I'm not sure where I read/heard it but Bob wanted to create a Pop-up book for the land parts of story. I'm not sure why the stark juxtaposition with the more "real" undersea look, but I dig the cardboard ocean.
For those of you who loathe the "cone-do," you'll notice during She's in Love, the mer-sisters switch things up with more Ronette-style beehives. Nice nod to Little Shop and they switch it up with sequin dresses.
If you can't tell I'm a huge fan of Mr. Crowley's design choices.
I don't know how I feel about the doo-wop mersisters, and I still detest that cone hair. I do, however, like the concepts for the "land" scenes with he pop-up books and I like Ursula's tentacle people. They remind me of the urchins in the movie. I also like the "Under The Sea" a lot more without the plexiglass flying dildos.
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop