One great thing I notice about this scene is, he has a large cape on, they could have easily covered him with the cape during the transformation. Instead, they decided to draw every single frame of it so you can see *exactly* how it happened. It’s amazing

I love the CGI animation, but we need to see some classic animation soon. who agrees?

I love the way he draws hands, they are amazing. Like when the hand transforms or when he grabs bellas face.

Not gonna lie I love both Prince Adam's 'Beast' appearance (you kinda get used to it) but I also love his human form. Seeing him transform into a human was without a doubt one of my favourite moments in the movie. I wish we got to see more of him as a human, maybe that would help with other people liking him. The biggest thing I love about this scene is Belle's reaction: she doesn't rush over and immediately kiss him or anything ridiculous like what happens in any other movie, she actually re-acquaints herself and tries to find something she recognises from his cursed form and he just stands there and lets her. Of course we all know that when she sees that his eyes are completely unchanged THAT's when she gets excited and thrilled and decides to kiss him.

I just looked at the final cut of this scene (fully colored and animated) to compare it with this one and I realized (and was disappointed) that in the final cut, they added a flash of light right before Beast's human face was transformed ( 3:34 - 3:35 ). It kinda wasted the effort of the slow transition of the face from beast to human that you could clearly see in this pencil version. I don't know if this is nitpicking but I just wish they didn't add that flash of light in the final version.

This scene always reminds me of a Romanesque, Renaissance-style painting or sculpture, what with the anatomy and way the body is posed at certain times and the way the cloth drapes. I assume that was what Glen was drawing off of for this scene. And he succeeded beautifully. :) It is like an animated Michelangelo painting.

The fact that this sequence was based on Michelangelo's "Slaves" and to some extent his "David" gives it so much more depth, as they pretty much are physical embodiments of the liberation of the soul. It's so beautiful.

This movie inspired me to start drawing. Never will forget watching this on opening weekend me completely being overwhelmed by the music, animation and emotion of this movie. One of my happiest moments of my life

That's incredible, really Keane outdid himself with this scene. To see the whole animation on paper is just wow...see, this is what we appreciate the most with 2-Dimensional films, the amount of work these people put in to make shit like this because, we know people made it their best. Bring back hand drawn animation, people, forget this CGI shit.

I don't think that you can just say "bring back traditional animation" because this was mostly Glen Keane's passion. Doesn't matter what medium, if you love what you're doing, you're going to study and try your hardest to make your scenes believable.

traditional animation has much more feeling than cgi.

Great.. Now, BRING IT BACK

He looks SO MUCH MORE HANDSOME WHEN HE TURNS AROUND IN THIS VERSION! AAAAAAAAAA

The animation of Belle looking on is definitely beautiful. But seeing Beast transform is breathtaking, I mean look at how much work Glen Keane put into it. It is the reason I wish to be an animator.

I just adore how at 3:39 he is cradled by the cape. So dramatic. I love it

there are countless things i love about this, but my favorite is how even when he's still in his beast form, you can see the pencil marks flash between the beast and his human self as he's saying goodbye to belle. even though a lot of people rag on it, i actually love the beast's human form. not just because he's physically beautiful but you can tell that his human form and the beast's form are meant to share physical similarities beyond just his eyes. pieces of his humanity were always there.

Don Bluth and Glen Keane, two of Disney's best animators!

3:16-3:18 not gonna lie I did see that spiritual father inspiration was used in this piece. I mean just look at that hand work. I definently did think of those paitings and sculptures u usually see in church when I saw this. So yea I'm not shocked that Michelangelo's style was used as well.

This is the most beautiful thing I've EVER SEEN!

''Belle, it's me!"' ''CHANGE BACK''

The Beast's transformation is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. For animators to do this would be painful and hard, but so incredible. This is my dream to do animation like ths.

even on storyboard animation.....T-T.....just beautiful

I really like how you can clearly see all the movements and shapes without the sparkles!

Fun Fact: They screened this at the New York film festival, and when it got to this part, it was this pencil test version that was shown, and the audience lost their minds. And when the movie was over, it was stone silence for two whole seconds, and then, STANDING OVATION!

I am a children's book illustrator, and dear animators, I simply don't know how you do what you do. You are the cream of the crop, I bow to your artistry. Simply mindblowing.

im not crying, you're crying! dear god, hand drawn animation is stunning

I wonder which devil Glen sold his soul to for that animation ability, and where I can get in contact with it.

