Jun 5, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min · 13 segments
In this week's episode, I'm kicking off a new series that spotlights Disney Lorcana content creators that are just starting out BUT ones you should definitely check out - the "Emerging Illumineers"…
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nice nice Yeah, actually, to be honest, that was kind of one of the reasons that I wanted to have you on.
I spent a lot of time when I was younger doing art kind of things.
I even majored in it in college.
And so whenever I find somebody that appreciates the art of the cards and appreciates how much work goes into it and everything, I always want to connect with them and be like, yeah, let's geek out a little bit.
Yes,
yeah.
So, actually before we get into it too much, I mean I guess it is kind of into it a little bit.
For people that are not familiar with the term shape language, can you kind of explain that real quick and how it kind of relates to the cards.
Yeah, so, um, it.
It stems from kind of like in filmmaking or animation and cartoons where they will base a character on a certain shape.
So for example, like in Disney Pixar's Up, we've got Russell who's like really round shape and he goes with the flow and he can roll with the punches, right? And then there's Mr.
Fredrickson and he's kind of more of a blocky square shape.
He's kind of like stubborn and stuck in his ways.
He doesn't really roll and go with the flow as well.
You know, so- Disney and other animation studios, they follow this principle of shape language pretty closely so that you get a little bit more of the story, you get a little bit more of the character and their personality and their traits, right? So we're using a lot of visuals and basic shapes to convey those messages and those stories and personalities.
And Disney Lorkana likewise has done that as well, but with the inks.
So the ink, each ink color has a specific shape assigned to it.
And those shapes or that shape language appears somewhere within each illustration or glimmer.
And so sometimes it's within like the character or the pose.
Sometimes it's just like a little symbol.
For example, like a really popular one with steel is like it's their shape is a square.
And so you'll see a lot of blocks or rocks and stones, especially in Wilds Unknown.
They have a lot of floating boulders.
Like that's one of their big like shape language cues.
And I love geeking out about it because once you like learn about the shape language, it's kind of like you're finding a hidden Nikki, you know, and you're like, Oh,
nice nice Yeah, actually, to be honest, that was kind of one of the reasons that I wanted to have you on.
I spent a lot of time when I was younger doing art kind of things.
I even majored in it in college.
And so whenever I find somebody that appreciates the art of the cards and appreciates how much work goes into it and everything, I always want to connect with them and be like, yeah, let's geek out a little bit.
Yes,
yeah.
So, actually before we get into it too much, I mean I guess it is kind of into it a little bit.
For people that are not familiar with the term shape language, can you kind of explain that real quick and how it kind of relates to the cards.
Yeah, so, um, it.
It stems from kind of like in filmmaking or animation and cartoons where they will base a character on a certain shape.
So for example, like in Disney Pixar's Up, we've got Russell who's like really round shape and he goes with the flow and he can roll with the punches, right? And then there's Mr.
Fredrickson and he's kind of more of a blocky square shape.
He's kind of like stubborn and stuck in his ways.
He doesn't really roll and go with the flow as well.
You know, so- Disney and other animation studios, they follow this principle of shape language pretty closely so that you get a little bit more of the story, you get a little bit more of the character and their personality and their traits, right? So we're using a lot of visuals and basic shapes to convey those messages and those stories and personalities.
And Disney Lorkana likewise has done that as well, but with the inks.
So the ink, each ink color has a specific shape assigned to it.
And those shapes or that shape language appears somewhere within each illustration or glimmer.
And so sometimes it's within like the character or the pose.
Sometimes it's just like a little symbol.
For example, like a really popular one with steel is like it's their shape is a square.
And so you'll see a lot of blocks or rocks and stones, especially in Wilds Unknown.
They have a lot of floating boulders.
Like that's one of their big like shape language cues.
And I love geeking out about it because once you like learn about the shape language, it's kind of like you're finding a hidden Nikki, you know, and you're like, Oh,
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