Pollett protested, but her mothers pragmatism eventually swayed her into taking the higher-paid job.
I took the DVD menu job reluctantly, and we all know how that business went, Pollett explains.
So I called the recruiter immediately and asked if that apprenticeship was still open.
My whole life changed, she says.
I have just been so grateful for the Disney team, its given me so much.
I discovered how beautifully complex toys were, she says.
Theres also the materials, she says.
Is it going to hold up?
Then you learn the psychology of children, how are they going to play?
What play patterns does this toy have?
When they asked if Id be interested in working on this, I did a backflip, Pollett says.
I grew up obsessing over Magic: The Gathering because I thought the artwork was so profoundly beautiful.
Pollett says getting the invitation to work on Lorcana was a dream come true.
I just couldnt imagine a better fit.
Are you kidding me, yes!
Of course Id love to do this, this is going to be huge.
The first card Pollett worked on was Elsa, Ice Surfer from The First Chapter.
Ive worked on Elsa before, and there are a lot of eyeballs on Elsa, she explains.
But with Lorcana, youre taking liberties.
At the beginning of Lorcana it was about figuring out how far we could push it.
Pollett says there was a lot of back and forth and iteration in Elsa, Ice Surfers design.
Lorcana is a trading card game developed by Disney and published by Ravensburger, featuring iconic characters, settings, and more from the studio’s long history. As an Illumineer, you must build your deck and help protect Lorcana.
She brought it to life and made it the card that it is today.
Shes done fashion explorations for Tinker Bell and she worked on Mother Knows Best.
The first card credited entirely to Pollett is the Enchanted version of Azurite Seas Yzma, Conniving Chemist.
I did this Enchanted, which was all mine, she says.
That was really rewarding and an awesome experience, I want to do more.
I loved the brief, she says.
It was like a field journal.
Its on tattered sepia tone paper.
I thought, What a different execution.
What a totally different direction creatively that will make so much sense for the storytelling.
Pollett loves line work and sketching, and says Da Vinci was her favorite artist as a kid.
A New Kind Of Fandom
Pollett says being at the NACC is a full-circle moment.
Pollett is no stranger to convention appearances.
She says these kinds of events arent new to her, but meeting this bang out of fandom is.
It brings me to tears, Im so moved when I meet these people.
I would like to do more villains, she admits.
But not too bad, just like those eight-year-old trash talkers.
As an Illumineer, you must build your deck and help protect Lorcana.
