This Cheif Tanni Marquette was created by Dusty Horner from DreamWorks and was sold on E-Bay in December of 2007 and sadly I am not the owner since I had lost the bidding last second. If you are the owner of this or other El Dorado marquettes and you are interested in selling it please e-mail me, I'm sure we can come up with something :)
A Note to the artists whose work is shown here:
I only wish to compile a gallery of Pre-Production art for The Road to El Dorado. I decided to the remove artist's names and links (because I wouldn't want them to get into any leagal disputes), if you would rather not have your art posted here or you would prefer to have your name and /or link posted here please e-mail me. I'll gladly do it as I have done it for other artists by request.
Pre-Production Art
(Formally called: Character Studies and Concept Art.)

This is a collection of art from various departments from DreamWorks that were done before everything was finalized and animated. Some of this was made in as early as the first year of production (1997). So what you're seeing here are the scraps, scribbles, and rough drafts from The Road to El Dorado.
Chel in a simple poncho.
Chief Tanni  with jaguar kilt
Miguel and Altivo
Tulio man in tights.
Concept Art and Color Keys
The City of Gold: Mr. Mullins took into careful detail of what the ancient mayan cities used to look like.
Tzekel-kan's temple: This is similar to what it looked like in the PC game hmmm.
The alley in Spain: The alley by the docks in Spain complete with sailors and our beloved Con-men
Tzekel-kan praising the gods and his acolyte coming in to tell him of the 'gods' arrival.
Really good picture of Tzekel-kan very scary!
Air shot of the gold, Xibalba, and Tulio and Miguel
To Xibalba!
The stone Jaguar and monolith in Tzekel-kan's temple.
The Weeping Woman water fall (or whatever you want to call it)
Sunset in the New World
Street in Spain
The Deck
So you're wondering: Why are there two Miguels? Because two are better then one! Sorry. This shows how he moved from one position to the next and how the light changes.
Ahh The rowboat scene with special guest JAWS! My friend Jon's fav part of the movie.
Yikes! That must have been painful.
The untamed Jungle of the Americas
Color Test
Over looking the cenote
City in the midst of Jungle
Quiet grotto below the City of El Dorado
Rough Sketch
El Dorado looking over a waterfall
Painting with mask in photoshop
Rough Model Sheets
These are from the earliest years of production of RtED I think rough model sheets were used to display the various types of emotions expressed by each of the characters and how to draw them. Thanks to Katie for these.
Note To RtED Fan Artists: Great cheat sheets for your fan art!
Marquettes
Spanish Morning
Silhouette of Monks
Spanish backally
Temple Lineart and shading
A Note to the artists whose work is shown here:
I only wish to compile a gallery of Pre-Production art for The Road to El Dorado. I decided to the remove artist's names and links (because I wouldn't want them to get into any leagal disputes), if you would rather not have your art posted here or you would prefer to have your name and /or link posted here please e-mail me. I'll gladly do it as I have done it for other artists by request.
Background and Layout
House in El Dorado
Low angle shot for Bull Chase
High angle shot with changing perspective for bull chase
High Angle for Bull Chase
Barrels by the docks
Wide shot for bull chase
El Dorado Foliage
Shot from one temple to another
El Dorado corner
Spain side street
Spain dead end
The ball court
Doorway
Old animation Sequence of Chel with different costume
This Cheif Tanni Marquette was created by Dusty Horner from DreamWorks and was sold on E-Bay in December of 2007 and sadly I am not the owner since I had lost the bidding last second. If you are the owner of this or other El Dorado marquettes and you are interested in selling it please e-mail me, I'm sure we can come up with something :)
Front
Back
Bottom with signatures
Character Studies