Glen Keane is one of the best animators who ever lived. He nailed the Beast’s transformation scene. Plus, he animated one of the most underrated villains ever, Professor Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective.

I think Disney animation looks smoother and more realistic as an Ghbili anime. Ghibli is great too, of course, but it looks not so smooth to me.

Glad I lived my childhood during the 90s Disney renaissance. This scene is just chilling and wondrous, a massive feat in classic animation.

I need to have Glen as my art teacher.

Magical. Believe it or not this is my favourite scene I watch it over and over again to the extent if I only hear the music the scene plays in my head automatically.

gave me chills.... I wish I contained these skills right now... *sigh*

If Paperman and Feast and Tangled were any indication, 2D may come back in some form at Disney in the future

Easily the best transformation sequence in any Disney movie, and all from hand drawn animation.

The raw beauty of this is amazing, and possesses something not there in the final version... 3:38 almost has a Pietà air about it.

You know, if you watch the transformation close enough, he looks like a budding rose. It almost like Glen is trying to tell us Beast is budding into a beautiful rose! :) This scene makes me cry everytime I see it. This version made me cry MORE. Gotta love Glen Keane!

I saw this animation before seeing the feature length film, and I could help but feel that a lot of the beauty in the hand drawn pencil animation was lost in the finished production.

The sketches really help you see the subtle changes in expression and posture. I'm no artist, but this is really something wonderful to see.

I just love the score at 3:35 and the way the animation correlates is fantastic, Keane is a legend

Even in the rough pencil stage with unfinished scenes, incomplete drawings, and still frames in place of the drawings yet to be worked out, this scene makes me cry because of the sheer passion that went into making it into the final product. Anytime I need a reason to get back to my animation station, I look at pencil tests like this and remember that everything I want to do must be rough or incomplete first. It's how we get better with both timing and drawing skill, and that's how the final product can become the best version of itself. Glen's work is only one part of the inspiration for me and it continues to keep my fire ignited whenever modern-day Disney news threatens to douse it.

Man, all that HARD WORK makes me want to cry. Such beautiful work. What a master artist.

It's pretty cool how in this form, you can clearly see Adam's face in the beast. Personally, I could only make a distinct connection in the eyes. This is really fascinating.

Every frame is a masterpiece of drawing! Amazing and beautiful!

For me, one of the most powerful scenes in Disney films and animations in general. Thanks to all the artists who participated in the process for showing us this masterpiece, so much love for art. ❤️✍🏻

As an older animation student, mostly 3D using Maya, this shows what the art form is all about. Glen Keane, Andreas Deja, James Baxter, to mention a few, are true masters of animation. It is only studying these people than one can only hope to understand this medium. Seeing stuff like this makes me want to close Maya and pick up a pencil. Maybe one day I will. God bless these talented people for their work. They are true inspirations!

I’ve always thought the prince’s face looked like Michelangelo’s “David”, and the fact that the artist studied Michelangelo’s work during this time makes me appreciate this even more. Not sure if the face was intentional, but still makes me think...

The only Disney couple with a believable bond. They spent months getting to know each other. The other Disney Princesses had just a few days, sometimes a matter of minutes to fall in love.

While there's nothing wrong with CGI, it just can't compare with something like this. Too beautiful.

this is absolutely beautiful! Glen's animation is spectacular, and this scene is no exception! So much love and effort in these drawings! Glen is going to be missed at Disney but hopefully he continues with his art elsewhere!

My childhood was literally magical. Animators and artists have my utter respect and love!

so awesome work. you can feel the passion just by looking at this work

This is incredibly beautiful and makes you realise how talented they are. Thanks for posting.

This is so beautiful to see in the raw pencil form - what an absolute master of animation Glen Keane . Made me cry and that’s just the pencil work.

the animation paired up with the soundtrack... just... wow. 😭

that is absolutely right. great days of animation are Disney's days!

No matter what format this animation is done, from rough sketch to final product, this will always make me feel things, the sadness, the hope, the love.

That’s got to be one of the most beautiful movie kiss scenes. You can see the longing in their faces and how they pull each other closer.

Belle's reaction reminds me of the "baby sees father shave beard" videos.

