It's been years since I leaked new Kung Fu Panda stuff, I used to do it on Deviantart, but now that I remember and have the opportunity I'll do it here XD
I'm glad that the fourth installment of Kung Fu Panda is going to have its classic semi-realistic animation style and not like that of Puss In Boots 2, This is a leaked image from the novelization of the film.
The curious thing is the codices behind Po, they don't look Asian to me
It looks more like the film will bring Mesoamerican things 🤔😮
Kung Fu Panda is probably my favorite franchise, aside from How to Train Your Dragon that DreamWorks has done!
It's been a very long time since I've done anything related to Kung Fu Panda, so I thought I would redo an older one I did back in 2020.
www.deviantart.com/reggiejwork…
Even though I still really like the original price, I was able to find some areas I felt that needed tweaking and changing for this redraw.
I decided to alter their clothing to match how they look in the final third movie of the trilogy. I was able get Tigress's face to look a lot better than it did the first go around.
I'm honestly really pleased with how well this turned out, also helps that I spent a little more time in the day to do this one as compared to the original.
various concept pieces for kung fu panda 1! a whole lot of crane, early versions of the furious five, some sequences for the original envisioned fight between po and tai lung in the 'vault of heroes' beneath the jade palace
can find more here https://www.artstation.com/artwork/29n0qY
Someone needs to do an analysis on the way the Kung Fu Panda movies use old-fashioned vs. modern language ("Panda we meet at last"/"Hey how's it going") and old-fashioned vs. modern settings (forbidden-city-esque palaces/modern-ish Chinese restaurant) to indicate class differences in their characters, and how those class differences create underlying tensions and misunderstandings.