Dory is back on the reef with her entire family, including Hank, Destiny, and Bailey. After a game of hide-and-seek with the kids at school, Dory heads out on her own. Unable to control his anxiety, Marlin secretly follows Dory to the edge of the reef. She is looking out into the blue, finally content with her life and herself.
MAX BRACE, ANGUS MACLANE, STANLEY MOORE, JAMES ROBERTSON Digital painting
STEVE PILCHER Pencil
STEVE PILCHER Pen
STEVE PILCHER China marker and pencil
STEVE PILCHER Pencil and marker
STEVE PILCHER Marker
STEVE PILCHER Pencil and marker
DON SHANK Pencil and colored pencil
STEVE PILCHER Pencil and acrylic
When Dory’s parents construct their new home on the pier outside the Marine Life Institute, they use a TIRE that has fallen off the dock. This was the perfect shape and object to use since it both represented the human world and echoed the curvilinear shape of the reef and Dory’s original home in the aquarium.
— Steve Pilcher, Production Designer
DON SHANK Digital
JASON DEAMER and TONY FUCILE Digital painting
STEVE PILCHER Digital
PAUL ABADILLA Digital
PAUL ABADILLA Digital painting
STEVE PILCHER Pencil
STEVE PILCHER Pencil
TIM EVATT Digital painting
TIM EVATT Digital
TIM EVATT Digital
TIM EVATT Digital painting
DON SHANK Pen and colored pencil
JASON DEAMER Pen and marker
DON SHANK Digital
CRAIG FOSTER Graphic design
DANIEL LÓPEZ MUÑOZ Digital painting
In the THIRD ACT of our story, we wanted to give Dory a challenge to tackle that would demonstrate her new-found confidence in herself despite her short-term memory loss. We decided that rescuing Marlin and Nemo from a truck heading inland would be one of the biggest obstacles we could give to a fish. The manufactured world of the truck environment is about as far as you can get from the natural world of the ocean (while still allowing the fish to survive). So it provides a nice visual contrast as well as an effective set piece for showcasing Dory’s capabilities.
— Angus MacLane, Co-Director
