Behind the Scenes of LEGO Elves

This is a test-run.

## Concept Artists

* S1 backgrounds can be found on Susanne Bækby Olesen’s blogspot page.
* Thomas van der Heiden has some S1 concepts on his artstation page. This includes an early box design of The Elves' Treetop Hideaway with previous outfit possibilities for Emily.
	+ Concept Environments V.01
	+ Concept Environments V.02
	+ Playmat
	+ Universe Poster
	+ Logo Concepts & Graphics
* Mads Juul was a storyboard artist. A YouTube video for Change From Within is featured on his blogspot page.
* Backgrounds from Evil Apprentice can be found on Rune F. B. Hansen's artstation page. Rune did background and layout work on seasons 2 and 3, working for Ja Film.
* S4 concept art can be found on Simon Ternowitz’s portfolio website.
* Tori Davis did some concept art for *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part*. One art piece features Aira, Azari, and two pegasi, though no content from *Elves* ever appeared in the final film.

## Set Designers

### Joel Baker

Joel Baker was featured in TrickyBricks episode 246, where he talked about the S3 sets.

* They discussed whether they could do shorter legs for Sophie but the proportions didn’t work well with the torso. (59:56)
* Magic Rescue from the Goblin Village was inspired by Medieval Market Village 10193. (1:37:43)
* The original design for Cronan’s fortress had more foliage. (1:39:56)

### Wes Talbott

Wes Talbott was featured in TrickyBricks episode 141. He revealed a few things about the sets he worked on and the process in general.

* Wes had been doodling Ragana’s dragon symbol since he was about 12. (7:17)
* Especially for S2, the set designers had a lot of influence on the story. This is because the sets were often designed first and the story was worked around them. (1:09:31)
* The Secret Market Place was also apparently inspired by Medieval Market Village 10193. (1:12:12)

Wes Talbott also revealed some things in his notes on brickset.

* Wes designed Liska, and she's his favourite of the four animal guardians.
* Wes named Thorne, in addition to also designing him.
* The green walls of Cronan’s fortress were inspired by the eerie glow of Minas Morgul from *The Lord of the Rings* series.

## Show Runners

### Villads Spangsberg

Producer Villads has posted:

* S1 art of Azari’s outfit possibilities. He mentions that Azari is his favourite character. The art was also shown in the official behind-the-scenes video on the LEGO YouTube channel. (1:05)
* S2 art of Farran’s outfit possibilities.
* S2 art of the bridge.
* SoE art of Azari and Aira.
* Art of Farran and Tidus, with some notes on their contrasting traits. This is the only known source with the full-bodied version of Tidus’ art, although it is partially included in the story dice. Also, the notes show that Farran was envisioned to be the equivalent of 14-16 years old. Meanwhile, Tidus was envisioned to be the equivalent of 22-24 years old.

### Barbara Haynes

According to an instagram post, Barblin seems to have been named after Barbara Haynes, who was a writer for the first 2 specials, as well as 2 episodes of Secrets of Elvendale. In the comments, Barbara and Villads talk about how they tried to name a goblin Trumplin and actually pitched the idea.

## Shadow Bats

Chiara Biscotin, a Friends designer, got her hands on some Elves art of the Shadow Bats and presented it at Brickworld. Several things were revealed about the bats’ personalities.

* Crase is described as an "officer." He is pictured with rolled-up documents and a magnifying lens.
* Furi was inspired by Lemongrab from the 2010 show *Adventure Time* and Anger from the 2015 film *Inside Out*.
* Hippo is described as a "sweetie." He is pictured with a fruit basket.
* Molo is described as a "dumb jock."
* Myzo is described as a "mad scientist." He was inspired by Igor from many adaptations of *Frankenstein*, and Edgar "E" Gore from the 2012 film *Frankenweenie*. Also, it seems that Myzo was originally black like the rest of the bats. The change to green differentiates him from Hippo and Furi.
* Phyll is described as "dapper." He was inspired by Han Solo from the film franchise *Star Wars*, as well as the titular character from the book and film franchise *James Bond*.
* Vespe is described as "tactical."