James Woods is a Character Designer from the United Kingdom. His first feature production was Moana with the Walt Disney Animation Studios, in 2014, where he provided some early design work for the leading character’s Moana and Maui. Since then he has worked for Paramount Animation on an unannounced feature and is currently located at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank.

Be sure to check out more of his Moana character designs featured in the art book, The Art of Moana.

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All images © James Woods or their respective copyright holder.

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