David Pacheco
WDCC Sculptor
David Pacheco is a Disney artist, animator and character designer whose career has encompassed animation, consumer products, collectibles and character art.
His work for the Walt Disney Classics Collection draws on decades of experience interpreting Disney characters in both two and three dimensions.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Discover the artist behind the sculptures
David Pacheco built his career within Disney as both an artist and animator. During the 1980s, his animation work included productions such as The Fox and the Hound, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Little Mermaid.
He later became a key creative figure within Disney Consumer Products, contributing his character-art expertise to numerous projects ranging from artwork and merchandise to collectibles.
His career eventually included the role of Director of Character Art, reflecting his long involvement in defining how Disney characters are represented beyond the animated screen.
David Pacheco & WDCC
Work for the Walt Disney Classics Collection
David Pacheco became closely associated with the Walt Disney Classics Collection as both an artist and creative contributor, bringing his extensive knowledge of Disney character design to collectible sculpture.
A particularly significant part of his WDCC work was the it's a small world collection, for which he created numerous children, animals and accompanying designs inspired by the classic Disney attraction.
His involvement with Walt Disney Art Classics also extended to concept and art direction. For the 2005 Spark of Imagination Figment sculpture, for example, Pacheco provided concept and art direction based on the original animation model sheet.
NOTABLE WDCC CREATIONS
A selection of sculptures created by David Pacheco
BEYOND WDCC
Other projects and collectible lines
Beyond WDCC, Pacheco's Disney career has encompassed animation, character art, creative direction and consumer products, allowing his work to appear across many different forms of Disney art.
His expertise in character design has also been applied to projects outside traditional animation, helping translate Disney characters into artwork, collectibles and other visual formats.
- Feature animation
- Character art and design
- Disney Consumer Products
- Creative and art direction
- Collectible art
DID YOU KNOW?
A little story behind the artist
David Pacheco worked on the original animation for Figment created for EPCOT's Journey into Imagination, which opened in 1983.
More than two decades later, he returned to the character as concept artist and art director for the WDCC Spark of Imagination sculpture, connecting two very different periods of his Disney career.