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Concept art for bird characters from “Freebird” by @jollylines

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Concept art for Calliope by @jollylines

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Concept art for Seraphina by @jollylines

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The musicians and staff at Eugene and Stalyan’s wedding concept art by @jollylines

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Do you happen to know which real life culture each of the 7 Kingdoms are based off of?

According to character designer @jollylines:

Ingvarr: The designs themselves were based on Persian/Iranian women.  I collected lots of images of both modern Persian women and women in traditional Persian garb to influence the draping and details of their costuming (eventually I’ll post some concept images where you’ll see more options of what those characters could have looked like/dressed in).  And then I pumped up the “warrior” aspect by melding those traditional elements with the silhouette of old European armor.

I feel the need to say: As a character designer on the show, I didn’t have control of the eventual coloring.  I would have loved to have seen all of the Ingvarr women with black hair and a slightly deeper skintone.  That’s how I’d envisioned them.  But things shake out how they shake out.

Koto: Think standard “American/Euro” fairytale royals.  Black and white, in your typical floofy animation royal dresses.

Neserdnia: Based on Pacific Islanders.  Instead of typical crowns like the Kotos wear, they wear flowers and beading.

Bayangor: Asia mixed with Classic Greece.  I wanted the women themselves to look of Asian descent, but for their outfits to be a blend of kimonos and ancient Greek robing and draping.

Galcrest:  Based on Inuit women.  I tried to combine more current garb with traditional details.

Pittsford: I was literally told, “Take the king we already have and just turn him into a woman around his age.  Also turn him two slightly younger women.”  SO THAT IS WHAT I DID.  haha.  

This is just for aesthetic design and has nothing specific to do with their cultural practices, though. We have nothing solid in that regard, though Ingvarr is clearly warrior/technological culture.

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Have you or anyone else made a list of the seven kingdoms in "Beginnings" and the countries that they're from? I don't remember which one is Neserdnia. Also, I get why TDK is not listed, because it's kind of dead, but what about Equis?

It’s up to the people in the Tangled universe/the people making the show to decide who is included in the Seven Kingdoms, not the people watching the show. (Also, it’s not like there are only seven kingdoms in the whole world.) I imagine Equis isn’t included because it’s at odds with Corona. 

Anyway, here’s the list, per @jollylines (who did the character designs):

“Ingvarr: So while I can’t speak to whatever backstory our show may have given the fictional country of Ingvarr, I can say that the designs themselves were based on Persian/Iranian women.  I collected lots of images of both modern Persian women and women in traditional Persian garb to influence the draping and details of their costuming (eventually I’ll post some concept images where you’ll see more options of what those characters could have looked like/dressed in).  And then I pumped up the “warrior” aspect by melding those traditional elements with the silhouette of old European armor.

I feel the need to say: As a character designer on the show, I didn’t have control of the eventual coloring.  I would have loved to have seen all of the Ingvarr women with black hair and a slightly deeper skintone.  That’s how I’d envisioned them.  But things shake out how they shake out.

Koto: Think standard “American/Euro” fairytale royals.  Black and white, in your typical floofy animation royal dresses.

Neserdnia: Based on Pacific Islanders.  Instead of typical crowns like the Kotos wear, they wear flowers and beading.

Bayangor: Asia mixed with Classic Greece.  I wanted the women themselves to look of Asian descent, but for their outfits to be a blend of kimonos and ancient Greek robing and draping.

Galcrest:  Based on Inuit women.  I tried to combine more current garb with traditional details.

Pittsford: I was literally told, “Take the king we already have and just turn him into a woman around his age.  Also turn him two slightly younger women.”  SO THAT IS WHAT I DID.  haha.”

As you can see, it is not a one-to-one specific ratio for specific countries, just like Corona isn’t one specific country. (Yes, I know people like to say it’s supposed to be Germany, but it’s not. It’s design, per Nathan Greno, is meant to have influences from both Bavaria and France, but also leans heavily on Fantasyland at Disneyland. It’s a made-up kingdom in a fantasy world, not a specific parallel to a real location in our world.)

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“Finally getting around to posting stuff from this episode. @lulusketches posted this over on her page already if you wanna see it in all its color glory. @jollylines did the painting in the background. And maybe Baptiste Rogron did the special poses?? And someone else did the props but I’m not sure who. Cartoon making is a collaborative effort!” via @amandaliart on Instagram

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What cultures do you think each of the seven kingdoms is based on (I know some appear more obvious than others)?

@msmandapants (also known as @jollylines) just answered this here! (x)