![[Drawing]](/drawings/NinaPortrait.jpg)
Daughter
of the Sun
(2002)
My
final version of Princess Nina from an early version of "The Emperor's
New Groove" called "Kingdom of the Sun". I found her name in
the original note sheets of "The Emperor's New Groove": "One
Day She'll Love Me" is sung by Pacha (in his early design he looks exactly
like Kuzco - you know, "Kingdom of the Sun" was some kind of "Prince
and the Pauper"-story) in duet with Nina. I knew that there was a princess
in the original story of TENG (well, can you imagine a classic Disney feature
without a princess?!? *g*) and that they erased her character as it became
clear that TENG was going to be a comedy and not a serious film. Well, I know
that I already invented my own TENG-princess (yes, and she's here!
^.~), but I always wondered how this original princess called Nina looked like.
And here is my proposal for this character!
