Dark times during RIO

Found some old storyboards from RIO. This is the lowest moment in the film. Jewel is captured and Blu is headed for Nigel's trap.

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Rio teaser storyboards

As part of a story artist's job, you're sometimes called upon to create storyboards for marketing the film with teasers, trailers or for product tie-ins. These can often be fun and allows you to take the characters a little out of the box. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)

Sometimes you know that an idea is doomed from the start but it's worth a try. As most creative people know all it takes is one stupid idea to lead you to a great one.

Unfortunately, this was the stupid one.

In this following one, Blu, again, sneaks out for a midnight snack.