Hercules Character Design -- OUAN404

Disney's Hercules has the really interesting quirk of using design that is reminiscent of artwork from Ancient Greece where the story originated (albeit in a highly stylised way), and yet they manage to still look like characters in a Disney movie. Character designs in particular incorporate many elements from Greek art, in particular the painted vases and bowls that famously depict their myths and legends. The main character Hercules in particular shows many design elements lifted from this art, for example the way his straight nose runs into his forehead without a crease, and the decorative swashes and curls that outline his muscles.

Hercules' father Zeus sports a pointy triangular beard, exactly the same as is found in many Greek paintings, and wears long white robes with lots of overlapping folded fabric, another common image in the Greek art.