A: Ariel’s lead animator Glen Keane recently said, “I was supposed to animate Ursula, but when I heard Jodi Benson sing ‘Part of Your World,’ I said, ‘I have to draw that character!’ I talked to [directors] Ron [Clements] and John [Musker] and said. ‘I’ve gotta draw Ariel.’ They asked, ‘Can you draw a pretty girl?’ I said, ‘Oh, I’ve been drawing my whole married life, and I think I can!’ I did a lot of design study drawings on my wife and used her for my inspiration for Ariel. And she’s kind of got this girl-next-door kind of a look; she actually looks very much like Ariel.”