No matter how realistic 3D animation will look, I will still love this 2D animation. I don't hate 3D, I actually think it's impressive. But, 2D is still my favorite, I grew up with it.

Glen's art never ceases to amaze me. This brings back so many childhood memories.

This is my favorite Disney movie of all time. The music is truly glorious and this animation is beyond words. This movie truly proves that Love is never ugly.

It comes to show that this style was barely used nowadays, but it still looks very divine today.

The Beast's animation is one of the best things that ever came out from Disney. It's always so amazing to watch a drawing become this sentient. Disney, go back to your roots. I hope the studio is not too far gone

First sailor scout was a man ya'll.

Expectation: "This sequence will go down as one of the great icons of character animation!" Reality: "Ew, change him back, we liked him better as the beast!"

Is it just me or that Prince Adam's transformation almost like butterfly metamorphosis when the cape wraps him?

Ugh I love Prince Adam , they looks like a cross breed between Eric, Hercule and Tarzan all together and it's the best of all worlds in one with that character lol.

No matter how many times I've watched this scene I always cry like a baby

Whenever i come back to this scene i always think its the magic of love and thats freeing him from his beastly prison within. Hes finally breaking free. I say this because while he was unconscious during the transformation, he sorta broke free from his cape. Again such a beautiful moment.

Wow! Without the glowing VFX, we can clearly see the Beast’s transformation in its entirety, in pencil! You can just watch the transitions happening, the fluid and life like animation working its magic, and watch the Beast’s humanity restored. All done in pencil! …Why am I crying now?!

Do people have to fucking argue about CGI in these comments every time?

3:33 I think Mufasa.. I haven't see this movie but I like the transformation-scene alot.

3:35 3:36 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MAN IN THE WORLD, AND THE ONLY DISNEY PRINCE I HAD A CRUSH ON 🥺❤️

Disney needs animation like this again

OMIGOSH!! THIS IS TOO PERFECT I DONT WANNA LIVE ANYMORE!!!

It’s such a beautiful movie. This makes me want to watch it all over again.

In my mind whether Adam is human or a beast, he's still better looking than gaston

Awesome animation and awesome soundtrack! (I utterly love the instrumental theme on this scene). Thank you so much Glen Keane and Alan Menken for making this masterpiece possible.

I just realized that I’ve been so entranced with this scene I haven’t noticed once my entire life that Belle is standing to the side when the Beast first starts to transform. Like I notice her move but I don’t think I’ve ever looked at her during that part lmao

I get the enveloping of the cape around him symbolic of the rose. It can also be a cocoon that he gradually bursts out of as his return to his humanity is complete.

I don't even want to think about the poor guy that had to clean-up all the incredibly rough drawings of the beast

Voice actors and animators were so perfect back then, I miss those times. 😔

This will truly be an inspiration to all artists and animators through the next generations great work Glenn keen ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

one of the best disney s animation..

Bruh how did he draw that animations of HANDS!!!!!

Glen Keane has stated in interviews that this transformation sequence was strongly inspired by artistic depictions of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He's also the author of the excellent Christian children's book series "Adam Raccoon," which features his own original illustrations.

Well, he had been there since 1974; he had had a good run & this year has become a Disney Legend! :D

This Perfect Timeless classic, remake will be lucky to match Half of this masterpiece's emotion

I finally found the entire "work in progress" version on my DVD. This is such a genuine work. I do not even think they used live reference footage, which seems impossible in the transformation ;) The design of the beast turned into human is just GREAT and has a lot of appealing. I love it. Keane is so so so talented!

The animation is so beautiful, they did such a fantastic job

The funniest thing for me was that I could only see the similarity between the Beast and Prince Adam in pencil test. I got chills.

Legit chills.

Makes me weep like a baby ^^ beautiful

glen keane's animation is legendary! :D

You take this kind of thing for granted when you don't see the originals. Just watching the movie it's kind of seamless almost as if it was all done by machines, but when you see the sketches and the level of artistry it's really a humbling experience.

All of the twisting and rotating while simultaneously changing the form...absolutely magnificent.

You know it's good animation when a series of pencil markings is making you cry!

This is not an animation, this is not a cartoon, this is art, in-fact I cant think of a harder form of art to master than moving objects in this fashion. Phenomenal, wonderful.

watching this, no shade but the final liners really did him dirty he looks much more handsome in these sketches