| “ | The Lion King feature came out in theaters when I was thirteen years old, and I remember loving-drawing the characters off my purchased VHS tape (no DVDs back then), 'studying' them constantly. So, this opportunity to 'professionally' draw Simba (and a host of both old, and new key characters) is a shock of a childhood-dream come true for me. | ” |
–Kaukab Basheer[1] | ||
Kaukab Basheer is a storyboard revisionist for The Lion Guard.
Early Life[]
The first Lion King film was released to theaters when Basheer was thirteen years old. She remembers that she enjoyed drawing the characters and studying them.[2] Basheer later graduated in 2012, with honors, from the School of Visual Arts. She then taught a Character Designing for Animation course before moving to southern California.
Career[]
Kaukab Basheer is a a character animator who has helped to create Indian cartoon characters. She has also animated many American cartoon characters, such as Tom and Jerry and Scooby Doo. She was a character layout artist for the 2015 film Sponge Out of Water.[3] Basheer was hired by Disney to draw on The Lion Guard and work as a storyboard revisionist.[4]
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