The weird original designs of Disney characters

I feel like a lazy blogger, just grabbing content off of Buzzfeed... but I can't resist linking to this gallery of early designs of Disney characters. Maleficent with antenna! Cruella de Vil as a sexy young goth chick! The Genie from Aladdin as a grinning, demonic horror!

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