than the eyes, because that's where everybody is focusing and identifying with the character. So then the animator, if he wants, can draw upon those tapes to pull expressions, mouth shapes, maybe some gesturing that happens. And you have to animate that.
Voices create images in our minds.
I wasn't so concerned about drawing Tony as I was about interpreting animal motions. That's why we spent a lot of time studying stop-frame videos, learning how a gorilla walks. We didn't ever want Tarzan to feel like he was just a man. We didn't want him to stand up straight or wave good-bye. We wanted to make sure he always had that piece of gorilla in him, that he always had an animal attitude about him.