Learn to draw the "In Your Dreams" scene-stealer right from the source: director Alex Woo.

Alex Woo, director of the upcoming animated feature 'In Your Dreams,' provides insight into the creation and design of Baloney Tony, a central character in the film set to premiere on Netflix. Woo shares that the inspiration for Baloney Tony came from childhood memories of a beloved but imperfect stuffed animal, emphasizing the emotional connection people have with their toys despite their flaws.

During the segment, Woo explains the specific design choices for Baloney Tony, including his stunted neck, single good eye, and worn appearance, which reflect a well-loved toy. The character was always intended to be a giraffe, chosen for its unique and humorous features, and Woo demonstrates how to draw Baloney Tony while discussing these creative decisions.

Alex Woo teaches us how to draw Baloney Tony

My name's Alex Wu. I'm the director of In Your Dreams, a new animated feature coming out on Netflix November 14th. The Sandman can make your dreams come true! It's magic! I can see your crack, Houdini. Whoa! No way, it worked! We're actually inside our dreams! Thank you so much for being here. It's so exciting. The movie is so wonderful. And I would love to kind of draw some of the really iconic, or going to be iconic I should say, images, characters, and we'll say dreams and nightmares from the movie. So I want to start with this star, Baloney Tony. So tell me, where did Baloney Tony come from? Because one, it's a great name, and two, how do you design him? So the inspiration for him actually came from a combination of things. But when I was young, me and my brother, we had these two, my aunt bought us these two teddy bears that were Santa related, so they're called Santa bears. And my brother, he had a bloody nose one day and he got some bloodstains on his Santa bear near the tail. And so we ended up calling it Butthole Bear. Okay! And so that became... Yes, and no, I mean it's just the idea, but obviously it was his stuffed animal, and so he loved it despite how gross it was. And so that was sort of the inspiration for Baloney Tony. And this idea that our stuffed animals, even though they can be gross and disgusting, they're still ours. There's something about our connection to them that despite them having rancid meat odors, they bring us warmth and familiarity and they make us feel like we're at home. Yeah, I noticed that there's no actual pocket for Baloney in here, which I was like, I want to try it at home, I want to try it for myself. Yeah, so can you take me through the design as you're drawing and making Baloney Tony? What were the details that were especially exciting? So Baloney Tony's a giraffe, and giraffes have really long necks. Our giraffe has kind of a stunted neck. But it was by design. We wanted him to look like kind of one of those badly designed stuffed animals that you get at a state fair or in those claw machine games. They're always kind of cheap. And so that was, yeah, a big sort of guiding principle for us. So yeah, we give him like a long, stubby kind of neck. And he's got this muzzle, which is like, you know, I kind of draw it as like a circle. And he's got these big nostrils. And he's got these buck teeth. And he's only got one good eye, because he's been loved so much that, you know, he's kind of falling apart. And then he's got these ossicones, which, you know, giraffes have. I think that's the first time I've actually learned what they're actually called. I know, right? I actually didn't know until I started working on this movie. I actually don't know what the function of those things are. I think they're kind of like antlers for a deer. And then you've got his ears. And then he's got big, round belly. And he's got these kind of itty-bitty, stubby arms. I love how proud he is. And then he's got hooves. And then he's got these kind of stubby little feet. And then he's got this giraffe tail. Were there ever any other animals that you had in mind for Baloney Tony? Or were there ever any changes in the design? Because you've been working on this movie for nine years, so how did Baloney Tony evolve? He actually was always a giraffe. Yeah, and that was Eric's idea. So Eric was the co-writer and co-director of this film. Yeah, I don't know why he chose a giraffe, but it just worked. Because I think we just hadn't seen an animated stuffed giraffe before. So we thought it would be really funny. Yeah, and I love the playing with the neck. The flopping back kind of thing. It was very fun. Giraffes have such long necks. It kind of makes sense that it's kind of hard for them to keep their heads stable. And I think the other reason we liked a giraffe is because they kind of look weird. If you think about a giraffe, they've got these really long necks and long limbs. And they're kind of lanky. They're not very graceful. They've got these really long eyelashes. They've got that really long tongue. The blue tongue. They're just very weird looking. So yeah, we just thought it would be a fun animal to detect as a stuffed animal. Let's admire Baloney Tony versus... Hey, that's pretty good. This is Baloney spelled totally wrong. That's pretty good.

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