--- --- # A _Little Mermaid_ and _Aladdin_ Animator Made a Beautiful, Hand-Drawn, 3-Minute Love Story by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 30, 2014 4:08 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Jun 30, 2014 4:08 PM UTC Those of you who are hankering for a good, old-fashioned, hand-drawn love story are in luck. Animator Glen Keane created a beautiful 3-minute short called _Duet_ that shows the development of a romance between two people — from cell to adult form. Even if you don’t know Glen Keane’s name, you know his creations. The famous animator worked on classics including _The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast,_ and _Aladdin._ The hand-drawn animation advocate premiered his latest love duo at [Google’s I/O event](https://www.google.com/events/io) to show the harmonious future of animation on mobile devices. An interactive version of the love story will be available on Android devices later this year. \[[_Laughing Squid_](http://laughingsquid.com/duet-a-hand-drawn-short-about-love-by-former-disney-character-animator-glen-keane/)\] Glen Keane's Duet: Love Story Animation ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2940886/duet-animated-short-glen-keane-little-mermaid-aladdin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2940886/duet-animated-short-glen-keane-little-mermaid-aladdin/"},"headline":"A Little Mermaid and Aladdin Animator Made a Beautiful, Hand-Drawn, 3-Minute Love Story","datePublished":"2014-06-30T16:08:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:16.099Z","description":"From the man who brought you Ariel and Prince Eric","url":"https://time.com/2940886/duet-animated-short-glen-keane-little-mermaid-aladdin/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","viral","video","Animation"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2940886/duet-animated-short-glen-keane-little-mermaid-aladdin/","name":"A Little Mermaid and Aladdin Animator Made a Beautiful, Hand-Drawn, 3-Minute Love Story"}}]}] ```